{"id":2467,"date":"2017-09-19T10:49:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T10:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signdesk.com\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2025-10-09T07:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:50:42","slug":"what-is-emandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/what-is-emandate","title":{"rendered":"What is eMandate and How eNACH works?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><strong>eMandate Note:<\/strong><\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per the latest circular NPCI\/2020-21\/NACH\/Circular No. 001, dated 26 May 2020, the NPCI has relaunched eSign-based eMandates &amp; has been made available for users w.e.f. 01 June 2020.\u00a0 Know more about The <\/span><\/i><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/why-your-bank-should-be-using-esign-based-emandate\"><i>eSign based eMandate services<\/i><\/a><i>. <\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"#name\"><button class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit envor-btn envor-btn-primary envor-btn-normal\" type=\"button\"><strong>Request your Free eMandate Demo<\/strong><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2c5363;\"><b>eNACH eMandate &#8211; Introduction\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/enach\"><strong>eNACH<\/strong><\/a> or Electronic Automated National Clearing House, is a crucial tool in enabling recurring payments. eNACH is a framework to track and clear recurring debits &amp; credits for things like EMIs, policy payments, bills, subscriptions, investments &amp; more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, eNACH is not to be confused with <a href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/e-mandate\/\">eMandates<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite being used almost interchangeably, <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/enach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eNACH and eMandate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are two separate and different processes with the shared objective of making recurring payments easier using payment automation and a digital framework.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\">As far as the end result is concerned, both eNACH and eMandate have the same purpose but are implemented differently.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2c5363;\"><b>What are eNACH eMandates?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eNACH<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an electronic process of helping financial institutions, including banks and NBFCs, and various government entities to provide automated payment services.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eNACH<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is built by combining all the Electronic Clearing Systems (ECS), which lenders previously used to auto-debit money from borrowers.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When utilizing eNACH for debit or credit, users digitally sign the NACH form and generate a Unique Mandate Registration Number (UMRN). Once the eNACH has been initiated, electronic NACH functions as permission granted by the user to the concerned authority to debit an agreed-upon amount periodically.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eMandates, on the other hand, are slightly different from eNACH.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2c5363;\"><b>What is an eMandate?\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A mandate is a standing instruction given to the bank where a customer holds their account to debit a fixed amount to another bank account automatically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eMandates<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are electronic versions of mandates, wherein customers can register, edit, and delete mandates entirely online.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mandates are offered in 3 forms &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>API eMandate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These mandates are registered using APIs<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>eSign eMandate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In this case, mandates are authorized by customers using <a href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/aadhaar-esign\">Aadhaar eSign<\/a>. This form of eMandate registration was <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/npci-allows-esign-based-e-mandate\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently legitimized by NPCI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Physical mandate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Here, the mandate process is almost completely manual and involves the customer filling up NACH forms and moving these forms between banks\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2c5363;\"><b>Differences between eNACH and eMandate<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While both <strong>eNACH<\/strong> and <strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/e-mandate\/\">eMandate<\/a><\/strong> offer similar payment automation services, there are a few differences between the two processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eNACH is a digital framework controlled by NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India), used by nearly all businesses and individuals to automate periodic payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eMandates<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on the other hand, are standing instructions provided by individual customers to auto-debit money from their accounts for various purposes, including bill payments, subscriptions, loans, and more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2c5363;\"><b>eNACH eMandate &#8211; Background\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">India has been on the path of digitization since the 1980s, when the first computers were launched in the nation. This resulted in the rapid digitization of finance, resulting in the era of credit cards and net banking, followed by mobile banking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recently, Aadhaar has been instrumental in providing over a billion Indians with valid digital identities and consequently access to social and financial services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As India continues to transform digitally, the Indian government has sought to increase digital adoption rates by introducing various digital services such as Aadhaar eKYC, eStamping, eSignatures, and NACH. Additionally, various government schemes have also encouraged digital growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/emandate-recurring-payments\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eMandate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> facility is among the most beneficial digital services initiated by the Government of India through the NPCI.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2c5363;\"><b>Manual Mandate Process\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As mentioned previously, mandates are standard instructions provided to <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/enach-emandate-for-financial-institutions\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">financial institutions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and several other types of businesses, including &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Phone service providers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/emandate-and-its-importance-for-mutual-funds\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investment firms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Utility providers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">OTT platforms<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/enach-emandate-automated-fee-payments\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educational institutions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/emandate-for-ngos-how-enach-automates-recurring-donations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charities, NGOs &amp; NPOs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The manual mandate process involves manually completing NACH paperwork, physically transferring eNACH documentation from bank to bank, and high failure rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The manual mandate process is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The company\/bank collects a signed form from the customer. This form indicates that the customer agrees to have a certain amount of money automatically debited from their bank account on a repetitive basis, directly in favor of the company\/bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Company\/Bank sends this form to the NPCI, which creates a Unique Mandate Reference (UMRN) and sends the customer\u2019s application to the bank where the account is held.