ORLANDO, Fla.—ACH is, and will remain, a vital part of the nation’s payment system, a senior Federal Reserve official told a Nacha conference. “We still expect the ACH Network to continue to be part of the backbone of the U.S. payment system. At the Federal Reserve we are still committed to that,” said Nell Campbell-Drake, vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

ORLANDO, Fla.—“What would your company look like if you created it today?” Tom Goodwin asked that question to make a point. 

The Year in Review Report provides a high-level look at some of the major Afinis accomplishments that took place in 2018.

The report provides clarity and dispel some of the myths surrounding ISO 20022 for payments, to illustrate the benefits and challenges of converting current Nacha formats to ISO 20022 messages for U.S. Network transactions, and to offer guidance for interim steps to integrate the Nacha formats with the ISO 20022 message standard.