ACH Direct Awarded Toll Roads Contract.CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. -- ACH Direct Inc. announced today that it has signed a contract with the Transportation Corridor Agencies Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) are two joint powers authorities formed by the California legislature in 1986 to plan, finance, construct, and operate Orange County's toll roads. , which operate Orange County's 67-mile public toll road system, to provide toll transaction processing services to their organizations. "We are proud to be a partner to such a key piece of Southern California's infrastructure, and to be providing the technology that will efficiently process TCA TCA 1. trichloroacetic acid. 2. tricarboxylic acid cycle (Krebs cycle). TCA Tricyclic antidepressant, see there customers' payments," said Jeff Thorness, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ACH Direct. Thorness added, "Our businesses actually have quite a bit in common, as two of our primary objectives are minimizing delays and maximizing efficiency for our customers." ACH will be responsible for processing all checks received by Toll Roads customers. "More than 65 percent of our customers use FasTrak, our electronic payment system, and it is important that all payments are processed quickly and accurately," said Michael Leahy, TCA chief toll operations officer. "TCA is confident that this is going to be an excellent partnership as more of our customers continue to switch to FasTrak and use electronic checks to pay for their tolls." About ACH Direct ACH Direct Inc. is a leading provider of electronic payments processing, verification and authentication services, and serves a wide range of companies worldwide. ACH Direct Inc. provides electronic funds transfer See EFT. (application, communications) electronic funds transfer - (EFT, EFTS, - system) Transfer of money initiated through electronic terminal, automated teller machine, computer, telephone, or magnetic tape. processing services through the ACH and ATM networks, which link virtually every bank located within the United States. ACH Direct Inc. also provides credit card and debit card debit card, card that allows the cost of goods or services that are purchased to be deducted directly from the purchaser's checking account. They can also be used at automated teller machines for withdrawing cash from the user's checking account. transaction processing through its partners and its PaymentsGateway platform. Visit the company on the Web at http://www.achdirect.com/. About TCA More than 290,000 trips are taken on The Toll Roads every weekday, saving drivers an estimated 21 minutes per trip. The Toll Roads are operated by the Transportation Corridor Agencies, two joint powers authorities formed by the California state legislature The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house California State Senate, with 40 members. in 1986 to plan, finance, construct and operate Orange County's 67-mile public toll road system. Fifty-one miles of the system are complete, including the 15-mile San Joaquin Hills The San Joaquin Hills are a set of low hills in coastal Orange County, California. The hills extend in a northwest-southeast direction, starting in the northwest in Newport Beach at the southern edge of the Los Angeles Basin, and extending southeast to San Juan Capistrano. (SR-73) Toll Road from Newport Beach to San Juan Capistrano San Juan Capistrano (săn wän kăpĭsträ`nō), city (1990 pop. 26,183), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1961. San Juan Capistrano has some manufactures, including aircraft parts, medical apparatus, and boats, but the economy is ; and the 36-mile Foothill/Eastern Toll Road system (SR-241, SR-261, SR-133) from the 91 Freeway to South Orange County. More information including maps, toll rates, news, and FasTrak, the non-stop, electronic toll-payment system, can be found at http://www.thetollroads.com/. |
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