NACHA’s Payments Innovation Alliance and Board Advisory Group Release New Papers to Help Financial Institutions and Businesses Better Navigate Account Validation
HERNDON, Va. (PRWEB) July 19, 2016 -- NACHA—The Electronic Payments Association® announced today that its Payments Innovation Alliance and Board Advisory Group released two new papers – one for financial institutions and the other for businesses – that highlight what methods of account validation are available and future options the payments industry may want to pursue to ensure the continued quality and security of ACH payments.
Account validation enables businesses and financial institutions to validate account information received from a consumer or business, including the ability of that account to receive electronic payments. https://www..nacha.org/webform/account-validation-paper-businesses-and-financial-institutions [The papers detail __title__ ] the requirements when considering account validation services for ACH payments.
“NACHA’s dialogue with financial institutions and business end users consistently shows strong interest in account validation services. In recent years, NACHA has identified account validation as critical to the long-term support of payment innovation, user enablement, and ACH origination,” said George Throckmorton, managing director, Advanced Payments Solutions at NACHA.
“As part of NACHA’s ongoing evaluation of potential ACH Network enhancements, our Payments Innovation Alliance and Board Advisory Group produced these papers to speak directly to two important stakeholder groups – financial institutions and businesses,” Throckmorton said.
The paper for financial institutions, “Helping Your Originators Understand Account Validation,” discusses why it is important for a financial institution offering ACH origination services to educate their Originators on using account validation for the origination of ACH credits and debits. Account validation enables businesses as Originators to reduce the number of returned transactions and fraudulent payments, and to provide a positive customer experience.
The second paper, “Account Validation: A Tool for Businesses to Improve ACH Transactions,” is written for businesses and discusses account validation as an important tool for organizations of all types that originate ACH transactions. Companies experiencing issues with fraud or exceptions should consider using some method of account validation before initiating ACH transactions.
“The use of incorrect routing, transit, and/or account numbers when processing payments can increase exceptions and be costly for companies,” said Bill Phillips, group president, Enterprise Payment Solutions, ProfitStars – A Jack Henry Company, and member of the NACHA Board Advisory Group. “As such, account validation has long been recognized as a necessary capability for businesses and the ACH Network. The development of these papers shows NACHA’s continued commitment to the quality and security of payments and to supporting the needs of the industry.”
To https://www..nacha.org/webform/account-validation-paper-businesses-and-financial-institutions [download a copy __title__ ] of “Helping Your Originators Understand Account Validation” and “Account Validation: A Tool for Businesses to Improve ACH Transactions,” visit https://www.nacha.org/content/payments-innovation-alliance-resources.
About The Payments Innovation Alliance
The Payments Innovation Alliance, a membership program of NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association®, brings together diverse, global stakeholders to support payments innovation, collaboration, and results through discussion, debate, education, networking, and special projects that support the ACH Network and the payments industry worldwide. The Alliance brings together content and focus across all payment areas, including emerging payment technologies, electronic billing and presentment, mobile, payment security/risk, check conversion and global payments. Membership includes organizations of all sizes and spans the payments industry spectrum. Visit https://www.nacha.org/content/payments-innovation-alliance for more information.
The NACHA Board Advisory Group
NACHA has continually engaged business end users, processors, solution providers and others through membership programs, industry outreach, and various groups and channels within NACHA rulemaking on the development of the ACH Network and the NACHA Operating Rules. As a natural progression of this engagement, NACHA formed the Board Advisory Group as a formal venue for senior executives from a balanced cross-section of non-financial institution providers and end users of the ACH Network to communicate directly with the NACHA Board of Directors on ACH payment priorities, needs and capabilities from the perspective of end-user clients and the technology firms that enable them. The Board Advisory Group is yet another way in which NACHA reaches out and listens to various stakeholders across the payments ecosystem, underscoring its commitment to the direct and inclusive engagement of the payments end-user and solution provider communities. For more information, visit https://www.nacha.org/about/governance#board.
NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association
Since 1974, NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association has served as trustee of the ACH Network, managing the development, administration and rules for the payment network that universally connects all 12,000 financial institutions in the U.S. The Network moves money and information directly from one bank account to another. Through its collaborative, self-governing model, education, and inclusive engagement of ACH Network participants, NACHA facilitates the expansion and diversification of electronic payments, supporting Direct Deposit and Direct Payment via ACH transactions, including ACH credit and debit payments, recurring and one-time payments; government, consumer and business transactions; international payments, and payments plus payment-related information. Through NACHA’s expertise and leadership, the ACH Network is now one of the largest, safest, and most reliable systems in the world, creating value and enabling innovation for all participants. Visit nacha.org for more information.
Kendra Beasley, NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association, +1 (703) 561-3923, [email protected]
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