# Clear a held ACH transfer

**POST** `/transfers/ach/{ach_transfer_id}/clear`

Release the hold on an ACH transfer in a `hold` state. The transfer is initiated as if it had just been created: the effective date and same-day eligibility are resolved against the clear time, and limits, sanctions screening and fraud checks are all evaluated now rather than when the hold was created. The held funds are debited directly from the holding balance.

### Path Parameters

- `ach_transfer_id` `string` _(required)_ — Unique identifier for the ACH transfer.

**Request**

```shell
curl 'https://api.column.com/transfers/ach/<ach_transfer_id>/clear' \
  -XPOST \
  -u :<YOUR API KEY>
```

**Response 200**

```json
{
  "account_number_id": "acno_3HprnnEdF5nAw1c7jYaaCtUz17g",
  "ach_transfer_batch_id": null,
  "acknowledged_at": null,
  "allow_overdraft": false,
  "amount": 10000,
  "bank_account_id": "bacc_3HprnqWCSUFqgrOPn84aFVzqk3V",
  "cancelled_at": null,
  "company_discretionary_data": "",
  "company_entry_description": "PAYMENT",
  "company_id": "9720995346",
  "company_name": "COLUMN NA",
  "completed_at": null,
  "counterparty_id": "cpty_3I3cOsxpMCkrwwk305AzZbsd4nU",
  "created_at": "2026-08-19T17:59:03Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": "apik_2Wg4ITj3UfPQSIWLcOO4Xbh4O9N",
    "name": "",
    "type": "API_KEY"
  },
  "currency_code": "USD",
  "description": "Vendor payment",
  "effective_on": "2026-08-20T07:00:00Z",
  "entry_class_code": "PPD",
  "entry_details": {
    "transaction_code": 22,
    "transaction_code_name": "Checking Credit"
  },
  "hold_at": "2026-08-19T17:59:03Z",
  "iat": null,
  "id": "acht_3I92y3PZY4LMCfJ9i5avh9iUp6C",
  "idempotency_key": "",
  "initiated_at": "2026-08-19T18:05:15Z",
  "intermediary_financial_institutions": null,
  "is_incoming": false,
  "is_on_us": false,
  "manual_review_at": null,
  "notification_of_changes": null,
  "nsf_deadline": null,
  "odfi_routing_number": "121145307",
  "payment_related_info": "",
  "receiver_id": "",
  "receiver_name": "CHASE ACCOUNT",
  "return_contested_at": null,
  "return_details": [],
  "return_dishonored_at": null,
  "return_dishonored_funds_unlocked_at": null,
  "returned_at": null,
  "reversal_pair_transfer_id": "",
  "same_day": false,
  "settled_at": null,
  "status": "INITIATED",
  "submitted_at": null,
  "trace_number": "",
  "transaction_type_code": "",
  "type": "CREDIT",
  "ultimate_beneficiary_counterparty_id": "",
  "ultimate_originator_counterparty_id": "",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-19T18:05:15Z"
}
```