Risk Management Resources
The safety of the ACH Network for all participants is key. Nacha has numerous risk management resources available including fraud prevention and Nacha Rules compliance. You can filter the information by both resource type and audience.
Risk Management Resources
Fraud Prevention
Current Fraud Threats
Fraud scheme descriptions and ways protect your organisation.
October 1, 2021
Fraud Prevention
Nacha Announces New Risk Management Framework for the Era of Credit-Push Fraud
Strategies to address frauds that make use of credit-push payments.
September 22, 2022
Fraud Prevention
RMAG Offers Guidance for Risk-Based Controls to Address the Potential of Fraudsters Gaining Access to Illicit Funds
Ways to identify credit-push fraud and assist in recovering funds.
November 29, 2022
Compliance
Legal
A Checklist Approach to Payment Initiation
An Electronic Payment Checklist could help Originators reduce fraud.
January 3, 2023
Fraud Prevention
RMAG Guidance on ODFI Credit-Push Fraud Response Checklists
ODFI’s immediate and post incident steps to take for credit push fraud.
January 31, 2023
Fraud Prevention
A Checklist Approach to Reduce Fraud in Payroll Origination
Electronic payment initiation checklist for payroll origination.
April 7, 2023
Cybersecurity
Regulatory Guidance and Information Involving Payments
Regulatory guidance for FIs/ACH Network participants.
June 1, 2023
Compliance
Legal
RMAG: Preventing and Recovering from Operational Errors and Accidents
Steps to recover and communicate are key following errors/accidents.
June 14, 2023
Fraud Prevention
RMAG Guidance on Credit-Push Fraud Response Checklists for Originators
Originators’ checklist for responding to credit-push fraud.
July 24, 2023
Compliance
Legal
Fintechs, Third Parties, and ACH Risk Management
Determining whether a fintech customer is a Third-Party Sender.
September 5, 2023
Compliance
Legal
Guiding Principles to Help Achieve Optimum Efficiency in Risk Management
Ways to achieve optimum efficiency in risk management.
September 5, 2023
Fraud Prevention
AI Presents Both Risks and Rewards
AI is used by fraudsters. We can use AI to fight fraudsters.
March 5, 2024
Fraud Prevention
Approaching Implementation of the New Risk Management Rules
Considerations for implementing new rules to address credit-push fraud.
April 7, 2024
ACH Quality
Compliance
ACH Operations Bulletin #4-2024-Importance of Maintaining Up-to-Date Routing Transit Numbers
All parties involved in the origination of ACH payments should incorporate regular routing number updates as part of their ACH origination practices.
December 16, 2024
ACH Quality
Fraud Prevention
ACH Risk Management Handbook
The newly updated 9th edition offers essential insights into Nacha’s strategies for identifying and mitigating risks associated with ACH payments.
June 3, 2025
Compliance
Fraud Prevention
Credit-Push Fraud Monitoring Resource Center
A centralized location for guidance on and some solution providers for credit-push fraud monitoring.
June 10, 2025
Compliance
Cybersecurity
Fraud Prevention
Protecting Payments in the Quantum Era
This video, developed by the Payments Innovation Alliance, explains quantum computing’s threat to payments security — and why the industry must act now.
July 15, 2025