ACHPro Flashcards
How will the Unauthorized Fee be collected?
The ACH Operator will collect and distribute the fees monthly.
The ODFI must provide the Originator information to the RDFI within ___?___ of receiving a written request if received within __?__ of Settlement of the BOC entry.
2 Banking Days; 2 Years of Settlement
Define SDNs
Specially Designated Nationals is the Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC to access US funds.
Who is responsible for verifying the accuracy of addenda information in a corporate payment?
RDFI
Which Federal Reserve service consists of a safekeeping function and a transfer and settlement function?
Fedwire Securities Services
Who are the corresponding banking customers of a Correspondent Bank?
Collecting Bank; Bank of First Deposit (BOFD)
What types of transactions do The Clearing House’s Real-Time Payment (RTP) System support? Up to what amount?
Credit Push transactions only up to $1,000,000 or less
Define Alternative Payment Method.
Any way to pay for goods or services that does not involve cash or a card that belong to a recognizable major card scheme (such as Visa/Mastercard/American Express).
According to Regulation CC, when an original paper check is unavailable for inspection during a dispute, what can be assumed to resolve the dispute between F.I.’s?
Presumption of Alteration, unless there is a preponderance (outweighing amount) of evidence in the contrary.
Principal objective of an ACH contingency plan?
Assure that the ACH operations remain viable, even under unusual conditionals, both natural and man-made.
Allowing a Third-Party Processor to send files directly to the ACH processor is what type of risk for ODFI?
Fraud Risk
Using a correspondent bank for ACH processing is what type of risk for ODFI?
Fraud Risk
ACH processing employee setting aside exceptions & returns for another employee due back in a week is an example of what type of risk for the RDFI?
Operational Risk
F.I. should use these 3 items regarding dates to aid in controlling ACH files and reducing risk that a file will be processed incorrectly:
File Creation Date
Effective Entry Date
Immediate Origin
What types of risk do high volumes or rates of return post for ODFI?
Credit Risk & Reputational Risk
Who Created the ACH Network?
SCOPE (Special Committee on Paperless Entries)
Why is Multi-Factor Authentication considered more robust than single factor authentication? Examples?
Requires multiple methods of authentication for access, may be something the user:
Knows (password/PIN), Has (token/smart card), Receives (one-time passcode), Verified (biometric measurement).
Ancillary Risk Examples?
Cross-Channel Risk, Counterparty Risk, Direct Access Risk
Simple way to collect loan payments before customers are delinquent?
TEL (Telephone initiated payments)
System used by IRS to collect corporate tax payments?
Electronic Federal Tax Payment Service (EFTPS)
If requested, how long does an RDFI have to provide payment related information to a Receiver of a CCD, CTX, CIE, or IAT?
Opening of business on the RDFI’s second Banking day following SETTLEMENT date of the entry
Commercial Loan Files
Competitors Customers
High volume check reconciliation customers
Local School Districts
This list is good prospects for marketing regarding?
Good ACH prospects
What is a daylight overdraft?
An intraday negative balance
(When a bank overdraws more money than it has in its Federal Reserve account but is brought back into a credit by close of business)
Who are Interchange fees charged to? Who pays interchange fees for each card payment?
Charged to - MERCHANTS
Pays - CARD ISSUER.
Will the ACH Operator Return Entries and RDFI Return Entries if they are in the same batch?
Yes
List a banking convention that made the automation of check processing possible.
Routing Number policy adoption by ABA in 1911
What regulations have direct bearing on the ACH Network?
Reg E, Reg D, Reg CC, UCC4A
Three Advantages to becoming an ODFI?
Reduction of ACH processing costs through increased volume. New opportunities for increased business through expanded services. Enhanced public relations through effective, efficient and innovative payment services.
Return time frame for Same Day ACH entry?
Return must be made available to the ODFI by the opening of business on the second banking day following Settlement Date. (same as usual return timeframe)
What is the definitive resource on MICR line printing?
ASC X9 TR 2-2005 Understanding, Designing and Producing Checks
What type of company would be the best prospect for Direct Payment?
Company with high-volume and recurring accounts receivables
Entry Detail Record contains?
Record Type Code & Discretionary data
-receiver acct & name, transaction amount & Tran code
ACH Operator minimal inclusion in the Acknowledgment Entry Batch Header?
