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Created : 1st June 2022

Automated Clearing House (ACH) Wire Transfer, is an electronic form of sending funds from
one bank account to another. ACH is also the banking system that supports your online banking
transactions.

Table of contents:

1. Two Types of ACH Transfers

2. How Long Do ACH Transfers Take?
3. ACH Fees
4. ACH Wire Transfer – Frequently Asked Questions
5. What is ACH Wire Transfer? – A Reliable Way to Send Funds
6. Benefits of an ACH Transfer

It makes it possible for banks to credit and debit funds from a bank account, online. It is also the
same system used by payment processors such as PayPal and Payoneer. Read on to discover
how ACH wire transfer works.

ACH Wire Transfer

Two Types of ACH Transfers

ACH transfers are grouped into two types – a debit transaction and a credit transaction. Each
ACH transaction is one customer’s debit transaction, and another’s a credit transaction.

ACH Debit Transactions

In a debit transaction, a bank debits or “pull” funds from your account, and deposits them to
another account. Such is the case when you pay your bill online. Your bank reduces your
account balance by the billed amount, by taking out or “pulling” the billed amount from your
account.

ACH Credit transactions

A credit transaction is the second step of an ACH transfer. In the example above, the billed
funds will be “pushed” or credited into the utility company’s or service provider’s bank account.
You have to provide your bank with the details of the receiver’s bank account, for it to “push”
funds to it.

How Long Do ACH Transfers Take?

ACH transfers can take anywhere from one day to five business days. A business day is a
bank’s working day, which excludes Sundays and national or public holidays.

Once you initiate an ACH transfer, your bank adds it to a queue of other ACH transfers. The
bank then processes it along with other ACH transfers, in a batch.

While banks process the ACH transfers three times a day, they process credit and debit
transfers at different speeds. These timelines are based on the rules provided by the National
Automated Clearing House (NACHA).

NACHA requires banks to process all debit transfers within one business day and credit
transfers within two to three days. NACHA also has a rule that says banks should process
payments on the day they receive them.

Therefore, a sending bank can debit funds, and send them to a receiving bank within a business
day. However, the receiving bank may choose to delay for a day or two, before it credits those
funds.

That is why different banks transfer ACH funds at different speeds. It is also upon the bank to
decide how much fees to charge for speeding up ACH transactions.

ACH Fees

Most banks will not charge you any fees for receiving an ACH transfer. However, some will
charge you a fee of either 0.01% or a fixed fee of $2 to $3 for making an ACH transfer. That
makes ACH transfers the best for sending small sums of money or paying bills.

ACH Wire Transfer – Frequently Asked Questions

What Information Is Needed to Perform an ACH Transfer?

Just like other banking transactions, you need to provide your banking details. Those details
include your Name, Routing/ABA number, account number, type of the receiving bank account
(it can be a business or personal account), and the transaction amount.

You can make an ACH transfer from a regular bank account or from an ACH account. In most
cases, you may not know the Routing/ABA number off the top of your head. However, if your
account had check-writing privileges, you can find the Routing number at the bottom of the
check.

Once you provide that information and initiate your transfer, your bank will confirm them. If they
match what is in their systems, they will initiate the transfer, if they do not match, they will cancel
the transfer.

Is eCheck the same as ACH?

An eCheck is the abbreviation for electronic checks, which is an electronic payment that
replaces the traditional paper check. The term eCheck refers to the payment itself, instead of
the process. In that regard, an ACH payment can be used interchangeably with eCheck,
because an ACH process is used to complete the eCheck payment.

Furthermore, businesses can convert paper checks to eChecks, and then process the payment
using ACH Transfers. However, businesses are required to inform their clients when they do
that. To do that, they simply read the ACH transfer details from the paper check to convert them
to eChecks.

An efficient and faster way is to use RPA software powered by AI and OCR to convert paper
checks to eChecks automatically. Furthermore, eCheck takes about two to four days to process,
instead of the 7 to 10 that paper checks take. They then forward the eCheck/ACH Payment to
the merchant bank, who then forwards it to the Federal Reserve.

