E-Check (or echeck)

E-Check payments are ACH payments that originate via the internet, telephone, point-of-sale (POS), or bill payment sent through the mail or unattended lockbox. For mail and lockbox payments, the paper check is not deposited, but converted into an ACH debit. Learn more about e-check payments here.

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    A standard entry class code that enables a consumer to initiate an ACH credit into the ACH network whereby funds will be transferred to a company for...

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  • TEL (Telephone Initiated Entries)

    A standard entry class code that enables the originator to initiate a single entry debit to a consumer’s account pursuant to a consumer’s oral authorization obtained over...

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