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Beach Business Bank Selects ACH Federal For Its Processing Services

August 06, 2010, 3:13 p.m. EDT 1 Min Read

ACH Federal will provide Web-based and customized automated clearinghouse processing services for Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based Beach Business Bank, the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based electronic payments provider announced on Aug. 3.

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Beach Business’ customers now may collect payments online, make payments to vendors and deposit payroll funds into employee accounts, ACH Federal said in a news release. ACH Federal will provide the bank with a Web-based platform that securely processes ACH transactions for the bank through a terminal connected directly to the Federal Reserve system using the financial institution’s routing number, ACH Federal explained in the release.

Additionally, the Web-based platform complies with NACHA’s requirements for fraud prevention and includes a dual-file approval system for both parties to approve, multifactor authentication for login and data encryption software for all transactions, Craig Cotter, ACH Federal director of sales, tells PaymentsSource.

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