ACH On-Demand Posting Configuration

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UACHMN-01

ACH On-Demand Posting Configuration

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Access this screen by selecting ACH On-Demand Posting Services on the Online Banking Configuration Options screen and using Enter.

Additional Resources

Instant Deposits Brochure (includes what the employee and member see)

About this Feature

Do you have members requesting to post their paycheck to their account a day early? Use this on-demand one-time posting that must be requested by an individual member, each time they wish to receive their deposit early, to post ACH credit deposits (that are pending in the ACH warehouse) early.

Activation

Use this screen to turn on the feature, set the fee amount and associated G/L, and indicate whether the fee can be waived at posting.  Select whether to activate it in Phone Operator, Mobile/Online banking, or both.  (Or of course do not activate it.) Refer the field descriptions below.  To encourage members to use this feature online, the configuration allows you to enter a different fee and G/L for the mobile and CU*BASE features.

  • NOTE: You can set the fee to be zero dollars, to demonstrate your support for members posting their transactions online.

How the Feature Works in Phone Operator

Once activated, your employee can post your member’s pending deposit by selecting the GO! button above the ACH column in Phone Operator and then selecting the pending transaction.  On the ACH Warehouse Inquiry screen simply select the deposit on the screen and Post now. (Post now is only available for deposits.)  This will take you to a second screen where you can post the transaction.

How the Feature Works in Mobile and Online Banking

Once activated, members can post their pending ACH deposits by selecting "Post Now" next to the pending ACH deposit.  On the next screen, the member selects a fee account (if configured) and confirms the posting.  At that time the pending ACH deposit is posted, and the funds are available to the member. If the members have any distributions tied directly to this deposit, those will post early as well. (Any automatic funds transfers will happen at their normally scheduled time.)   

Caveats and More Details

  • The feature is only available for credit ACH transactions and if the member already has the money to cover the fee in their accounts.  The fee amount cannot be taken from the deposit.

  • NOTE: Because the deposit could be coming in directly to a loan account, any fee you charge cannot come from the incoming deposit; the member must have money for the fee in one of their savings/checking accounts already.

Field Descriptions

Field Name

Description

Allow on demand postings of ACH deposits via

Select which way the early ACH post feature works:

  • By the credit union employee for the member via Phone Operator

  • By the members for themselves in mobile and online banking

  • Both (of the above)

  • Neither of the above (Do not activate it.)

Fee amount

The fee the member is charged when the pending ACH deposit is posted.  

  • The fee can be configured for a zero dollar amount.

  • NOTE:  The fee amount cannot be taken from the deposit. The member must already have the funds to cover the fee in an account

  • This fee currently applies only when posting via Phone Operator.

  • The fee can be waived by the employee who is posting the deposit if allowed.  (See "Allow fee to be manually waived" below.

Fee transaction description

Enter the text that will appear on the member's statement when the fee is posted.

Fee income G/L

Enter the G/L to which the fee will be posted.

Allow fee to be manually waived

Check this box if you want to allow the employee posting the pending ACH deposit to waive the fee.