FSCB Digital Banking Business Guide

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Positive Pay Introduction

For businesses today, payment fraud attempts are a fact of life, but financial losses don’t have to be. Positive Pay is a service that helps minimize the threat of fraud associated with check or ACH transactions and can help simplify account reconciliation. Check Positive Pay is one of the best tools available for detecting fraudulent or altered checks presented for payment against your account. It can be used by itself or in combination with ACH Positive Pay. Whenever checks are presented for payment, we compare them to check details you provide either by uploading an issued check file, or by adding information manually. In the review process, if we identify any variances in check numbers, dollar amounts, or payee names (i.e., the person or business the check is issued to), we will present those items to you as “exceptions” for a pay or return decision.

Note: Exception items left unresolved will automatically be paid or returned as designated in the Positive Pay Addendum to your company’s Business Digital Banking Services Agreement.

Positive Pay: Introduction