For any administration, regardless of party, the financial world always puts a lot on your plate. The third year of the Biden administration is no different, and Nacha’s Government Relations Advisory Group (GRAG) recently learned what some of the policy issues will be priorities for not only the administration but the 118th Congress.

HERNDON, Virginia, November 30, 2022 – Nacha's Payments Innovation Alliance has created a new resource aimed at financial institutions, billers and payments processors.

Evolve Bank & Trust has become the newest Nacha Direct Member. There are now 44 Nacha Direct Members.

Nacha’s Afinis Interoperability Standards announced its new Board of Directors.

Today, Nacha's Payments Innovation Alliance announced its 2022-2023 Advisory Committees. Working with Nacha staff, the Advisory Committees serve a leadership role to identify and address some of the most important issues facing the payments industry and provide strategic direction to the Alliance.

Nacha announced today the addition of Webster Bank as a Nacha Direct Member. Nacha has more than 40 Direct Members, consisting of financial institutions and Payments Associations (PAs) that collectively represent nearly all financial institutions across the United States.

Nacha’s Payments Innovation Alliance Conversational Payments and the Cybersecurity Response (CPCR) Project Team released “Unwrapping Smart Speakers,” an online guide with simple steps for consumers to protect their privacy and keep them safe regarding smart speaker use.

Today, Nacha announced the release of the Payments Innovation Alliance's 2021 Annual Report, detailing how the Alliance continued to offer critical thought leadership on emerging topics impacting the payments industry this year.

The future is now – or at least is in the works. Nacha’s new Alliance Project Team has kicked off and designed a plan for the first Faster Payments Professional Certificate, which will allow payments professionals to demonstrate proficiency in the field of faster payments. The team is on track to launch the program in early 2022.

Nacha announced today the addition of North American Banking Company as a Nacha Direct Financial Institution Member. Nacha now has more than 40 Direct Members, consisting of financial institutions and Payments Associations (PAs) that collectively represent nearly all financial institutions across the U.S.

Afinis is a membership-based organization that focuses on the rapid delivery of APIs and other financial services standards across the U.S. and globally.

April is National Volunteer Month and we’d like to recognize each of you who have devoted so much of your time and energy to Afinis Interoperability Standards. It is because of your valuable contributions that this organization is what it is today.

Nacha, which governs the thriving ACH Network, and Fintech Meetup, the newest event from fintech and events industry pioneer Anil D. Aggarwal, are partnering on Fintech Spring Meetup, to be held online on June 15-17, 2021.

Afinis Interoperability Standards membership organization, which focuses on the rapid delivery of APIs and other financial services standards across the U.S.

Calling all innovators! Participate in Afinis' joint efforts to streamline the modern payments industry. We're more than 50 members strong, with our 23 APIs being part of more than 2 million API transactions!