Buoyed by strong gains in the healthcare and business-to-business sectors as well as Same Day ACH payments, ACH Network payment volume grew 6.1% during the fourth quarter of 2021.

Today, Nacha released the following statement by President and CEO Jane Larimer on the December 2021 update to the Federal Reserve Payments Study.

This Rule will define and standardize practices and formatting of Micro-Entries, which are used by some ACH Originators as a method of account validation.

A review of the changes to the Nacha Operating Rules in 2021, and what's coming in 2022.

In a recent podcast interview, Nacha’s Brad Smith discusses BNPL and the ACH Network.

In just five short years, Same Day ACH – Nacha’s faster payments solution – has gained remarkable traction, with the payments community putting it to work in several use cases.  

Nacha and many Payment Associations provided comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) regarding the Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House (“ACH”).

With business-to-business (B2B) showing particularly strong growth, and healthcare claim payments setting a record, the modern ACH Network recorded a 7.7% increase in payment volume during the third quarter of 2021. 

2021 is shaping up to be a banner year for healthcare volume on the ACH Network, as medical and dental providers increasingly recognize the advantages of electronic claim payments. 

An expert in the field of charitable giving says Nacha's Nonprofit Toolkit has a wide range of resources that nonprofits of all sizes will find helpful.

Nine financial institutions have been fined for Class 2 Rules violations for not entering required information in the ACH Contact Registry.

The IRS used Same Day ACH to send some 430,000 Advance Child Tax Credit (ACTC) payments.

Routing numbers can change with mergers and acquisitions, or even be retired when no longer needed. Keeping track of routing numbers and which FIs they belong to can be challenging.

As Same Day ACH marks its fifth anniversary, Nacha President and CEO Jane Larimer looks at some milestones and what's ahead.

In the second quarter of 2021, Same Day ACH payment volume was 148.7 million, an increase of 82% over the same time in 2020. Those payments transferred $250 billion, up 115% from a year earlier. 

The last year and a half was turbulent, but through it all the ACH Network delivered for Americans when they needed it most, while also preparing for a strong future, Nacha President and CEO Jane Larimer said.

This Rule clarifies the roles and responsibilities of Third-Party Senders (TPS) in the ACH Network by addressing the existing practice of Nested Third-Party Sender relationships, and making explicit and clarifying the requirement that a TPS conduct a Risk Assessment.

These changes will amend the Nacha Operating Rules (Rules) to address a variety of minor topics related to Meaningful Modernization, an ACH Operator edit and expiration of stop payments on non-consumer accounts.

Regulation E and the Nacha Operating Rules each have a 60-day period that applies to unauthorized payments. But in complying with both Reg E and the Nacha Rules, understanding the differences in these periods is important.  

By now you’ve likely seen the ACH Network’s second quarter results for this year. While the 9.9% overall growth rate is proof that the ACH Network is thriving, it doesn’t tell the full story. To do that, you need to take a closer look at some of the numbers that factor in.