ACH

Working with ACH

5min

ACH is a payment method used in the United States for either a debit (pull) or credit (push) transactions between a sender (originator) and recipient (receiver). The ACH network offers Same Day ACH, so that transactions can clear on the same business day they are initiated.

ACH is governed and administered by the National Automated Clearing House Association (Nacha).

To find out more information about ACH at Cross River see ACH Product Overview.

Manage your ACH activities from the Payments screen in the ACH tab.

ACH payment details

Click a row in the Payments Search list.

Payment information displays in the Payment Details area:



ACH Holds

The ACH Holds tab displays information on any holds on the ACH payment:

Column

Description

STATUS

Status of hold placed on payment

TYPE

Type of hold placed on payment

DESCRIPTION

Description of hold

CLEARED



REASON

Reason for hold

NOTES

Notes on hold

Place Hold

  1. Click IMAGE and then select Place Hold
  2. In Place Manual Hold dialog enter information in the Description box.
  3. Click Place Hold., and then select Place Hold.

View Receipt

  1. Click IMAGE, and then select View Receipt.
  2. Validation Receipt displays in the dialog.
  3. Click Dismiss to close.

Memo Posts

The Memo Posts tab displays information on memo posts for an ACH payment:

Column

Description

DATE

Date of memo post

TRACE #

Unique core trace number of transaction associated with the memo post

SUB LEDGER

Sub ledger account number memo post applies to

DESCRIPTION

Description of memo post

CODE

Transaction code of payment

AMOUNT

Payment amount

Related Transactions

Click IMAGE and enter the relevant search parameters.

If your ACH configuration is set to aggregate, individual transaction details will not display.

Click in the dialog to see theTransaction Details

Column

Description

TRACE #

Unique core trace number of transaction associated with the memo post

STATUS

Status of transaction

DATE

Date of memo post

DEBIT ACCOUNT

Debit account number

CREDIT ACCOUNT

Credit account number

CODE

Transaction code of payment

DESCRIPTION

Description of memo post

RAIL

Rail used for transaction

AMOUNT

Transaction amount

Payment Actions

Cancel Payment

For a pending payment:

  1. Click Cancel Payment. The Cancel Payment? dialog displays:
  2. Are you sure you want to cancel this payment? This action cannot be undone. Note: Clicking Cancel in the dialog will cancel the payment.
  3. Click Cancel/Confirm.
  4. If applicable, enter information in either the Internal Only Note or Partner Note fields, or both. Select Same as Internal Note to use the same text for both notes.

Nacha View

The search results display in the Transaction Nacha View dialog.

Column

Description

Batch Header

SEC

Standard Entry Class(SEC) for payment

Company Name

Company name of originator

DESC

Description

Effective Date

Effective date of payment (YYMMDD)

Orig Status Code

Originator status code

Batch #

Batch number

Desc Date

Date the description was entered

Settlement Date

Settlement date of payment

DFI Identification

Deposit Financial Institution(DFI) identification

Entry

Transaction Code

2-digit code identifying the account and transaction type

DFI Account

Receiver account number

Identification

Receiver identification , corresponds to Nacha Individual Identification Number field

Discretionary

Corresponds to Discretionary Date field

Trace #

Unique core trace number of payment

Receiving DFI

Receiver routing number

Amount

Payment Amount

Receiver Name

Name on receiver account

Addenda Indicator

Whether addenda information exists

Nacha

Nacha message for payment

View Webhooks

Click IMAGE to toggle the search fields and enter your search criteria. Click Search.

Column

Description

EVENT

Payment event

STATUS

Expired, Failed, Pending, Success

CREATED

Time and date of event creation

ATTEMPTED

Time and date of event attempt

Click IMAGE to open the Webhook Event Dialog.

Click IMAGE to open the Webhook Event Details dialog.

Click resource to display further details.

Column

Description

STATUS

Expired, Failed, Pending, Success

ATTEMPTED

Time and date of event attempt

CALLBACKURL

The API call URL

ELAPSED

Time elapsed in milliseconds

CODE

Accepted/ Rejected

IS RESEND

Yes / No

Click Callback url to view Log Details.

View Notes

This dialog displays any Notes on ACH payments:

Field

Description

DATE

Note creation date

SUBJECT

Note subject

AUDIENCE

Note audience (Internal / Partner)

CREATED BY

COS user who created the note

Body

Note text

You can also add a note as follows:

  1. Click Add Note
  2. Enter the information into the fields in the Create New Note dialog.
  3. Click Submit.The new note displays in the Notes dialog.

Payment History

Click the bottom item in the Payment History area to view the Outbound or Inbound Origination history information for that related payment.

In the Client Batch Search screen, click an entry to view a particular batch.

Column

Description

Ref ID

Transaction reference ID

TRACE #

Nacha trace number

STATUS

Payment status

POSTING

Inbound /Outbound

TYPE

Code for posting transaction

PARTNER

Date and timestamp of payment

ORIGINA

Payment originator

RECEIVER

Payment receiver

SEC

SEC Code

TRANS

Transaction (Pull / Push)

AMOUNT

Dollar amount

Client Batch Tasks

Cancel Batch

  1. Click Cancel Batch to open the dialog.
  2. Click No/Yes.

Client Batches

In the Client Batch Search screen, click an entry to view a particular batch.

Details of the client batch displays:

See the ACH Overview to learn more about client batches.

