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What is ACH Credit and ACH Debit and How Do They Work?

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Understanding ACH credit payments means understanding the way in which different types of ACH payments are processed in the US banking system. ACH credit payments differ from ACH debit payments and both are distinct from credit and debit card payments. Learn More What are ACH Credit Payments?

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New Data Security Requirements for ACH Originators

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As of June 30, 2021, a new rule on supplementing data security requirements goes into effect for ACH originators that have an annual volume of 6 million transactions or greater. The rule requires the originators (and third party service providers) to protect bank account information unreadable when it's stored electronically.

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Does an ACH Integration Make Sense?

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Some applications are more favorably aligned with acceptance of eCheck (ACH) transactions than others. Applications that are proprietary and align themselves well with eCheck acceptance and only support their business can often start out with using an external transaction management tool for payment origination and management.

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Nacha Releases Top 50 Financial Institution ACH Originators and Receivers for 2024; Total ACH Payment Volume in 2024 Exceeded 40 Billion

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ACH Tokenization

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PCI compliance doesn't apply to ACH Payment Processing , but to utilize a processing platform that is PCI DSS Level 1 certified certainly doesn't hurt security measures around your ACH origination method.

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Nacha Unveils Top 50 ACH Originating and Receiving Financial Institutions for 2023

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HERNDON, Virginia, March 20, 2024 – Nacha’s Top 50 ranking of financial institution originators and receivers of ACH payments for 2023 was released today. The Top 50 originating institutions had total ACH Network volume of nearly 27.7 of the ACH Network’s total commercial payments volume. They accounted for 93.1%

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ACH Payment vs Wire Transfer Similarities and Differences: How to Choose Between ACH vs Wire

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And on that note, two of the most common modes of electronic funds transfer are ACH and wire transfers. In this post, we’re going to review ACH and wire transfers, look at their similarities, and then see how they compare against each other. A typical ACH transaction is like a machine with multiple moving cogs.