Automatic Decision Rules - AFS

Positive Pay Automatic Decision Rules can be leveraged to automatically decide to Pay or Return a check based on several criteria. You can create and manage Automatic Decision Rules by logging into Positive Pay as an Admin or Account Manager (or any user with the Manage Account role) and navigating to Settings > Automatic Decision Rules. (Note that Automatic Decision Rules is available in the Configurations section of the Settings Screen.) To create a new rule, click “+ Add Rule” in the top right corner.

You will then be prompted to add a Rule Name, Effective Date, Expiration Date (if any), and Rule Conditions. You can create conditions based on any combination of Account Number, Amount, Check Number, Check Voided or Stopped, Issue Date, Payee Name, and Routing Number.

We can create decision rules to automatically pay checks that meet certain criteria. In the below image, we have an Automatic Decision Rule configured to pay checks less than $100. To do this, we set up a rule condition for Amount and applied the decision “Pay.”



Conversely, we can create decision rules to automatically return checks that meet other criteria. In the below image, we have created an Automatic Decision Rule to return checks that have been voided or stopped and have an Issue Date that does not match the issued check.



After Automatic Decision Rules have been created, they can be managed on the Decision Rules page (Settings > Automatic Decision Rules), as seen below.