Column

Description

Ref ID

Search for client batch by ID

Account

Account number

Partner

Partner name

Payment Count

The number of unique payments in the batch (up to 5000)

Debit Total

The total amount to be credited to the originator account

Created

Time and date batch created (EST)

Imported

Time and date batch imported (EST)

Status

Processing, Imported, Canceled

Product

Partner product

Import Count

How many payments have been processed at the time of the query

Credit Total

The total amount to be debited from the originator account

Last Modified

Time and date batch last modified

Column

Description

Ref ID

Transaction reference ID

TRACE #

Nacha trace number

STATUS

Payment status

POSTING

Inbound /Outbound

TYPE

Code for posting transaction

PARTNER

Date and timestamp of payment

ORIGINA

Payment originator

RECEIVER

Payment receiver

SEC

SEC Code

TRANS

Transaction (Pull / Push)

AMOUNT

Dollar amount

Client Batch Tasks

Cancel Batch

  1. Click Cancel Batch to open the dialog.
  2. Click No/Yes.

Holds

Column

Description

Ref ID

Payment Ref ID

Partner

Partner the payment is associated with.

Note: You can click the partner name to view partner details.

Status

Payment status.

Pen icon displays when a NOC (Notification of Change) was sent for the payment.

Arrow icon displays when the payment has a linked ACH return.

Trans Type

Transaction type (Push/ Pull)

Completed

Time and date of hold completion

Reason Code

Reason code linked to ACH return or NOC

SEC

SEC (Standard Entry Class) code of payment

Direction

Inbound/ Outbound

Service

Service type (SameDay/Standard)

Created

Dateand time the payment was initiated

Source

Paymentsource. For Inbound payments the value will always be “File”, and for outbound payments the value will always be “API” or “Partner Portal”.

Hold Days

Numberof days the credit to an account for an outbound pull payment is held.

Note: This field applies to outbound pulls only.

Client Identifier

Use this attribute to add your own unique identifying string to a payment call or COS record. This attribute is useful for idempotency purposes.

Product

Product associated with payment

Posting

Posting status of payment and account number associated with payment.

Note: You can click the account number to view the account details.

Box icon indicates a single posting



Trace #

Unique core trace number of payment

Data

Company discretionary data on payment

Type

Payment type

Direction

Payment direction (Inbound / Outbound)

Amount

Payment amount

DESC

Payment description

Effective

Effective date of payment (YYMMDD)

Purpose

Purpose of payment

Addenda

Addenda information included in payment

Originator

Routing #

Originator routing number

Account #

Originator account number

Account Type

Originator account type

Name

Originator name

Identification

10-digit identification number for originator

Data

Company discretionary data

Address

Address 1-3 of originator

City

City of the originator

State

State of the originator

Country

Country of the originator

Receiver

Routing #

Receiver routing number

Account #

Receiver account number

Account Type

Receiver account type

Name

Receiver name

Identification

Receiver identification, corresponding to “Individual Identification Number” Nacha field

Data

Company discretionary data

Address

Address 1-3 of receiver

City

City of receiver

State

State of receiver

Country

Country of receiver

IAT Originating Bank. These fields are for international transactions only:

Name

Name of the bank where the transaction originated

Identification

The originating bank identification

Country

The country code of the originating bank

IAT Receiving Bank. These fields are for international transactions only:

Name

Name of the bank where the transaction is received

Identification

The receiving bank identification

IAT Correspondent Bank 1. These fields are for international transactions only:

Name

Name of corespondent bank

Identification

The correspondent bank identification

Country

The country code for the correspondent bank

Payment Details

Notes on payment holds display here.

Hold Details

OFAC Scan: displays if hold has either been Cleared or Escalated.

Originate an ACH payment

To originate an ACH payment:

1

Select the ACH tab.

2

Click Originate Payment to open the Originate Payment screen.

3

In the Originate Payment area, enter the payment details in the fields:



  1. Aside from the fields described here, other fields may be displayed depending on your selection of the value for the SEC Code field.

Field

Description

SEC Code

SEC (Standard Entry Class) code for payment

Originator Account

Originator account number

Override Originator

Yes /No

If Yes then Originator Name, Originator Identification and Originator Data display.

Receiver Routing #

Receiver account routing number

Receiver Account

Receiver account number

Receiver Name

Name on receiver account

Receiver Identification

Identification string receiver account.

Transaction Type

Transaction type (Push/Pull)

Service Level

Service type (Standard/ SameDay)

Description

Payment description

Purpose

Payment purpose

Client Identifier

Use this attribute to add your own unique identifying string to a payment call or COS record. This attribute is useful for idempotency purposes.

Amount

Payment amount

Addenda

Addenda for payment

4

Click Originate Payment. The payment details display in the ACH Payment Information screen.



Simulate Inbound

Originations

1

Click the Originations tab to simulate an inbound origination and enter required information:

Field

Description

SEC Code

SEC (Standard Entry Class) code for payment

Originator Routing Number

Originator account number

Originator Name

Originator name

Originator Identification

Originator identification number

Originator Data



Receiver Account

Receiver account number

Receiver Name

Name on receiver account

Receiver Identification

Receiver identification number

Transaction Type

Transaction type (Push/ Pull)

Service Level

Service type (Standard/ SameDay)

Description

Description

Amount

Payment amount

2

Click Originate Payment



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