ACH and Wire Transaction Monitoring

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Narmi Guard Transaction Monitoring integrates Narmi Banking with Alloy to monitor transactions and automatically identify those that pose a high risk. Once your institution enables Transaction Monitoring, all ACH transfers, ACH payments, and wire transactions are processed through your institution's customizable Alloy Workflow, and the Alloy Outcomes are displayed in Narmi Command. Please contact your Narmi Relationship Manager to get started with Narmi Guard Transaction Monitoring.

The following pre-defined Outcomes are supported for ACH and wire Transaction Monitoring:

  • Accepted  – The transaction enters “Pending” status

  • Review – The transaction enters “Review” status

  • Declined – The transaction enters “Declined” status

The following sections outline the process for reviewing ACH transfers, ACH payments, and wires that have been assigned to the “Review” status.

Review ACH Transfers and ACH Payments

  1. From the Narmi Command sidebar, select Transactions > ACH manager > Transfers or Payments.

    Aqua Bank ACH Manager interface showing transactions in the Review tab of ACH Manager.

  2. The page that appears opens to a Review tab, which shows your ACH transactions in review.
    Each transaction row displays the following information:

    • User – Name of the user initiating the transaction

    • Created – Date the transaction was created

    • Account Number – The destination account that funds are moving to

    • Amount – Transaction amount

  3. Select a transaction row to open a side panel with details. A banner at the top shows the Alloy Outcome Reason. Select View details to open a dialog box displaying all Outcome Reasons and Tags.

    Transaction review details for Liu Xiang, including amount and account information. A link to View details is highlighted.

  4. Your institution defines the Outcome Reasons and Tags used for Transaction Monitoring, so we do not provide a set list of these. Select View in Alloy to log in to Alloy and open the detailed evaluation, which includes the user's full profile and risk level.

    A dialog box showing outcome reasons and tags, including Review of PII changes for large transactions. A link to "View in Alloy" is highlighted.

  5. For transfers, from the transaction detail, select Approve or Reject. If rejecting, select Yes, reject on the confirmation message to confirm. Note: Only staff users with the permission “Can change ach transaction” have the Reject option. Staff users with the permission “Can view ach transaction” do not have the Reject option.

    Transaction review for Liu Xiang, highlighting details and approval options for a large transfer.

    For payments, select the three dots menu and Approve payment or Reject payment. If rejecting, select Yes, reject on the confirmation message to confirm. Note: Only staff users with the permission “Can change ach transaction” have the Reject option. Staff users with the permission “Can view ach transaction” do not have the Reject option.

    Transaction review for Wilson Tennis Club, showing options to Approve or Reject payment.

    If approved, the transaction moves to the Pending tab. If rejected, the transaction is moved to the Rejected tab, and the user receives an email notification that includes information about the transaction (the email template is not configurable by your institution). For rejected transactions, your institution is responsible for reversing the transaction and removing any holds from the core.

    The complete lifetime of the transaction, including when it was approved/rejected and processed, displays in the Transaction history section of the transaction detail (shown above).

    Note: If you try to approve a transaction while the NACHA file is actively processing, an error message instructs you to try again later.

Review Wires

  1. From the Narmi Command sidebar, select Transactions > Wire manager V2.

    Aqua Bank's wire manager showing a list of transactions in Review.

  2. The page that appears opens to a Review tab. Each transaction row displays the following information:

    • Created – Date the transaction was created

    • Sender – Name of the user initiating the transaction

    • Account number – Account funds are moving from

    • Issue – The Alloy Outcome reason(s) that prompted the review

    • Amount – Transaction amount

  3. Select a transaction row to open a side panel with details. A banner at the top shows the Alloy Outcome Reason. Select View details to open a dialog box displaying all Outcome Reasons and Tags.

    Wire transfer details including sender, recipient, amount, and review status information. A link to View details is highlighted.

  4. On the dialog box that appears, select View in Alloy to log in to Alloy and open the detailed evaluation, which includes the user's full profile and risk level.

    Review required for transactions including flagged terms and unverified recipient details. A link to View in Alloy is highlighted.

  5. From the wire detail, select the three dots menu and Approve wire or Reject wire.

    Wire transfer details requiring review with highlighted options to approve or reject the wire.

    If rejecting, a dialog box appears where you can add any additional information, which is optional. Select Submit.

    Notification to reject transfer due to required review and additional information needed.

    If approved, the wire moves to the Processed tab. Note: Approved wire transactions may take up to 2 minutes to reflect as processed.
    If rejected, the wire moves to the Rejected tab. Rejected transaction details display an informational banner with the name of the staff member who rejected the transfer, and the rejection date and time stamp. Select View details on the banner to see the additional information added by the staff member who rejected the wire. Additionally, the user receives an email indicating the wire was rejected.
    Wire transfer details showing the staff member's name who rejected the transfer on April 23, 2025.

    The complete lifetime of the wire, including when it was approved/rejected and processed, displays in the Wire history section of the transaction detail.

    Wire transfer history showing processing, pending state, and approval details.