The March 2021 NACHA rule change is coming soon. It will require all merchants who accept ACH payments to have “commercially reasonable” processes to validate routing numbers and also to verify that accounts are in good standing.

This new NACHA account verification process rules go beyond the basic routing number verification to validate payments. The new NACHA rules will allow merchants to get a better look into an account’s profile.nacha rule changes 2021

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