Payments SmartCast

Listen in as Alex Sheen—the exclusive Remote Connect keynote speaker and founder of "Because I Said I Would, "a social movement and nonprofit dedicated to bettering humanity through promises made and kept—shares the background on his story and motivation to encourage social change.

Join panelists Peter Tapling, Managing Director, PTap Advisory, LLC and Joe Casali, Executive Vice President, NEACH, as they sit down with Stephanie Prebish, Senior Managing Director, Association Services at Nacha, to talk about a Smarter Faster Payments spotlight session that provides fresh insights on the latest in headline news and opportunities to prepare for the AAP and APRP exams. Discover w...

Sit down with three Nacha staff, Jennifer Stokley—General Counsel, Ashley Mustico—Director of Education & Accreditation and Jordan Bennett—Senior Director of Network Risk Management, to hear about how attending Smarter Faster Payments 2024 provides benefits for legal and other payments professionals involved with risk management.

If you’re interested in the financial technology sessions at Smarter Faster Payments in Miami, listen in as Steven E. Bernstein, Head of North American Strategic Business Development at J.P. Morgan, and Stephanie Prebish, Senior Managing Director of Association Services at Nacha, speak to the presentations that can help you keep up with the speed of change in the payments industry.

Join Tricia Balfe, CEO of XMLdation, a Nacha Preferred Partner for Compliance and ACH Experience, Kathy Levin, Nacha Senior Director, Strategic Payments Analyst, and Samantha Carrier, Associate Managing Director, Nacha Consulting as they explain the significance of ISO 20022 and the ACH Network. Tune in now!

Dive into the latest episode of Nacha's "Payments Smartcast" where we discuss the state of bank account validation in the ACH space with Amy Morris, Senior Director, ACH Network Rules at Nacha, and James Cook, VP of Product Management at Accelitas. Discover how advancements in validation services are enhancing fraud prevention and improving user experience.

Smarter Faster Payments 2024 is from Monday, May 6, to Thursday, May 9. Lisa Coffey and Raven Johnson with Corporate America Credit Union and Ashley Mustico from Nacha share the value of attending Smarter Faster Payments. With more than 120 educational sessions, attendees will gain valuable insights on critical issues shaping the industry while networking with fellow payments professionals. Tune i...

Nacha just released the 2024 edition of the Nacha Operating Rules & Guidelines. Listen to our latest podcast with Cari Conahan, Senior Director & Group Manager of ACH Network Rules & Enforcement at Nacha; Jim Petkovits, Vice President of Education and Training at Wespay; and George McKee, Founder, President and CEO of Profituity who combined have many decades of experience working with...

Registration just opened for Smarter Faster Payments 2024, which will take place in Miami from Monday, May 6 through Thursday, May 9. The conference again promises to be our industry’s premier event, drawing thousands of payments professionals to participate in more than 100 educational sessions. In this episode Carl Slabicki, the co-head of Global Payments at BNY Treasury Services and chair of th...

Nacha recently updated the ACH Compliance Manual which offers crisp insights into authorizations, processing and more from Nacha’s subject matter experts. Hear from Nacha’s Danita Tyrrell, Senior Director, ACH Network Rules Development & Technical Support, and Annette Brown, Assistant Director, ACH Network Rules to understand why the 11th edition of the ACH Compliance Manual is an essential to...

The 8th Edition of the ACH Risk Management Handbook is available in the Nacha Store as well as from the Payments Associations. Angi Farren, President and CEO of the Upper Midwest ACH Association (UMACHA), joins Jordan Bennett, Senior Director of ACH Network Risk Management at Nacha, to discuss how the Handbook helps put risk-related topics in layman’s terms and is one of the go-to resources for an...

Bill Sullivan, Nacha's Senior Director and Group Manager for Government and Industry Relations, and Jeremy Pritchard, Director of Client Consulting for Treasury Services at Cadence Bank, talk about their recent experience participating in Nacha's Hill Climb, where they joined Nacha members from across the country to sit down with members of Congress and their staff to discuss the critical role the...

