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Staffing Changes And New Initiatives Announced At NACHA

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NACHA, the Electronic Payments Association, announced Friday several staffing changes along with realignment of some responsibilities – efforts the overseer of the ACH network said would dovetail with new strategic directions. . Larimer had previously served as executive vice president of ACH network services and general counsel.

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Solving for the Interoperability Challenge

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While we're well on our way to establishing a thriving faster payments ecosystem, we recognize we're still missing a key factor that can contribute to achieving ubiquitous faster payments: interoperability. In fact, we're already taking substantial steps toward our ubiquitous future. Within the faster payments arena, we've got a lot.

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Fed Disruption Delays Direct Deposits

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Banks were told about a “disruption” in the automated clearing house (ACH) network that brought about delays in settlements, CNN reported. With a problem at the Federal Reserve that has since reportedly been fixed, direct deposits, as well as other financial transactions, were delayed on Thursday (Dec. The Fed noted at 10:31 a.m.

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Breaking Down The Faster Payments Construct

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In just a matter of days, the payments industry will see a significant — and ubiquitous — change in the way payments are sent and received. Same Day ACH will create a new option for faster payments for all the banks and credit unions across the U.S.

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Same Day ACH: Impacts At The Intersections

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23, the industry welcomed the rollout of ubiquitous faster payments to every consumer and business in the U.S. NACHA’s launch of Same Day ACH ushered in three settlement windows, enabling ACH payments to be received same day. via all banks and credit unions. The Road To Process Improvement. Innovation On Old Initiatives.

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Forty Is The New Faster (Payments)

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More than 40 years after its debut, the Automated Clearing House Network becomes the first payments system in the country to offer ubiquitous faster payments to every consumer and business in the U.S. Same Day ACH Phase Two is all about debits — to be enabled by all banks in the U.S. Forty is the new faster — payments, that is.

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The Millions And Billions And Trillions Of Same Day ACH

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That year “as a whole,” said Estep, “showed both the continued growth as well as the evolution of the ACH network.”. The network has evolved to offer a set of different payment options; most notably, it “allows next-day payments, value-dated payments and now same-day payments.”. Data Point Two: 26 Million.