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Clearing Up The Case For ISO 20022

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to leverage ISO 20022 payment message standards for the payment itself and for remittance, without forcing everyone to make changes to the ACH formats and continue with existing NACHA Operating Rules ,” Estep said. Unlike the situation with high-value wire transfers, there’s no wide-scale conversion planned for ACH.

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ACH SEC Codes

Payment Savvy

First of all, ACH payments are a lot cheaper than, for example, wire transfers. One wire transfer can cost you even up to $25 to send – and that’s only within the United States. International wire transfers increase the costs even more. There are a few reasons, and you’ll learn all about them in a second.