Positive Pay Could Protect Your Business from Fraud
Article By: Deirdre Tumm, Treasury Management Officer for SFB
More and more often businesses are utilizing the banking service of Positive Pay as a means of fraud protection. Positive Pay services allow banking clients to upload a Positive Pay file (a listing of checks written from the client's account), which is used to compare against the checks presented to the financial institution for payment.
When a check is attempting to clear the client's account but is not referenced within that client's Positive Pay file, the check is considered an exception. To manage that exception, the client is notified and asked to review whether the check should be cleared. Positive Pay is often considered a cost-effective theft prevention offering. This service is available for ACH debits as well.
Positive Pay service offerings consist of a monthly service fee (averaging between $30 - $70) and an exception item fee (averaging $1-3/exception item). With business banking clients having a reduced timeline to dispute invalid account debits, the concept of theft protection services is gaining traction. Does your business utilize Positive Pay? What forms of theft protection services is your company utilizing today? Now might be a good time to meet with your banker to discuss.
For more information on how Security Financial Bank can help you with Positive Pay services, contact Deirdre Tumm at 715.930.7025.
