ACH bank payments

Shopify ACH bank transfers, fully automated from checkout to Paid.

Your customer picks bank transfer at checkout. That's the last thing anyone does by hand: PayLayer emails them a secure pay link, they sign in to their own bank through Stripe Financial Connections, and when the transfer settles the order marks itself Paid in Shopify, customer receipt included. You never send a link, never chase a payment, never reconcile a deposit. And where Shopify's native ACH is locked to Plus B2B accounts, PayLayer runs on every paid plan, for every retail order, at 0.8% capped at $5 instead of 2.9% + 30¢.

ACH bank transfers for Shopify

Pay by bank.Save on every order.

Credit cards cost 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. Stripe ACH costs 0.8%, capped at $5 per transfer. The bigger the order, the wider that gap gets. Shopify only offers ACH on B2B orders, so PayLayer puts it on every paid plan instead.

Cost per $500 order
Stripe published rates
April 2026
Credit card
2.9% + $0.30 · standard gateway
$14.80
PayLayer ACH
0.8% · capped at $5 per transfer
$4.00
You keep
+$10.80 / order
A $5,000 order keeps +$140.30, because the fee still stops at $5
The ACH Math

See what you'd save with PayLayer.

Plug in your monthly volume. We'll show you the difference between credit-card processing and Stripe ACH (capped at $5 per transfer).

Estimated transactions / mo500
Effective ACH rate0.80%
Credit card cost / mo
$3,050.00
PayLayer ACH cost / mo
$800.00
You save
$2,250 / mo
$27,000 a year

Assumes Stripe standard card processing (2.9% + $0.30) vs. Stripe ACH (0.8%, capped at $5 per transfer). Your actual savings depend on your processor, card mix, and order composition.

Fully automated, end to end

The customer picks bank transfer at checkout. PayLayer sends the pay link, watches the transfer, marks the Shopify order Paid, and emails the receipt. There is no step where you do something.

Point the big orders at the bank

Card fees keep climbing with the order. ACH fees don't: it's 0.8% of the transfer and never more than $5, so the bigger the basket, the more of it you keep.

Your customer just gets an email

It has your store name on it, the amount, and one button. They click, sign in to their bank, and they're done. Nobody has to create an account with us to pay you.

It sits beside your checkout, not in it

Nothing about the way you take cards today changes. Bank transfer shows up as one more payment option at checkout, and card orders flow exactly as they always have.

How it works

Fully automated, from checkout to Paid.

Your customer picks bank transfer at checkout. Everything after that happens on its own: the pay-link email, the bank sign-in, the order flipping to Paid. You're not in any of these steps.

1
Your Checkout

Customer picks bank transfer at checkout

Bank transfer appears as one more payment option in your existing Shopify checkout, on desktop and mobile. They select it and place the order as normal.

Payment
All transactions are secure and encrypted
Credit card
2.9% + $0.30 to you
Bank Transfer (ACH)
0.8%, capped at $5
Complete order
2
Automatic

PayLayer emails the pay link. They pay.

The instant the order lands, PayLayer automatically emails a branded pay link. Your customer taps Pay and signs in to their own bank through Stripe. No card number to type, no account to create, nothing for you to send.

From ACME Supply Co.
Complete your payment for order #1047
Your order of $1,248.00 is ready. Pay securely by bank transfer, no card fees.
Pay $1,248.00 →
3
Automatic

The order marks itself Paid

Stripe clears the transfer in 3–5 business days into your own Stripe account. PayLayer flips the Shopify order from Payment pending to Paid and emails your customer a receipt, on its own.

Settled · $1,243.00 net
ACH fee: $5.00 (capped)
Order #1047Payment pendingPaid
Merchant Dashboard

Know exactly where every payment stands.

Sent, processing, settled. You watch each ACH payment move through those three without ever leaving Shopify Admin.

  • The status updates itself
    Stripe tells us the moment a transfer clears, so the row flips to settled and the Shopify order marks itself Paid. You don't refresh anything.
  • Copy the link and send it again
    When someone lets it sit for a week, you resend the same link. You don't have to build the payment over.
  • We encrypt Stripe tokens at rest
    Bank credentials never reach our servers in the first place, and we're SOC 2-ready.
PayLayer
Automated ACH bank transfers, checkout to Paid, hands off
ACH settled
$4,748.49
4 settled · Last 30 days
All-time payments
5
ACH payments created
Recent payments
Last 30 days
Reference
Order
Amount
Status
Source
Date
PL-2026-4C81F2
#1052
$625.00
SETTLED
Auto (checkout)
Aug 26
PL-2026-9B03D7
#1049
$3,840.00
PROCESSING
Auto (checkout)
Aug 25
PL-2026-2E6A1B
#1047
$1,248.00
SETTLED
Auto (checkout)
Aug 24
PL-2026-7D45C9
#1046
$675.50
SETTLED
Auto (checkout)
Aug 21
PL-2026-0A9E64
#1044
$2,199.99
SETTLED
Manual
Aug 19
For your customers

Pay with a bank login in under 30 seconds.

Nobody types a routing number. Nobody waits three days for test deposits to show up. Your customer picks their bank, signs in through Stripe Financial Connections, and approves the payment with one tap.

  • Stripe reaches 12,000+ US banks
    Every big national bank, plus the regional banks and credit unions most people actually use. Your customer finds theirs and moves on.
  • You never see a password
    Your customer signs in on their bank's own login screen. Those credentials go to the bank, never to us.
  • Your store's name is on the page
    Your name and support contact sit at the top of it, so nobody wonders who just asked them for money. It's built for a phone, because that's where they'll open it.
  • Nobody has to make an account
    There's no sign-up and no password to forget later. They pay, and that's the end of it.
ACME Supply Co.
Payment due
$1,248.00
Ref: INV-2026-0412
Pay toACME Supply Co.
Customeralex@acme-co.com
MethodBank transfer (ACH)
Fee to you$0.00
SECURED BY STRIPE
Chase Checking
•••• 4827 · Connected
Change
Powered by stripe Financial Connections
Authorize $1,248.00 →
256-bit SSL · Credentials never leave your bank

Start taking ACH payments on your store.

Request early access. Set it up once, and every bank payment after that runs itself.

The MerchantLayer Suite

One app. Three modules.

Card fees, no bank-transfer option, BNPL taking a cut of your biggest orders. One module each. Stack all three for flat pricing with no volume caps.