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September 22, 2020
ACH Can Help Transit
American consumers and businesses make tens of billions of payments directly from their bank accounts each year using ACH. Most transit agencies operate on tight budgets, and with COVID-19 causing huge drops in ridership (and fare collections), every dollar counts more than…
ACH, Direct Deposit, Direct Payment via ACH
September 15, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic raged across the country, the U.S. government turned to Direct Deposit to deliver hundreds of millions of stimulus payments to Americans, not once, but twice.
The IRS reported that under the CARES Act, 122.5 million EIPs were made by Direct Deposit. When a…
ACH, ACH Network, ACH Operations, Advocacy, Direct Deposit, Direct Payment via ACH, Faster Payments, Legislative and Regulatory
August 17, 2020
ACH Can Lower Costs
With ACH, businesses – including subscription services – can lower overall costs vs. other payment types.
What is ACH?
ACH transactions include:
ACH Credit: An ACH transfer where funds are pushed into a bank account. The best example is used for payroll…
ACH, Direct Deposit, Direct Payment via ACH
August 21, 2019
Myth 1: If payday is on a Friday, you won’t get your money until Monday (or later if Monday is a holiday)
Fact: If payday is Friday, payroll payments made by Direct Deposit are available in the employees’ account at the opening of business on Friday in virtually all cases. For example, if your…
ACH, Direct Deposit
June 25, 2019
Threats and fraud can be perpetuated through cyberattacks, email compromise, account takeover, social engineering, and even vendor impersonation fraud. While these threats are not about a direct compromise of the ACH Network or other payment systems, they exploit vulnerabilities or gaps in…
ACH, Risk Management
April 23, 2019
As electronic payments have grown, so has their use across national borders. To ensure that cross-border payments are both efficient and secure, Nacha worked with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to develop a new ACH format that includes information on all parties to…
International
April 19, 2019
Register for the AAP Exam
Any professional in the payments industry can work toward accreditation. If you have worked in ACH for years, you will add a highly respected qualification to your resume; if you are relatively new to the field, you will give yourself an edge over the competition. At a…
Accreditation, ACH, ACH Network, ACH Operations, Certifications, NACHA Operating Rules, Training
February 4, 2019
ISO 20022 enables greater automation and straight-through processing, while reducing payments exceptions and risk. Nacha is leading efforts to promote ISO 20022 integration in the U.S. and helping stakeholders understand the benefits and implications for our industry.
About ISO 20022
ISO…
International, Standards & Regulations
February 4, 2019
Payments-related regulatory guidance helps to ensure the security and efficient exchange of ACH transactions and other electronic payments. Regulatory bodies such as FinCEN, FFIEC, OCC and others issue and update guidance regularly, and it is important that financial institutions and other ACH…
ACH, ACH Network, Legislative and Regulatory, Risk & Compliance, Risk Management
February 4, 2019
Data security is essential to the ACH Network, and Nacha takes any and all data breaches seriously. We rely on your prompt reporting of any such breaches in order to monitor Network trends and weaknesses. If your financial institution has experienced a consumer-level ACH data breach, we provide a…
ACH, Risk Management