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Nacha Adopts New Rules To Modernize ACH Payments

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Nonprofit Nacha , which enables Automated Clearing House ( ACH ) payments, has adopted eight new amendments to the Nacha Operating Rules that a press release said will help to modernize the payment style. In addition, the new rules make explicit which scenarios are not appropriate for reversing ACH payments.

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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. . That role marks a transition from senior managing director, ACH Network Rules.

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B2B Innovators Explore The New Payment Rail Combinations

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Nacha Drives Corporate ACH Adoption. Nacha is rolling out a new resource center designed to help corporates embrace the ACH Network. The new payment rail supports interbank, peer-to-peer, person-to-business and business-to-business transactions, and can handle up to 5 million transactions per day.

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Payment Rail Innovators Focus On Cards, Contactless Payments

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Nacha Adopts Eight ACH Payment Updates. Nacha has adopted eight updates to the Nacha Operating Rules that the group, which enables Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, said will help modernize the payment style. The amendments regard Same Day ACH and new methods of making ACH payments simpler to use.

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Fed Seeks Comment On New Operating Hours For Fedwire Funds

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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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Clearing Up The Case For ISO 20022

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At its core, Jan Estep, President and CEO of NACHA , explained that ISO 20022 is all about creating a standardized approach to building messaging standards across financial services. She explained that the work NACHA has done with the utilization of ISO 20022 has nothing to do with the actual speed of the payments themselves.

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ACH SEC Codes

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Instead, they are under the jurisdiction of NACHA (The National Automated Clearing House Association), which establishes the rules and regulations that all the institutions that are part of the network follow. The codes are universal, and they are maintained and defined by NACHA, which has jurisdiction over the ACH network.