Fraud keeps changing. As it does, participants in the payments system need to understand and adapt to emerging fraud scenarios and develop counterstrategies to help protect their customers and themselves. 

Direct Deposit continues to be the overwhelming choice for Americans to receive their wages. In its 2022 “Getting Paid in America” survey, the American Payroll Association (APA) found that more than 93% of those questioned use Direct Deposit.

Changes are coming in September with new late night ACH file deliveries to financial institutions that are Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI) clients of both the Federal Reserve and The Clearing House.

Direct Deposit is a great way to save time and get your Labor Day festivities started sooner.

Getting dentists to switch to electronic claim payments is at the heart of Nacha's new campaign with the American Dental Association.

It isn’t every day that you see an increase of 1,140%. But when you look at some recent gains by Same Day ACH used for business-to-business (B2B) payments that’s exactly what happened. 

While most Financial Institutions are entering quality data in the ACH Contact Registry, Nacha has heard about some frustrations in using the Registry.

Increasing the Same Day ACH dollar limit to $1 million per payment posed no greater fraud risk than the prior $100,000 threshold, a new survey by Nacha’s Risk Management Advisory Group (RMAG) found. 

The next time you visit Nacha’s Risk Management Portal you’ll find several changes which are the direct results of industry input. 

While ACH is as easy as ABC in the payments world, not everyone knows about the benefits of using electronic payments. That’s where Nacha’s Industry Verticals team comes in.

When is a payment a Micro-Entry and when isn't it? With the new Micro-Entry Rule taking effect in September, we take a closer look.

With one new Nacha Rule coming later this month and two others right behind in September, Nacha has a wealth of new and refreshed materials to help you along. 

"There's always something new to learn" in the payments industry, says the 2022 Dean of the Payments Institute, Mary Gilmeister, who shares why it's important for payments professionals to attend.

ACH end users have consistently and constantly asked for higher dollar limits for Same Day ACH payments. In March 2020, the original limit of $25,000 was raised to $100,000. Then, two years later in March 2022, the limit was increased again to $1 million per payment.

During a town hall at Smarter Faster Payments 2022, Federal Reserve representatives shared developments including a rethinking of some of the ways the Fed operates.

Could FedNow pave the way for more ACH settlement windows? At Smarter Faster Payments 2022 there was discussion about whether FedNow's functionality could be applicable to other Fed services, including ACH.

DonorsChoose founder and CEO Charles Best came to Smarter Faster Payments 2022 to tell the incredible story of how his organization was created in a Bronx classroom.

A new ACH Risk Management Framework is taking shape to help keep the ACH Network safe. One particular focus is fraud involving credits and other push type payments.

With Nacha research showing just a quarter of recurring donors use ACH, there's "a big opportunity to grow this number."

Business Email Compromise numbers are down in the newest AFP fraud survey, which also finds checks continue to be most susceptible to fraud.