ACH Payments — All You Want to Know
ACH Payments — All You Want to Know What is the ACH Network? The Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network is a network used for electronic financial transactions such as direct deposits and direct payments for consumers, businesses, bank accounts and federal, state, and local governments across the United States. The ACH Network is operated by Nacha - an organization that creates mandatory rules for a safe and effective ACH payments system. What are ACH payments? An ACH payment is a kind of electronic transaction from one bank to another. ACH payments are an alternative to cash, paper cheques, wire transfers or card networks fortransferring money between bank accounts. ACH payments are also commonly known as ACH transfers or transactions. The network is US-based covering the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, with international transfers also being possible.ACH payments, however, are not generally made outside the United States, primarily due to speed. ACH Cate