Ask HN: Why hasn't the ACH system been more abused?

Re:Ask HN: Why hasn't the ACH system been more abused? by theonething on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @12:44AM (#32646718)

There's this.

https://www.nacha.org/content/international-ach-transactions...

It still Nacha which is a US institution as you mention. However, I don't see how that protects in the case of a fraudulent overseas transaction. What recourse do you have if an overseas bad actor tricks you into sending money to his overseas account via international ACH?

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Re:Ask HN: Why hasn't the ACH system been more abused? by kreig on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @01:10PM (#32652697)

I worked for a NACHA processing backend for some years, the mechanism of protecting overseas transactions from bad actors is usually based on sending additional information contained in the IAT transaction, which includes some extra data from both the origination and the receiver[1]. When the bank process it, it could either:

1) settle the transaction in the next few days (3 usually).

2) ask for additional information on the next few days.

3) deny (return) the transaction if it looks too suspicious according to the bank.

[1] https://www.nacha.org/system/files/2019-07/IAT-Specific-Data...

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