Is ACH Payment Safe?

ACH credits are safer than using credit or debit cards, as long as you do not authorize “push”
payments to the account or malicious individuals. Third parties cannot initiate an ACH payment
from your account without you giving them access to your online bank account.

However, ACH debits can be risky, because you authorize a third party to “pull” payments from
your bank account when they are due. Fortunately, you can avoid losing your funds by only
giving your bank account and routing number to reputable businesses only.

Overall, the risk of fraud is much less with ACH payments, when compared to debit and credit
card transactions. For instance, only 3 out of every 10,000 ACH transactions get declined,
because the account owner reported them as an unauthorized transaction.

How Do I Stop ACH Debit Charges?

You can stop ACH Debit Charges by calling the company, and informing them that they should
stop taking further payments from your bank account, immediately. Next, you should call your
bank account and tell them you have revoked that company’s permission to take automatic
payments from your account.
Moreover, you can also bypass informing the company about the decision to revoke the
payments and give your bank a “stop payment order” against the company in question.
However, this is only a good practice when the next deduction is almost due, and you suspect
ongoing fraud.

How is ACH Wire Transfer Different from a Standard Wire Transfer?

An ACH wire transfer is a type of transfer that is done within the country. It can only be done
using a single currency (dollar). Also, it is more secure than your typical wire transfer. In
addition, an account owner can perform an ACH transfer from their account to another person’s
account within the same or different financial institution.

A standard wire transfer, on the other hand, is a type of transfer that is done across countries. In
addition, different types of currencies can be used at a fee.

What are the Requirements for an ACH Transfer?

When performing an ACH transfer, three requirements must be met.

A person is to use internet banking to send not more than $25,000 from a checking account.
The account to which money is transferred is within an American bank.
A daily limit of $125,000 has not been reached.

What is the Cost of an ACH Transfer?

An ACH transfer is mostly free. However, some banks may charge a small percentage.

How Do I Confirm the Transfer has been Processed?

When a user completes an ACH transfer, they can check the status of the transaction through
the digital banking platform of their bank. Most banks have a status bar or section that highlights
the status of a transaction. A transfer that has been processed will usually be indicated.
However, transfers can take some time before they are processed.

What is ACH Wire Transfer? – A Reliable Way to Send Funds

ACH is a secure way to send and receive funds. As long as you have provided the right ACH
transfer details, the receiving account will get the funds. The only way you can receive funds is
to send them to the wrong person. Do you need to make an ACH transfer without charge?
Contact us, we can help.

Benefits of an ACH Transfer

An ACH transfer has several advantages over other forms of transfers. These benefits
are highlighted below.

An ACH transfer is a convenient tool for making transactions. It allows an individual to make
payments or send money to another person with relative ease. With this option, a person can
make payments such as utility bills, mortgages, and much more. In addition, a payer does not
have to mail in a cheque. All they need to do is to use a mobile app or a website to make
payments. Also, a user does not have to spend on stamps. Likewise, an ACH transfer is one of
the safest forms of payments a bank owner can make.

The entire ACH transaction is fast. This process takes place within a day or two. It is usually
faster when the sender and the recipient are banking with the same financial institution. It may
take longer when the recipient account belongs to another bank. In most cases, an ACH
transfer does not cost anything. If an individual has to pay something, it is usually not more than
a few dollars.

When compared with a conventional wire transfer, an ACH transfer is cheaper. A typical wire
transfer can cost anything between $10 to $80. In some cases, it can be even more expensive.
In addition, a wire transfer takes longer to reach the recipient’s account. There are instances in
which a wire transfer can exceed 5 business days due to clearance issues. An ACH transfer
hardly exceeds 2 business days

Concept / Created Jack Sparrow

Whatsapp +918954133645
Created : 1st June 2022