Stephanie Prebish, AAP, APRP, CTP, Nacha Managing Director, Association Services and Nell Campbell-Drake, Vice President, Industry Relations, at Federal Reserve Financial Services, and a member of the 2024 Smarter Faster Payments Planning Committee break down how to craft a successful session proposal for next year’s Smarter Faster Payments Conference, taking place Monday, May 6 through Thursday,...

Dalbir Sahota (Senior Director, Product Management, Bankers Almanac) and Cindy Printer (Director Market Planning for Payments) from LexisNexis® Risk Solutions chat with Rob Unger (Senior Director of Product Management & Strategic Initiatives) from Phixius by Nacha about the unique partnership between these two renowned organizations, enabling their customers to instantly verify account details...

Joe W. Hussey, Senior Vice President of Global Treasury Management at Wells Fargo and Chairperson of the Nacha Board of Directors, Philip C. Picillo, Esq., CTP, Executive Managing Director of Treasury Management Integration at Webster Bank and Chair of the 2023 Smarter Faster Payments Conference Planning Committee, and Stephanie Prebish, AAP, APRP, CTP, Managing Director of Association Services at...

Angel Grant, Vice President of Security at F5, gives a preview of her session at Smarter Faster Payments 2023: Navigating Payments Security and Privacy in the New World: Metaverse, Web3 & NFTs. Ashley Mustico, Director of Education and Accreditation at Nacha, joins to highlight additional sessions and why payments professionals should register for Smarter Faster Payments 2023, taking place in...

Whether you are a payments veteran or new to the industry, TPI On Campus, taking place July 16-19 in Atlanta, is where you can grow your payments skills. And July 19 and 20, Nacha is offering the Risk Retreat, where you will explore risk, compliance, and legal-related concepts and implement your learning. Tim Mills, Jen Wasmund and Ashley Mustico, all of whom have been instrumental in putting TPI...

In this episode Nacha speaks with James Flowers, Director of Process & Change Delivery at Ally Bank, one of 446 professionals who hold both the AAP and APRP credentials, to discuss how earning Nacha credentials enhanced his career trajectory and how he prepared for both exams. We also speak with Heather von Kriegenbergh, Deposit Operations Specialist at BankProv and one of the 251 payments pro...

To lift himself out of depression, Ben Nemtin developed a seemingly impossible bucket list, including playing basketball with President Obama. Then he gathered a group of friends and set out to check the items off the list. Not only did he shoot hoops with the president, but he discovered happiness and joy along the way. Listen to Ben talk about his Bucket List Journey, and then register for Smart...

Shola Richards brings his passion and energy for the benefits of focusing on kindness and civility in the workplace. Listen to his discussion about how creating an organizational culture based on positivity is essential for long-term success, and then register for Smarter Faster Payments, taking place in Las Vegas April 16-19, where you can hear him speak live!

Nacha's subject matter experts recently updated the payments publication "Third-Party Senders and the ACH Network". Listen in to hear more about how the new edition considers both the ODFI and the Third-Party Sender on the latest Nacha Operating Rules changes, provides tips on risk management, and offers real-world examples of Third-Party Sender relationships.

Amy Morris, Senior Director of ACH Network Rules at Nacha, discusses Nacha's Micro-Entry Rule, what it means, timelines and enforcement, the transactions that are impacted, and what organizations that use Micro-Entries need to do to comply with the Rule.

Nacha just opened registration for Smarter Faster Payments 2023, which will take place April 16-19 in Las Vegas. Nell Campbell-Drake, Vice President of Industry Relations for Federal Reserve Financial Services and a member of the Payments 2023 Conference Planning Committee, and Stephanie Prebish, Managing Director of Association Services at Nacha, talk about the conference, the topics the sessions...

Nacha Rules now require ACH users to include account validation within a commercially reasonably fraudulent transaction detection system for the first use of new account information. Created and operated by Nacha, Phixius is a peer-to-peer network where financial institutions, fintechs and businesses can exchange and verify payment-related information securely, instantly, and across multiple payme...

After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nacha's in-person Smarter, Faster Payments Conference will return May 1-4 in Nashville, Tennessee. With May just around the corner, participants can save hundreds of dollars by registering before March 18.