Macha/PAR Information

Macha/PAR believes that our responsibility is to create value and provide exemplary support. Our most important role is responsiveness in providing excellent service to our members, as well as being their primary source for questions, education, and expertise for all their payments needs including ACH, check, card, wire, and faster payments. Macha is a not-for-profit trade association devoted to providing support to its members by helping them maintain compliance, improve operational processes, and mitigate fraud and risk. PAR is a for-profit subsidiary that provides ACH audits, RDC risk assessments, and unclaimed property services to members and nonmembers alike. It is our pleasure to offer our members special pricing on training, publications, and compliance services as well as partner services including Segmint Payment Analytics, Adams & Reese’s law services, Georgeson’s unclaimed property and escheatment expertise, Argos Risk’s third-party risk management solutions, and more. Members also receive access to numerous resources and information on the latest changes to rules and regulations on our Members Only page. Macha is a Direct Member Payments Association of Nacha, an ECCHO Partner, and a a member of the US Faster Payments Council. Mission statement: Macha shares a common strategy with its membership in the pursuit of maximized business efficiencies, improved and evolving payment processes, reduced risk and cost, and increased participant satisfaction.