Regulatory

Fed Board Delays New Same Day ACH Processing Window Until March 2021

The effective date of the new same-day Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) processing window (which would expand the end-of-day deadline to originate same-day transactions by two hours to 4:45 p.m. ET (1:45 p.m. PT)) has been deferred by six months to March 19, 2021.  The Federal Reserve Board of Governors (the “Fed Board”) has informed the national administrator of the ACH network (the “NACHA”) that the Fed Board currently cannot commit to change the Federal Reserve services necessary to enable the new window by June 30, 2019 (the deadline that was agreed upon per Supplement #1-2018 to the NACHA Operating Rules provided for in the rule).…
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