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New Data Security Requirements for ACH Originators

Agile Payments

As of June 30, 2021, a new rule on supplementing data security requirements goes into effect for ACH originators that have an annual volume of 6 million transactions or greater. The rule requires the originators (and third party service providers) to protect bank account information unreadable when it's stored electronically.

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New NACHA Rule Could Catch Payment Processors, Merchants, FIs Off-Guard

PYMNTS

In a new PYMNTS interview, David Barnhardt, executive vice president of product at GIACT , which offers fraud detection and account validation tools, talks about an upcoming change by NACHA, national administrator of the ACH network, to make internet-initiated debit transactions (WEB debits) safer and more seamless. New NACHA Rule.

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B2B Payments Explores An Alternative Path To ACH Adoption

PYMNTS

The other strategy is to migrate to another payment rail, likely Automated Clearing House (ACH), which is quickly climbing the B2B payment ranks. Yet both of these strategies require a third-party service provider to facilitate payment processing, whether funds are coming in via check or ACH. ACH’s B2B Future.

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