!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([NACHA]) manages the development, administration, and governance of the  [ACH], the backbone for the electronic movement of money and data in the  [United States] . 


[{$pagename}] is funded by the [Financial Institutions] that it governs. The ACH Network serves as a network for direct consumer, business, and government payments, and annually facilitates billions of payments such as  [direct deposit|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_deposit]  and  [direct payment|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Payments].

[{$pagename}] is a [501(c)(6)|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)(6)] [Not-for-profit Entity] association incorporated in [1974|Year 1974] and represents nearly 11,000 [Financial Institutions] by way of eleven regional payments associations and direct membership. 


[{$pagename}] is not directly involved in the [Automated Clearing House] transactions that flow to and from organizations and [Financial Institutions].


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* [#1] - [NACHA|Wikipedia:NACHA|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2021-07-02