BrightStrand will distribute ACI Proactive Risk Manager to its current and new customers in the UK. This will provide a one-stop hardware and application solution for fraud and compliance.

ACI has extensive experience of working with customers all over the world to address dramatically increasing fraud and compliance risk. ACI Proactive Risk Manager is a comprehensive solution to help card issuers, merchants, acquirers and financial institutions combat fraud and money laundering schemes. From strategic user-defined rules to powerful neural network technology using custom modeling techniques, Proactive Risk Manager provides the means to cost effectively reduce losses and limit an organization's risk exposure.

"This is excellent news for ACI," said Steve Wright VP sales and marketing ACI Worldwide EMEA. "We have a significant global customer base for Proactive Risk Manager and in addition to providing BrightStrand with a market-leading risk management system to sell, this deal also extends and strengthens ACI's coverage for future sales of the product."

"As a market leader in risk management solutions, ACI is a natural fit with BrightStrand's integrated solutions," said Alan Muchett, managing director BrightStrand. "We continually evaluate the market and solutions to provide top quality products and complementary offerings to UK institutions."