Business Fraud Prevention Services
Help protect your business from check fraud and unauthorized transactions with Horizon Bank's Positive Pay and Reverse Positive Pay services.
What Is Positive Pay?
Positive Pay is a fraud protection service that helps businesses detect potentially fraudulent checks and unauthorized transactions before they are paid. Horizon compares checks presented for payment against the check information your business provides and flags mismatched items for your review.
Positive Pay
Positive Pay helps businesses identify potentially fraudulent checks and unauthorized transactions by comparing checks presented for payment with the check information you provide.
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Review Exceptions - Receive daily notifications when transactions don't match your issued check file.
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Make Payment Decisions - Review flagged items in Online Banking and indicate whether they should be paid or returned.
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Monitor Transactions - Use filters to review electronic transactions and identify potentially fraudulent debits or credits.
Reverse Positive Pay
Reverse Positive Pay gives businesses greater control over check transactions by allowing them to review incoming and paid checks for potential fraud. Businesses can review transactions and make payment decisions based on their established controls.
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Review incoming and paid checks
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Detect potential fraud
- Set predetermined decision deadlines
| Positive Pay | Reverse Positive Pay | |
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| How it Works | Compares presented checks against your issued check file | Allows you to review incoming and paid checks |
| Best for | Businesses wanting automated check matching | Businesses wanting more direct transaction review |
| Review | Exceptions/mismatches | Incoming and paid checks |
| Decision Making | Review and decide whether exceptions should be paid or returned | Review transactions based on established controls |
How Positive Pay Works
Provide check information
Your business provides the check information used for comparison.
Checks are compared
Presented checks are compared with your issued check file.
Exceptions are flagged
Mismatched items are identified for review.
You make the decision
Review exceptions and decide whether items should be paid or returned.
How Reverse Positive Pay Protects Your Business
Checks are presented
checks drawn on your account are presented for payment.
Check activity is provided
You receive a list of checks presented against your account for review.
You review for exceptions
Review the presented checks and identify any items that appear unauthorized or suspicious.
You make the decision
Approve legitimate checks and identify items that should be returned.
Fraud Prevention FAQs
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What is Positive Pay?
Positive Pay is a fraud prevention service that helps businesses identify potentially fraudulent checks and unauthorized transactions by comparing checks presented for payment with information provided by the business.
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How does Positive Pay work?
Businesses provide an issued check file, and checks presented for payment are compared against that information. Mismatched items are flagged for the business to review and decide whether they should be paid or returned.
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What is Reverse Positive Pay?
Reverse Positive Pay allows businesses to review incoming and paid checks for potential fraud and provides greater control over checking transaction management.
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What is the difference between Positive Pay and Reverse Positive Pay?
Positive Pay compares checks presented for payment against an issued check file and flags exceptions for review. Reverse Positive Pay allows businesses to review incoming and paid checks for potential fraud and make payment decisions based on their controls.
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Can Positive Pay help protect my business from check fraud?
Yes. Positive Pay can help businesses identify potentially fraudulent or unauthorized checks and transactions so they can be reviewed before payment.
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