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What Is an ACH API and How Does It Work?

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TL;DR An ACH API allows businesses to automate bank-to-bank payments—like ACH debits, credits, and recurring payments—by integrating directly with the ACH network via software. What is an ACH API? Your bank (the ODFI) will collect all the transaction files you sent and forward them to an ACH operator.

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

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ACH credit payments are best for sending one-time payments whereas ACH debit payments are more suited for making regular payments, such as for monthly utility bills. All ACH payments are secure and reliable, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. Learn More What are ACH Credit Payments?

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Why FedNow Will Slow Real-Time Payments

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Senator Elizabeth Warren asks in a campaign ad, ignoring the fact that 93 percent of working Americans have their checks directly deposited into their bank accounts – ready for use on payday – using the ACH network. Direct deposit over the ACH network eliminated that friction and got them earlier access to those funds.