The Automated Clearing House facilitates your electronic transactions.
ACH payment processing refers to the moving of money electronically. Essentially there is a communication network that uses the Federal Reserve Banking system to transfer money to and from checking/savings accounts. The Automated Clearing House
is the name given to system that accomplishes the transfers.
The typical business may wish to collect a recurring payment without waiting for the customer to mail a physical check each time. By having the customer authorize the electronic debit to their account the transfer of funds is accomplished electronically: an ACH transfer
A couple of important considerations are:
1) The monies are not transferred immediately. The transaction proceeds as if the customer has a valid account with the needed funds available. It may take 2-3 days (4 is the most except in rare cases) to receive information that confirms the transaction was valid.
2) The money is not guaranteed to be paid.
An EFT or electronic funds transfer generally refers to the same thing as an ACH but technically refers to a machine initiated transfer (like an ATM).
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