The ACH Network says it has seen “significant” gains in same-day payments since last year. Those transactions were up 15% during the second quarter compared to last year, helping drive overall growth of 5%. “The continued robust growth of Same Day ACH shows how it is serving payments use cases for consumers, businesses, government agencies and other organizations,” Jane Larimer, president and CEO of Nacha, which operates the ACH network, said. In all, ACH Network growth continued during the quarter, with 8.7 billion payments valued at $23.3 trillion, respective increases of 5% and 7.9% year over year. The network saw 336.4 million same-day payments, moving $980.3 billion in value, up 15% and 22% respectively. During the first half of this year, Same Day ACH handled 662.4 million payments valued at almost $1.9 trillion. “Business-to-business ACH volume grew apace, with more than 2 billion payments, up 10.6% from the same period in 2024.” “Claim payments to healthcare providers grew by 9.9% to 138.2 million payments.”