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What Are ACH Prenotes and How Do They Work?

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Prenotes are used for many financial transactions, including direct deposit and payroll, recurring payments, loan repayments, vendor payments, and insurance premiums. While some account verifications require a micro-deposit to verify funds can be transferred appropriately, ACH prenotes use $0 deposits.

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Deep Dive: Why State And Local Agencies In The US Still Struggle With Instant Payments

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The IRS has accepted digitally filed tax documents and issued digital refunds for years, and it received approximately 29 million electronic returns via direct deposit between February 2018 and February 2019. One problem when implementing new payment software or systems is that other departments may lag in similar efforts.

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Today In Data: Healthier Systems, Healthier People

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80 percent: Share of consumers who report a favorable outlook on self-service payments. percent: Share of consumers who express a preference for direct deposits. trillion: Estimated value of the U.S. health insurance market. billion: Apple Services business revenue in Q3.

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How AP Digitization Tackles Hospitals’ Biggest AR Woes

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Hospitals need an array of payment options to settle vendor invoices, whether that be through virtual and physical cards or direct deposit ACH. They also need to be able to split payments — settle a portion of an invoice via, say, a virtual card, and pay the rest via ACH, Walker noted.

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How to Stay Compliant with NACHA Requirements

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Under NACHA’s stewardship, the ACH network processes various payments, including direct payments for payroll, social security benefits, tax refunds, and more. It also manages direct deposits, which can encompass forms of government and business disbursements.

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Deep Dive: The Risk-Reducing Case For Push Payments

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Should such a problem occur with a pull payment, the supplier would need to update records to reflect the disparity between the invoice and the payment received, then work together with the buyer to resolve the issue. Payment data is sent alongside push payments, however, providing more rapid reconciliation. .

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Don’t Write Off The Paper Check Just Yet

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Separate data from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) found use of the paper check increased in 2016. It’s true that checks have faded out in many respects, like in business-to-consumer and consumer-to-business transactions at the point of sale (POS), with direct deposit payroll and the like.