ACI Worldwide

News/payments

ACI Worldwide acquires A2A fintech Payment Components

ACI Worldwide has acquired Payment Components, a European provider of financial messaging and open banking technology for A2A payments.

16 hours

Finextra TV/ai

AI Without Governance Is Just Guesswork: Rethinking Reconciliation in Real Time

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Tom Warsop, CEO of ACI Worldwide, reflected on the urgency driving payments modernisation, especially among traditional financial institutions. He highlighted the growing interest in stablecoins and tokenised deposits, noting their potential to enhance cross-border transactions without undermining existing systems. Warsop emphasised the importance of education to overcome fear and unlock innovation, urging institutions to embrace new payment types and lean into their trusted market positions

15 October 2025

Finextra TV/payments

How the Future of Payments Will Be a Unified Flow of Intelligent Financial Protection

Joining the FinextraTV studio at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Scotty Perkins, Head of Product Management and Market Strategy at ACI Worldwide, shared insights on customer strategy and convergence in payments. Perkins discussed the growing demand for account-to-account and instant payments, highlighting that while banks anticipate significant growth, many are not yet fully prepared. Perkins also addressed the tension banks face between maintaining resilient legacy systems and adopting cloud-native technologies, advocating for a balanced strategy that supports both stability and innovation.

14 October 2025

Finextra TV/cloud

How Embedded Finance and Cloud Strategy Are Reshaping the Future of Payments

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Phil Bruno, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at ACI Worldwide, discussed how strategic focus drives measurable outcomes across regions. He emphasised helping banks shift from maintaining legacy systems to investing in innovation, reducing complexity in payments, and accelerating time to market. Bruno also announced a new partnership with Solaris to unify instant payments, enabling customer-centric growth through modern, flexible infrastructure.

14 October 2025

News/payments

Finextra & ACI Worldwide launch new global research on the next era of payments

Finextra Research has released its latest global survey report Payments 2030: What’s shaping the future?, revealing how organisations are aligning their payments strategies with market and regulatory demands, the challenges they face, and the technological and operational shifts shaping investment decisions.

26 September 2025

ResearchSurvey

Payments 2030: What’s shaping the future?

25 September 2025 736 downloads

ResearchFuture of Report

The Future of Cross Border Payments 2026: Strategies for Success

17 September 2025 781 downloads

Event/payments

On-Demand – The multi-cloud imperative: Creating successful strategies for payments resilience

Leveraging hybrid and multi-cloud to modernise payments and improve resilience.

Speakers from: ACI Worldwide

09 September 2025 196

Finextra TV/regulation

A2A Regulation: Prepare For Compliance Deadlines, Without Losing Modernisation

Whilst joining the FinextraTV studio at EBAday 2025, Craig Ramsey, Head of A2A Payments, ACI Worldwide helped to both define the fundamentals of account-to-account payments, as well as sharing his insights into the current landscape. Touching on recent regulation obstacles, Ramsey described how modernisation projects have been stopped to strategically meet regulatory standards. In his eyes, this may lead organisations to be on time to meet regulatory deadlines but lacking in readiness for the iterative innovations needed in the current market.

04 July 2025

Finextra TV/cloud

How Cloud-Native Platforms Can Transform Siloed Payments

Erich Litch, General Manager, Payment Software, ACI Worldwide joined the FinextraTV Studio at EBA Day 2025 to discuss how cloud-native platforms are transforming the payments industry. Explaining the complicated nature of siloed payment systems with their own unique needs, Litch believed cloud-native platforms can help to unite these challenges into opportunities.

02 July 2025