PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

ACH might be among the most readily visible paper check killers — and as Nacha’s Larimer noted, “we need more than just ACH to make huge inroads [against checks]. Real time and the ACH network can actually work together to displace paper checks.” ACH, she said, has been growing by double-digit percentage points annually.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Called Bill Pay Exchange, it will power instant bill pay for consumers from their bank or credit union accounts in a matter of seconds versus days when using the traditional bank bill pay ACH network.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

Senator Elizabeth Warren asks in a campaign ad, ignoring the fact that 93 percent of working Americans have their checks directly deposited into their bank accounts – ready for use on payday – using the ACH network. Direct deposit over the ACH network eliminated that friction and got them earlier access to those funds.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Also keen on the Fed’s involvement were the community banks and credit unions that worry (as they should) about having TCH as the only operator of an RTP network in the U.S. TCH is the association of the 25 largest banks in the U.S., and one of two operators of the ACH network in the U.S., the other being the Fed.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

13, 2018, NACHA , the rules and standards body for the ACH network, announced that its voting members had approved amendments to the NACHA Operating Rules & Guidelines to establish a third Same Day ACH processing and settlement window,” the Federal Reserve wrote in the announcement. “On Sept.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

When The Clearing House (TCH), the payments firm owned by commercial banks, along with global software and services provider FIS, recently submitted their proposal to the Fed’s Faster Payments Task Force in order to evaluate their real-time payments system proposal, it signified a milestone along the path toward real-time payments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

ISO 20022 Stakeholder Group, which includes the Fed, X9 and TCH, is aimed at exploring how valuable the standard can be for various payment types in the U.S. and globally, understand the current capabilities of the ACH network in the U.S. Even the most recent work with the U.S. TURNING CONFUSION INTO CLARITY.

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