STEP 1 - RETRIEVE ACCOUNTS

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Define criteria for the accounts you wish to retrieve, specify payment information, and click Continue.

• You can specify one or more of the following criteria to retrieve accounts:

 Recipient The organization that is entitled to the funds. ID The 7-digit identifier assigned to a Recipient Organization or Payment Requestor within ASAP. , ALC /Region, and Account ID The ASAP account that has been setup by the federal program agency. (or partial) or Select a Template Way to store a subset of accounts selected, ability to specify remittance codes for ACH; can store default bank to which the payment will be delivered.

• You must specify the following payment information:

 Payment Request Type Identifies the type of payment transaction that is, such as: A - Payment N - Payment that caused the account balance to go negative R - Return P - ACH Prenote C - ACH contested dishonored return D - ACH dishonored return. ( Summary or Individual), Payment Method The method specified by the payment requestor that is to be used for delivery of the payment. Automated Clearing House (next day settlement) or Fedwire (same day settlement). (ACH or Fedwire FRB central application for same day electronic funds transfer. ), Bank Relationship Identifies a specific bank account to which the ASAP payment is to be credited. A payment requestor is allowed to have an unlimited number of Fedwire and ACH banking relationships. (identified on your organization profile), Requested Settlement Date The requested date when the actual transfer of funds from ASAP to the requestor's bank occurs. (if Fedwire Payment Method, date defaults to current cycle date Date that ASAP is open for business; set at initialization and carries forward until the next initialization. )

STEP 2 - ENTER PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS

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Enter the Amount Requested A dollar amount entered by the Requestor for a single Account or Account Detail. for each ASAP.gov The web enabled ASAP application. Account ID for which you are requesting a payment. You can specify Remittance Data Includes header guide, remittance code, remittance amount. , which will accompany the ACH payment A payment delivered through the Automated Clearing House system as the result of a payment request for settlement next or future day. for deposit to your bank. If multiple pages of accounts are retrieved, paginate through the pages to locate the accounts that you desire. Once Amount(s) Requested has been entered, click Continue.

STEP 3 - REVIEW PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS

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A summary table provides a list of payment requests you have entered. Upon verification, enter Total Amount Requested (if Summary Payment A summary payment allows the user to request funds from multiple ASAP accounts and receive one transfer of funds. ) and click Submit A utility in ASAP.gov generally associated with a set of more than one enterable field. These fields may be user-specified selection criteria or fields filled in as part of an online transaction such as a payment request. By clicking 'Submit' the user sends the set of data elements for system action to advance directly to the next step in the business process flow. For example, the user may fill in a set of selection criteria and then 'submit' the criteria to retrieve the data. .

• If you wish to add more payment requests for different accounts, click Add More Accounts, which will return you to Step 1, pending your current requests. Follow Steps 1 & 2 for the new accounts. When you get to Step 3, all requests should be displayed.

STEP 4 - PAYMENT TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION

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Once you submit your payment requests, the system will display a Confirmation System generated message that is displayed in response to an action. . The status The current status of the authorization. of the payment request will vary depending on whether the account is on Agency Review Allows the agency to set a threshold to specify that requests at or above a certain dollar amount for selected accounts be forwarded for Agency Review. The threshold can apply to a single account, all the accounts for a single Recipient Organization, or all the accounts established by your agency. and the Requested Settlement Date.

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