3 ms·
Ask HN: Best banks for a programmatic ACH interface?
I'm trying to research the best options to do payouts. It seems that currently ACH is most readily available through your bank (assuming they offer it). Both Stripe and Feefighters are planning to offer ACH in the future, but it's unclear when those offerings will become available. Does anyone have any feedback? Maybe some good articles about getting set up with ACH, bonus if it involves marketplace web applications utilizing ACH to make payments to their customers. Maybe ultimately PayPal is a better way to go?
- rlucas 15y agoFew if any banks are going to be "good" and none will really have an "API." Set your sights low. The best you're likely to get is the ability to upload a batch file, or if you're really lucky, a NACHA formatted file. Expect to post collateral with your bank, tying up anything from several thousand to several hundred thousand dollars (depending on your volumes). There are reasons why ACH is problematic; it's not [solely] because banks suck. There are anti-money laundering (AML) as well as anti-abuse protections that must be taken. We at Lighter Capital did find some reasonably forward-thinking institutions in our search and I'm happy to share what we learned offline -- rlucas@lightercapital.com.
- avstraliitski 15y agoIn my experience, in most countries HSBC offers great high end services for large companies. Note: The horrors of Paypal, credit cards and ACH are all sticking plasters (to take an American turn of phrase) on a financial infrastructure that is widely considered the laughing stock of the first world.
- martin1b 15y agoConsider using a payment gateway like Authorize.Net. Their ACH capability is pretty straight forward and works well. http://www.authorize.net/solutions/merchantsolutions/merchantservices/echeck/ http://www.authorize.net/solutions/merchantsolutions/merchan...
- angusdavis 15y agoTake a look at http://achdirect.com/ http://achdirect.com/