Amy Morris, Senior Director of ACH Network Rules at Nacha, discusses Nacha's Micro-Entry Rule, what it means, timelines and enforcement, the transactions that are impacted, and what organizations that use Micro-Entries need to do to comply with the Rule.

Nacha just opened registration for Smarter Faster Payments 2023, which will take place April 16-19 in Las Vegas. Nell Campbell-Drake, Vice President of Industry Relations for Federal Reserve Financial Services and a member of the Payments 2023 Conference Planning Committee, and Stephanie Prebish, Managing Director of Association Services at Nacha, talk about the conference, the topics the sessions will address, and the benefits of attending. 

Nacha Rules now require ACH users to include account validation within a commercially reasonably fraudulent transaction detection system for the first use of new account information. Created and operated by Nacha, Phixius is a peer-to-peer network where financial institutions, fintechs and businesses can exchange and verify payment-related information securely, instantly, and across multiple payment types to streamline payment validations and comply with Nacha Rules. Rob Unger, Nacha’s Senior Director of Network Development & Strategic Initiatives, joined two Phixius customers--Scott Goldthwaite, President of Aliaswire and Todd Youngren, President of Avenu, to discuss Phixius’ account validation application and how being Phixius is helping their businesses.

After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nacha's in-person Smarter, Faster Payments Conference will return May 1-4 in Nashville, Tennessee. With May just around the corner, participants can save hundreds of dollars by registering before March 18.  

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government provided much-needed resources to millions of Americans,  including child tax credit payments and economic impact payments. Bill Sullivan, Nacha's Senior Director & Group Manager for Government & Industry Relations, discusses with Ken Corbin, the Wage and Investment Commissioner and Chief Taxpayer Experience Officer at the IRS, the ACH Network's critical role in getting these payments to Americans quickly and safely.

On January 24, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service began accepting and processing 2021 tax year returns. Bill Sullivan, Nacha's Senior Director & Group Manager for Government & Industry Relations, sat down with Ken Corbin, the Wage and Investment Commissioner and Chief Taxpayer Experience Officer at the IRS, to discuss how choosing direct deposit will help taxpayers receive their tax refunds faster than choosing paper checks.

The ACH Network saw new challenges in 2021, from economic impact payments and child tax credits to a surge in B2B payments. But Nacha President and CEO Jane Larimer says she believes the ACH Network “met all of the challenges the year threw at it with aplomb.” Join Jane Larimer for the year in review and a look ahead to 2022.

Same Day ACH marks its fifth anniversary in September 2021. Learn more about its inception, the practical application for businesses, and a perspective on what’s next for Same Day ACH, as we chat with Mike Herd, Nacha Senior Vice President, ACH Network Administration.

Meaningful Modernization is coming very soon. Learn more about what these Nacha Rules changes mean for ACH Network participants.

Featured guest:

Mike Herd, Senior Vice President, ACH Network Administration, Nacha

One of Nacha’s goals has been to increase the use of ACH by charitable and religious groups. To that end, Nacha recently completed a major overhaul of its Nonprofit Toolkit, which has pretty much everything a charitable group would need to start or expand an ACH program. The Toolkit is available at ACHgiving.org.

But there are still some challenges to ACH acceptance among both charities and their donors. Nacha worked with Quadrant Strategies, a research driven consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., to identify some of those pain points and to also come up with solutions, and that’s what we’ll be focusing on during today’s podcast. Our guests are:

• Michael Hutshneker, vice president at Quadrant Strategies
• Brad Smith, Nacha Senior Director of Industry Engagement and Advocacy