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If the bank accepts this mandate, the Company\/Bank will be able to debit the customer\u2019s account directly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This process takes between 7-14 business days depending on various factors and has a high failure rate, resulting in fragmented payment processes. Additionally, this time span results in long and frequent business delays for the Company or Bank, inconvenience for the customer, and massive expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>API<\/strong> or <strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/why-your-bank-should-be-using-esign-based-emandate\">eSign eMandates<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> expedite these debit and credit workflows, enabling payment completion within 3-4 days at a low failure rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7204\" src=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-is-eNACH-eMandate-and-How-Does-it-Work-02.jpg\" alt=\"Manual mandate registration \" width=\"1604\" height=\"762\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Challenges:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15+ days to register a mandate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">30% success rate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Inconvenient &amp; expensive<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2c5363;\"><b>eNACH eMandate Process &#8211; Recurring Payment Automation\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>e-NACH<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> eMandate <\/strong>process has been set up to automate recurring payments while removing the need for paperwork. With eNACH eMandates, the need to fill the NACH forms and convey NACH paperwork from bank to bank is eliminated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When using electronic NACH, the mandate registration process can be completed within a few hours since the entire system requires minimum human interaction and logistical dependency is very low.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eNACH utilizes the services of NPCI\u2019s National Automated Clearing House (NACH) to attain its objectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The following entities are involved in the eNACH process<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npci.org.in\/what-we-do\/nach\/product-overview\"><b>NPCI<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 A regulatory body constituted by the Government of India to oversee all retail payments in India. It was set up with the guidance and support of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks\u2019 Association (IBA).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Sponsor Bank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 These are the banks impaneled with the NPCI to facilitate the eMandate process. There are currently three sponsor banks <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hdfcbank.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HDFC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, HSBC, and Punjab National Bank.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Destination Bank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 The bank where the customer holds their account from which the automatic debit is made.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Corporate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 The Company\/Bank for which the eMandate is requested, to enable auto-debits from the customer\u2019s bank account.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Customer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 The person who registers and authorizes the eMandate<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7205\" src=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-is-eNACH-eMandate-and-How-Does-it-Work-03.jpg\" alt=\"eNach processflow\" width=\"1604\" height=\"806\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/emandate-recurring-payments\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eNACH eMandate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> system assists in issuing and confirming by the customers through alternatives to paper-based mandates.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The process is routed so that the destination bank, after authentication, moves the mandate to the sponsor bank or from the corporate to the sponsor bank and then to the destination bank, which includes the attributes of the customer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2c5363;\"><b>How eNACH eMandate Works\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The eNACH eMandate process involves the following steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mandate Registration<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The customer registers their eMandate at the destination bank (i.e., the bank where the customer holds their account) through an eNACH eMandate service provider.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The mandate details are then sent to the sponsor bank, NPCI, and the various destination banks. Once the destination bank confirms the eMandate, the response is shared with the electronic NACH provider.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Debit sheet Generation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After mandate registration, the next step is debit sheet presentation. A debit sheet containing mandate details is generated and shared with the sponsor bank, NPCI, and the destination bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once the destination bank has the debit sheet, a response regarding success rates is generated. This response is shared with the eNACH provider.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fund Transfer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After receiving this response, the allocated amount is debited from the destination bank and transferred to NPCI, after which the amount is sent to the sponsor bank and then a nodal bank account of the eNACH service provider.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Finally, the allocated amount is transferred to a corporate account the next day.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #2c5363;\"><b>Advantages of eNACH <a style=\"color: #2c5363;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/e-mandate\/\">eMandate<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The primary objective of <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eNACH\/<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/e-mandate\/\">eMandate<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is to reduce the burden of processing on the destination bank; therefore, all the aspiring participants on the eMandate platform should implement end-to-end process automation, including auto submission of authenticated mandates to the NACH system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Financial institutions are afforded the following advantages upon leveraging eNACH eMandate &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/e-mandate\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creation of an authenticated &amp; secure mandate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the customer through electronic channels<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shorter mandate acceptance cycles and low failure rates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Auto acceptance of mandates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Secured and assured mandate acceptance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NPCI reserves the right to allow participation in the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/blog\/npci-allows-esign-based-e-mandate\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eMandate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> process depending on the readiness of the bank to process with full automation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>eNACH<\/strong> is among the newer methods of electronic payment and is still in the early stages of adoption. Several banks and NBFCS have already adopted <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eMandate<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s to automate recurring payments and have experienced reduced processing times, faster payment cycles, reduction in expenses, and improved efficiency.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 17px; font-family: 'open sans';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Are you still using the paper NACH forms? Try our <a href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/e-mandate\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Melento (Formerly SignDesk)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>MANDATE service<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and automate your recurring payments with ease.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melento.ai\/en-in\/talk-to-sales\"><button class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit envor-btn envor-btn-primary envor-btn-normal\" type=\"button\"><strong>Request a Free eNACH Demo Now<\/strong><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eMandate Note: As per the latest circular NPCI\/2020-21\/NACH\/Circular No. 001, dated 26 May 2020, the NPCI has relaunched eSign-based eMandates &amp; has been made available for users w.e.f. 01 June 2020.\u00a0 Know more about The eSign based eMandate services. Request your Free eMandate Demo eNACH eMandate &#8211; Introduction\u00a0 eNACH or Electronic Automated National Clearing House, 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