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Location Settings: CC/ACH NACHA

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This is used to maintain the NACHA (National Automated Clearing House Association) ACH settings. (Please coordinate the setting up of your credit card/ACH processing with ALMSys Support. This setup tends to get very technical and there are protocols/channels that need to be adhered to.)

This setting is only available in the US.

Layout / How To
You must coordinate setting up this interface with your bank. Not all banks use this type of interface, as it is too generic for some. Please contact them directly and ask them if they support an NACHA interface. They may or may not have a guide that assists you in filling out the fields on this screen.

Immediate Destination: This is a 10 character field that is a space, followed by the 9-digit transit routing number for the account in which the deposits are to be made.
Immediate Origin: Contact the bank for this information.
Destination ACH (Name): A 23-character name for the bank receiving the deposits.
Origin ACH (Name): A 23-character name for your business.
Company (Name): A 23-character name for your business.
Company I.D.: This is "1" followed by your tax i.d. number (no punctuation).
Entry Description: A 10-character name describing the reason for the transaction. (i.e. "LEASE PMT")
Discretionary Data: A optional 20-character field that further describes the transaction.
Originating DFI: An 8-character field which is usually comprised of the first 8 digits of the bank's transit routing number.
Reference Code: An optional 8-character field that is used in the header record. Consult your bank before using this field.
Trace Prefix: An 8-digit field that is used in the generation of a unique record i.d. for each detail record. Typically, this is the first 8 digits of the bank's transit routing number. Contact the bank for assistance.
Balanced Batch: A balanced batch is like an accounting journal, where the debits and credits add up to zero. In this case, the debits are all of your customers and the offsetting credit is YOUR account. Therefore, you must also supply your transit routing number and account number in order for a balanced batch to work correctly.
Transit Routing Number: For balanced batches only, the transit routing number for your checking account.
Account Number: For balanced batches only, the account number for your checking account.
Settlement Date Default: By default, the settlement date is set to today. You can tell the program to default it to tomorrow. When you create the NACHA batch, it will ask you for the settlement date. You may change it at that time if needed.