Batch Number, Effective Entry Date, Total Credit Entry Dollar Amount
Batch Number, Effective Entry Date, Total Credit Entry Dollar Amount
Which item in the Entry Detail Record identifies the ODFI?
The Trace Number (first 8 digits is start of routing #)
For the purpose of calculating the Entry Hash totals for a batch, what two records are included?
Entry Detail Record & Company Batch Control Record
Standing recurring authorization amount change notification to consumer timeframe?
10 CALENDAR Days prior to the date of the next debit
Per UCC4A, if an ODFI transmits a duplicate entry, who is at risk of loss? What recourse is there? Who is entitled to be paid?
The ODFI bears risk of loss, only recourse is against the Receiver. The RDFI is entitled to be paid, but Originator has no obligation to pay the additional amount.
What does the The Supplemental Data Security Requirements (eff June 30, 2022) require large, non-FI Originators, Third-Party Service Providers and Third-Party Senders with an ACH volume of 2 million transactions or greater annually to do?
Protect deposit account information by rendering it unreadable when it is stored electronically.
ODFI is required by UCC4A upon acceptance of a credit entry:
Timely transmittal of the entry, Provisional Payment in the event the final settlement does not occur, Liability for late transmittal or failure to transmit.
ACH Network Advantages?
Reduced Costs, Reduced paper checks and deposit slips, Customer retention.
What document or regulatory guidance addresses the risks and mitigation practices for RDC?
FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council)
What regulations have direct bearing on checks and check collection?
Reg J, Reg CC, OC 3 (Fed Operating Circular), UCC 3 & 4 (Uniform Commercial Code)
Originators need to list __?__ in the Payment Related Information field.
Ultimate Beneficiary of the transaction (may not be the account holder name) – IAT TRANSACTIONS
What is Layered Security?
The use of different controls at different points in the transaction process, so that a weakness in one control is generally compensated for by the strength of a different control.
If RDFI is unable to provide copy of Written Statement of Unauthorized Debit (WSUD) to an originating company after returning an ACH as unauthorized, what type of risk does this represent?
Operational Risk
If an ODFI is experiencing, or has potential to experience financial difficulties, the ACH Operator may require __?__
Advance notice of origination and prefunding.
Define ACH Data Passing
Passing of ACH debit information between two different companies, even if they are a subsidiary of the company. Data Passing is an ACH Rules violation.
Prefunding is a procedure where funds are placed in an account in the name of the ODFI in advance of what type of file? before settlement date
Credit File
__?__ may request that an __?__ provide a copy of the receiver’s authorization for any entries.
RDFI may request that an ODFI
What constitutes proof of authorization for a WEB debit should an RDFI request a copy of the authorization? (ODFI would provide the proof to RDFI after requesting from their Originator).
Authorization via the internet or wireless network and the receivers instruction for the initiation of the individual debit.
Who establishes the ACH processing schedule?
ACH Operator
What 3 options are available to the ODFI if they receive a returned Entry?
1) Forward the Return entry to the Originator for action
2) Reinitiate an Entry for the Originator if it has been returned R01 (NSF) or R09 (Uncollected Funds)
3) Dishonor the return
List 3 requirements of Originators of Business to Business transactions (CCD/CTX)
1) Must provide proof of authorization or the contact information for the originator to RDFI within 10 days of request
2) Authorization for debits must bind the Receiver to the NACHA Operating Rules
3) Must have an Originator Agreement in place prior to sending CCDs
(payroll entries are NOT required to be prefunded)
What is defined as an individual payment initiated based on a standing authorization?
Subsequent Entries
Financial institutions participating in check truncation-
-what SEC codes are used?
-must abide by which 3 UCC articles & one other rule?
- Must abide by the National Association for Check Safekeeping (NACS) Rules
- Can originate TRC and TRX Entries
- Must abide by UCC Articles 3 & 4, in addition to the ACH Rules
Regarding provision of remittance information to receivers, who may request remittance information and when must it be provided by to receivers?
Corporate receivers can request remittance information and it must be provided by opening of business on the 2nd banking day following SETTLEMENT to all receivers.
What return code is used to Return an unauthorized debit entry to consumer account using a corporate SEC code?
R05 unauthorized consumer debit to consumer account