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Financial Definitions – Automated Clearing House

An automated clearing house (aka ACH) is an automated data system that keeps information on banking clients and accounts for sharing between banks and finance companies. This data was kept on analogue tape and later digital tape. ACH data is now 100% digital in most banking institutions.

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