FedACH® APIs
BATCH ORIGINATION SUMMARY
Category: Payment Processing
Use Cases and Benefits
Use Cases
Enables originating depository financial institutions (ODFIs) to retrieve summarized batch information showing the status of work originated with FedACH Services along with transaction information for each originator.
Benefits
- Integrate real-time information to easily determine whether FedACH batches have been accepted, rejected or are pending.
- Reconcile, troubleshoot and monitor ACH items sent to FedACH Services.
- Help improve reporting to ODFIs and/or originators.
FILE ORIGINATION STATUS
Category: Payment Processing
Use Cases and Benefits
Use Cases
Enables originating depository financial institutions (ODFIs) to retrieve information showing the status of work originated with FedACH Services along with transaction information for each originator for any processing day within the past two years.
Benefits
- Integrate real-time information to easily determine whether FedACH files have been accepted, rejected or are pending.
- Reconcile, troubleshoot and monitor ACH files sent to FedACH Services
- Help improve reporting to ODFIs and/or originators.
FILE RECEIPT STATUS
Category: Payment Processing
Use Cases and Benefits
Use Cases
Enables financial institutions to retrieve details of ACH files that are either waiting to be sent to a financial institution or have been sent to them.
Benefits
- Reconcile FedACH files received using real-time information.
- Monitor the status of critical ACH files that will be sent to a financial institution and confirm file delivery.
REJECTED ENTRIES
Category: Payment Processing
Use Cases and Benefits
Use Cases
Enables financial institutions to retrieve real-time detailed rejected entries for files originated through FedACH Services, enabling financial institutions to identify information by file ID and ACH process date.
Benefits
- Conduct a real-time detailed analysis of a rejected entry to identify and correct issues.
RETURN ITEM
Category: Information Services
Use Cases and Benefits
Use Cases
Enables financial institutions to retrieve detailed return item information processed by FedACH Services within the past two years.
Benefits
- Retrieve and analyze inbound return items processed by FedACH Services after each distribution cycle, enabling easier, more timely access to monitor ACH processing activity and speed compliance tasks.
- Share the latest return item information with originating depository financial institutions (ODFIs) and corporate customers for an improved customer experience.
SETTLEMENT SUMMARIES
Category: Payment Processing
Use Cases and Benefits
Use Cases
Enables financial institutions to retrieve settlement summary information for items originated or received through FedACH Services.
Benefits
- Integrate FedACH advice and settlement summary information into payment operations tools to better balance account activity or reconcile Federal Reserve account statements.