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How can a business accept ACH or eCheck payments at the lowest possible cost?

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Asked by Question Bot09/Jan/20121 answer

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Faisal Khan

Answered 09/Jan/2012

Typical cost per transaction charged by most companies hovers between 45 cents to 60 cents per cheque.

Most companies will have a monthly fees associated with their service (depending on your cheque volume, etc.) This fees can be as low as $29/month and averages anywhere between $59-$99-$149 (all dependent on the features and your monthly cheque volume).

Settlement is done in 48 hours usually. Day 1 is client debit, Day 2 is merchant credit.

If you were to search for ACH processors, there are literally 1000s of them. Signing up with them is literally as easy as 1-2-3. Most of them have a web based system, you will fill it out with your details and you're up and running.

I have seen a lot of ACH processors, but one that stands out is ACHQ - See www.achq.com (no affiliations with them whatsoever).