12/12/2015
Can we re-route an ACH credit coming into a closed account to the customer’s loan account if their DDA is closed?
04/15/2013
When setting up businesses for online banking, ACH, and remote deposit capture, does the bank maintain control over users of the business or do they set up an administrator for the business for them to maintain?
09/24/2012
The husband of a long time customer of the bank, is using her account to deposit large dollars in postal money orders, cash, his social security check and wires for services he provides. The money is then Paypal'd out. We have no idea of the source of these funds. Her paycheck is an ACH not in questions. We have been filing SAR's for a year. Should we leave the account open?
12/05/2011
An employee in a company's accounting department pays a personal debt by ACH using the company's business checking account information. The employee is authorized to make ACH's for the company for business purposes only. The debt collection firm accepted the information and originated the ACH to be paid from the business account to the debt collection firm's account. The debt collection firm did not know, nor had they any reason to know, that the account was a business account. The debt collection firm believed the account was the employee's personal account. Who is responsible for the loss if the employee/wrongdoer cannot be located?
10/10/2011
According to Reg P, a financial institution is not to give out any account information, including account balances and account status. We regularly get calls from other financial institutions, companies like Comdata, and individuals asking if a check or ACH will clear. Are we allowed to give out that information under Reg. P?
08/29/2011
I know there have been lawsuits against banks due to fraud involving unauthorized ACH debits on business accounts. What is the status of those suits?
05/02/2011
Can an institution accept a deposit by matching a name or social security number if the account number is invalid?
04/25/2011
When a customer dies who is receiving a social security check in the middle of the month, how do you determine if the deposit needs to be returned?
10/25/2010
Can the bank place a hold on the anticipated amount of a future social security deposit after a joint owner of a DDA passes away? They were entitled to the previous months deposit, but will not be entitled to future deposits.
10/04/2010
I'm trying to figure out if CIP is required on the merchants for whom we process ACH transactions. Here's the scenario. Company A (Merchants) sells goods/services on the internet. They send their debit and credit transactions to Company B (Payment Processor), who then in turn sends their ACH files to us for processing through their account(the merchants does not have an account with us). We perform all BSA requirements for the processor because they are our customer, but I am wondering if the merchant is considered our customer as well, or just a customer of the Payment Processor? Should we be obtaining CIP information on the merchants?