Bank of America Corp. took in far and away more ACH payments last year than any other receiving institution, according to statistics released today by the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). The association's first annual ranking of receiving institutions shows BofA, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., in first place for …
Read More »Rate of E-check Fraud by Phone Drops by 88%
The rate of unauthorized e-check transactions by telephone is down 88% over the last four quarters, reports the National Automated Clearing House Association. NACHA credits its ability to trace unauthorized phone payments to their source for the plunge in fraudulent e-check payments by phone to 0.15% of all third-quarter telephone …
Read More »Check Truncation at the ATM
Two companies have teamed up to create a system that allows banks to capture electronic images of checks as they are deposited into automated teller machines, a development they say will drive up ATM transactions as it encourages more bank customers to use ATMs for deposits. Infonox, Santa Clara, Calif., …
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