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Article: Check truncation and ACH trends. (automated clearing houses)
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- Healthcare Financial Management
- Article date:
- July 1, 1993
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Continued record growth in the number of checks processed by automated clearing houses (ACH) is prompting changes in the way checks are processed.
The National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), the National Association for Check Safekeeping (NACS), and the Federal Reserve Bank are involved in an electronic check truncation pilot program. Check truncation is a check clearing process in which the paper check is stopped (truncated) at the first bank of deposit or at an agent of a collecting bank. Truncation is the first step in developing a system that could reduce the cost of processing billions of corporate and consumer checks, expedite the return of ...