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How ACH payments work ACH payments occur between two or more financial institutions in the network, exchanging money between them when needed. To initiate an ACH transfer, the originating bank account sends ACH instructions requesting the funds, which are transferred into the receiving account.
As the NACHA Rules have evolved, so has the concept that the Standard Entry Class can be used to determine how an ACHEntry is handled.” Stone, who has worked with NACHA and ACH processing since 1980, has the historical perspective needed to make such observations.
“The ACH rules are complicated, so we do find situations where there’s a certain understanding of the rules, but it’s not comprehensive,” he said. For example, he said some NEACH members were surprised when some Same Day ACHentries did not post by 5 p.m. local time after Same Day ACH Phase One rolled out in September 2016.
To understand why ACH returns appear, you need to know how they work in the first place. There are five parties involved in making the payment processing go through: Originator This is a person who submits an ACH transfer to the ODFI. ACH Operator The ACH Operator links the two accounts by processing transactions (e.g.,
When it comes to an ACH transaction, there are two main participants. There’s the ODFI, which stands for Originating Depository Financial Institution, and there’s the RDFI, which stands for Receiving Depository Financial Institution. It can be used for some types of consumer debit entries. .
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