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Payments broken today

Payment failure? We find the cause and fix it.

Returns, rejected files, broken integrations, books that stopped adding up.

Repair log · ACH returnsSample data
  1. Bank flags unauthorized returns0.82% over 60 days, limit 0.5%
  2. Returns read by codeMost are R10: customers don't recognize the debit
  3. Causes fixedDescriptor, authorization wording, validation on first use
  4. Rate watchedReported until it holds under the limit

Return rates

Return rates over Nacha's limits.

Unauthorized 0.5%, administrative 3%, overall 15%, measured over 60 days.

How ACH returns work
Return rates · last 60 daysSample data
Unauthorized0.31%limit 0.5%
Administrative1.2%limit 3%
Overall4.8%limit 15%
  1. R10Authorization wording rewritten
  2. R03Account validation on first use
  3. R01Retries capped at two

Under all three limits

Rejected files

ACH files rejected, stuck or sent twice.

Totals rebuilt, dates corrected, and a duplicate file reversed inside five banking days.

File check · payroll-0912.achSample data
  • Batch count4 of 4Matches
  • Entry hash0089214410Rebuilt
  • Effective dateSep 12Next window

File resubmittedAccepted by the bank

Reconciliation drift

Orders marked paid that never settled.

Failed payments found by comparing orders, processor settlements and bank deposits line by line.

Settlement check · last 30 daysSample data

Orders marked paid1,284

Settled by processor1,265

  • 19 orders never settled$3,882.40Found
  • Cause: status set before capturefixedRepaired

Broken integrations

Webhooks failing, orders stuck in pending.

Failures replayed in order, and the integration fixed so they stop.

Webhook deliveriesSample data

Failed deliveries0

  • Signature check used the wrong secretcauseFixed
  • 38 events replayed in orderorders updatedDone

Straight answers

Before you book.

Can you get us approved after a termination?
No. Approval is your bank's or processor's decision. We fix what is in your control.
What access do you need?
Only what the repair needs, listed in writing before we start.
Our bank flagged our return rate. Where do we start?
With the returns by code. The code tells us what caused them.
What does a repair cost?
Every repair is scoped on the call, once we know what broke.

Payment rescue

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