Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• AUTOMATED CLEARINGHOUSE - ACH
  
  Electronic clearing and settlement system for exchanging electronic transactions among participating depository institutions; such electronic transactions are substitutes for paper checks and are typically used to make recurring payments such as payroll or loan payments. The Federal Reserve Banks operate an automated clearinghouse, as do some private-sector firms.
  
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