ACH Basics and the Participants

On Demand Course

Instructor: Kelly Rozier

Duration: 1 HR

What You'll Learn

ACH Basics and Participants is essential knowledge about how the Automated Clearing House network operates and the key roles involved. Understanding this section will help you grasp the flow of electronic payments, the responsibilities of each participant, and the benefits of using ACH—such as efficiency, cost savings, and security. Mastery of these fundamentals is crucial for anyone working with ACH transactions, ensuring compliance and smooth payment processing.

Stout instructors will take attendees through a deep-dive, easy-to-understand program to assist you and your teams in preparing for the AAP Exam. This session has been designed to prepare for the future AAP or as a refresher course for existing AAPs.

Topics covered in this session

ACH Network Defined
Typed of ACH Entries
ACH File Structure
Originator
Originating Depository Financial Institution
ACH Operator
Receiving Depository Financial Institution
Receiver
Third-Party Service Providers & Third-Party Senders

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*This course does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.

Accreditations

Nacha (National Automated Clearing House Association) -AAP/APRP

Nacha has approved this course as eligible for AAP or APRP Renewal Credit(s).

Requesting CE:
Upon completion of this course, please email creditrequest@nogginguru.com to obtain a CE certificate.

About the Author:

Kelly Rozier

Kelly Rozier has extensive banking experience; specializing is Electronic Payments and fraud. Ms. Rozier advises both financial institutions and their service providers on payments audits, process improvement, and risk management. She provides expertise in ACH, Wire Transfer, Remote Deposit Capture (RDC), and other payment systems, including audits of third-party senders and service providers. She works closely with banking professionals, , risk managers, compliance officers, and operations teams in the context of payments compliance, process optimization, financial risk management, and regulatory education. Additionally, Kelly collaborates with the Simplify Risk–Secura membership program to deliver education and resources tailored to banks, fintech companies and credit unions Prior to joining Stout, Kelly was responsible for the payment’s governance including treasury services and oversight for an $18 billion in assets financial institution. Kelly has a significant amount of experience working on the financial institution side and working with all the major core providers on electronic payments needs based on external fraud threats, network and regulatory requirements. Kelly also has ten years of experience working directly with the BSA/AML and fraud areas specific to electronic payments fraud and incident response.

On-Demand Course