# Afinis Initiate ACH Payment API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-initiate-payment/  
**Provider:** Nacha — https://apis.io/providers/nacha/  
**Base URL:** https://api.asig.org/v1  
**Documentation:** https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Initiate_Payment/1.0.7

Afinis Initiate ACH Payment API is one of 24 APIs that [Nacha](https://apis.io/providers/nacha/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include ACH, Payment Initiation, and ISO 20022. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, and API documentation.

Afinis Interoperability Standards API for initiating an ACH credit or debit payment instruction from an originator through their financial institution. Part of the Afinis standardized payments API set stewarded by Nacha.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nacha/refs/heads/main/openapi/nacha-initiate-payment.json
- **APIReference** — https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Initiate_Payment/1.0.7
- **Documentation** — https://www.nacha.org/content/apis-development
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nacha/refs/heads/main/overlays/nacha-initiate-payment-overlay.yaml
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nacha/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Nacha APIs (12)

- [Afinis International ACH Remittance (IAR) API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-iar/)
- [Afinis IAR Plus API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-iar-plus/)
- [Afinis Transaction Status API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-transaction-status/)
- [Afinis Initiate Wire Payment API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-initiate-wire-payment/)
- [Afinis Get Wire Status API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-get-wire-status/)
- [Afinis Initiate Instant Payment API (IIP)](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-initiate-instant-payment/)
- [Afinis Instant Payment Transfer API (IPT)](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-instant-payment-transfer/)
- [Afinis Initiate Payment API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-initiate-payment-api/)
- [Afinis Reporting ACH Return (RET) API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-ret/)
- [Afinis Authorize to Pay (Debit Authorizations) API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-authorize-to-pay/)
- [Afinis Pay Me API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-pay-me/)
- [Afinis Account Validation API](https://apis.io/apis/nacha/nacha-account-validation/)

## Tags

ACH, Payment Initiation, ISO 20022

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