Aci news and trends

ACI Worldwide Completes $100M Sale of Online Banking Unit
Acquisitions // September 01, 2022

Real-time payment software company ACI Worldwide has officially sold its corporate online banking solutions to venture capital firm One Equity Partners for $100 million, a press release said. This sale will encompass customer contracts, technology assets and intellectual property, and the employees working in those...

REPORT: Consumer Finance Firms Face Harsh ‘Innovate or Die’ Reality
Consumer Finance // May 18, 2022

The digital payments revolution is raising consumers’ expectations when dealing with service providers. Seamless payment experiences from leaders in the tech sector like Amazon and Uber have contributed to consumers expecting easy, seamless digital experiences. In the consumer finance industry, companies that fail to provide...

ACI’s 2022 Commerce Innovation Hotlist
Opinion // April 14, 2022

Retailers are bouncing back after two years of frenetic change. In the PYMNTS eBook, “Endemic Economics: 32 Payments Execs on the ‘Next Normal’ That Never Happened,” Basant Singh, senior VP and global head, product strategy and growth – payments and fraud at ACI argues that it’s...

ACI Worldwide Teams with Banks to Integrate UAE’s Instant Payments
Faster Payments // January 20, 2022

Real-time digital payment software provider ACI Worldwide is helping banks connect to the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Instant Payments Platform (IPP) expected to roll out in October, according to a press release on Thursday (Jan. 20). The IPP facilitates real-time payments between bank accounts, and...

Interviews & Exclusives
Adidas Puts Best Shoe Forward With Personalized Digital Payments

December 07, 2022
To flip the Adidas tagline, nothing is impossible when you have great digital payment options. Speaking with PYMNTS as part of the ACI Merchant Series, Marko Ivanovic, director of digital payments at Adidas, said as much, as he enumerated the ways this iconic global footwear and athletic brand is strengthening sales in stores and online […]

REPORT: Consumer Finance Firms Face Harsh ‘Innovate or Die’ Reality

May 18, 2022
The digital payments revolution is raising consumers’ expectations when dealing with service providers. Seamless payment experiences from leaders in the tech sector like Amazon and Uber have contributed to consumers...

ACI: 2021 was the Year of the 3Cs

January 07, 2022
In a year defined by the COVID pandemic, two other Cs also moved to the forefront of consumers’ minds in 2021: convenient and contactless. Debbie Guerra, executive vice president, merchant...

ACI: Real-Time Payments And P2P Will Accelerate Payments Digitization

November 06, 2020
COVID-19 has shifted consumers away from card-based payments experiences, while P2P has accelerated a change enabling merchants to own the payments experience itself, Debbie Guerra, executive vice president of merchant...

Quick Reads
ACI Worldwide Completes $100M Sale of Online Banking Unit

September 01, 2022
Real-time payment software company ACI Worldwide has officially sold its corporate online banking solutions to venture capital firm One Equity Partners for $100 million, a press release said. This sale will encompass customer contracts, technology assets and intellectual property, and the employees working in those divisions will now be working for One Equity Partners. It […]

ACI Worldwide Teams with Banks to Integrate UAE’s Instant Payments

January 20, 2022
Real-time digital payment software provider ACI Worldwide is helping banks connect to the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Instant Payments Platform (IPP) expected to roll out in October, according to a...

ACI To Purchase Western Union’s Speedpay Business

February 28, 2019
ACI Worldwide has announced a deal with The Western Union Company that will see ACI acquire Speedpay, Western Union’s United States bill pay business, for $750 million in an all-cash...

Convenience Can Reduce Late Mortgage Payments

February 07, 2018
A new survey by ACI Worldwide and Mastercard Advisors showed that late payments on mortgages are reduced when convenient payment methods are present, according to a survey of 400 mortgage-holding U.S....