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The Benefits of Electronic Payments for B2B Transactions

In the digital age, businesses are increasingly moving away from traditional payment methods such as checks and cash, and adopting electronic payment methods for B2B transactions. Electronic payments offer numerous advantages over traditional payment methods, making them an ideal choice for businesses looking to streamline their payment processes and improve cash flow. What are the benefits of electronic payments for B2B transactions? Faster payment processing Electronic payments are processed much faster than traditional payment methods. With electronic payments, the payment is transferred directly from the payer's bank account to the payee's account, eliminating the need for physical checks or cash. This significantly reduces payment processing time, allowing businesses to receive payments faster and improve cash flow. Increased convenience Electronic payments offer increased convenience for both the payer and the payee. With electronic payments, businesses can make and recei...

Nacha ACH Return Codes

If your company does any kind of eCheck ACH processing you'll want to get familiar with at least a couple of these return codes from NACHA. Return Code Description R01 Insufficient Funds R02 Account Closed R03 No Account/Unable to Locate Account R04 Invalid Account Number R05 Unauthorized Debit to Consumer Account R06 Returned per ODFIs Request R07 Authorization Revoked by Customer R08 Payment Stopped or Stop Payment on Item R09 Uncollected Funds R10 Customer Advises Not Authorized R11 Check Truncation Entry Return R12 Branch sold to another DFI R13 RDFI not qualified to participate R14 Representment payee deceased or unable to continuein that capacity R15 Beneficiary of account holder deceased R16 Account Frozen R17 File record edit criteria R18 Improper effective entry date R19 Amount field error R20 Non-Transaction Account R21 Invalid company identification R22 Invalid individual ID number R23 Credit entry refused by receiver R24 Duplicate entry R25 Addenda error R26 Mandatory f...

How to make your software application PCI compliant.

If your a developer who maintains a software application that accepts credit card payments you may be wondering how to make your program PCI compliant. Your not alone, every piece of software that accepts credit card payments or stores credit card numbers is now forced to become PCI complaint or be fined. PCI or the Payment Card Industry regulates the storing and transmission of credit card numbers. Your options There are two ways to become PCI compliant. 1. Subject your software application to a PCI audit. Representatives from the Payment Card Industry will review your application and make recommendations for the storage and transmission of credit card data. The audit will be intensive and costly and will need to be redone annually. 2. Rework your application to stop the storage and transmission of credit card numbers. At first this sounds foreign but read on. Removing the storage and transmission of credit card numbers from your application. Lets say for example you hav...