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PAY BY BANK

Instant Payments
Send funds instantly via the RTP® Network and FedNow® Service.

Same Day ACH
Move money faster with same-day bank transfers.

Standard ACH
Reliable, low-cost bank transfers at standard processing times.

 

 

 
FEATURES

Unified API
One integration across ACH and real-time rails — less to build, less to maintain.

Automated Payments
Reduce manual workflows and exceptions with automated bank transfers.

Mass Pay
Disburse to thousands of recipients with a single API request.

Open Banking Services
Verify accounts instantly, check balances, and reduce fraud exposure.

Digital Wallet
Hold funds on-platform to initiate faster, more flexible transfers.

 

 

Data Visibility
Track, reconcile, and report on payment activity across all rails.

Security
Tokenization, bank verification, and 24/7 monitoring for high-stakes money movement.

Integration
Go live faster with robust developer docs and a dedicated integration team.

Sandbox Environment
Test payment flows and edge cases before you go live.

Dedicated Support
Expert support from onboarding through scale — real people when it matters.

SOLUTIONS

Enterprise
Hold and move funds with an embedded digital wallet.

Balance
Hold and move funds with an embedded digital wallet.

Connect
Integrate Dwolla with your existing banking relationship.

 
USE CASES

B2B Payments
Move large payment volumes with clean reconciliation and fewer exceptions.

Marketplaces
Pay out sellers and vendors reliably at scale.

Property Management
Automate rent, deposits, refunds, and owner payouts.

Unload/Load Digital Wallet
Move funds on and off your platform with a single integration.

Payouts
Pay out funds quickly and securely

AP/AR Payments
Reduce manual AP/AR workflows and reconciliation overhead.

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)
Support installment disbursements and repayments with standardized exception handling.

INDUSTRIES

Insurance
Automate reimbursements and disbursements with traceable, predictable outcomes.

Real Estate
Move high-stakes funds with the operational clarity and fraud controls real estate demands.

Lending
Standardize disbursements and repayments across ACH and real-time rails.

Healthcare
Modernize bank transfers for billing, claims, and provider payouts.

Manufacturing
Move supplier and vendor payments with less manual overhead and better visibility.

Automate High-Volume ACH Payments

Modernize your payments with Dwolla's single solution for pay by bank payment automation. Provide customers with a better payment experience, improve your payment operations and increase payment security.
Automated-payments

The Benefits of Dwolla’s Automated Payments

Dwolla’s single API enables businesses to automate ACH payments and instant transfers for increased efficiency and security. By automating processes such as transaction initiation, ACH return handling and payment status updates, businesses can reduce manual effort, minimize errors and gain real-time visibility into their payment flows.

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Simplified Operations
Dwolla's automated payments solution helps reduce manual processes and enable seamless integration with existing systems. This can free up valuable time and resources and reduce errors, allowing businesses to focus on their core operations.
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Enhanced Security

Dwolla prioritizes payment security. Secure ACH transfers and tokenization help minimize exposure to sensitive information, reducing the risk of fraud and data breaches, and supporting compliance with industry regulations.

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Increased Efficiency

Automated payments through Dwolla can significantly increase efficiency by simplifying workflows, reducing manual tasks and eliminating the need for paper checks or manual data entry. This results in faster processing times and reduced operational costs.

“As you build a company you have to work with others that are willing to grow with you and willing to help you deal with that growth, because growth can be painful. Dwolla has been that partner for us. I don't think we would be where we are today without Dwolla.”
Investment IndustryCo-Founder & Chief Product Officer

How Dwolla’s Automated Payments Work

Dwolla’s automated payments leverage the ACH Network, FedNow® Service and RTP® network to help move money between bank accounts. Businesses can automate processes like initiating transactions and recurring payments, handling returns and reconciling payments.

To initiate a pay by bank payment, use Dwolla’s API to create customer records for the payer and payee. You can attach bank accounts to each customer record through open banking and then use Dwolla’s API to create a payment transfer between those customers. This initiates the movement of money from the payer’s bank account to the payee’s. Dwolla provides real-time status updates via webhooks throughout the entire process, including when a payment is initiated, pending, processed or fails.

Additional Automations & Optimizations Through Dwolla:

  • Automate recurring payments, like subscriptions or loan repayments, by using the API to create a scheduled payment. You can also automate payment reminders to customers.
  • Handle returns proactively with webhooks. Receive instant notifications and trigger automated actions in your system, such as updating customer records, retrying payments or initiating alternative payment methods – all without manual intervention.
  • Improve reconciliation processes, simplify your back-office operations and reduce manual effort by attaching a correlation ID to each payment.
  • Leverage those correlation IDs to automatically track payments, match transactions across systems and even close out open accounts receivable entries.
  • Handle high-volume payouts without adding payment processing headaches by using Dwolla’s Mass Payments API. Send thousands of payments simultaneously while our API provides the infrastructure you need to scale your business.

Automating Union Dues Collection

The Florida Education Association (FEA), a statewide federation of local teacher unions, was seeking a way to modernize its dues collection process. By partnering with Dwolla, the FEA implemented a digital payment platform powered by ACH payment automation that enabled members to conveniently pay dues online directly from their bank accounts. Dwolla's comprehensive solution allowed the FEA to rapidly implement secure and flexible payments at a competitive price with exceptional support.

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Helping Pet Insurance Accelerate Reimbursements

A pet insurance company partnered with Dwolla to accelerate its reimbursement process and enhance the policyholder experience. By leveraging Dwolla's API, the company automated payment disbursements to policyholders, reducing manual effort and processing times. With automated ACH, policyholders now receive their reimbursements five days faster, resulting in increased satisfaction and cost savings for the insurance company. A senior controller at the company commented: "We recommend and strongly encourage our customers to use ACH...Providing them with an option to get them their reimbursement sooner and save us money is a win-win.”
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Automate your payments in as little as ten days.

Dwolla's full-service approach replaces legacy payments technology with a single solution, improving security, data visibility and the customer experience.

 

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