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ACI Worldwide, Inc. develops and supports electronic payments software used by banks, billers, merchants, community banks and credit unions. Company updates center on payments modernization, real-time payments, card processing, fraud and financial crime controls, and digital bill payment through businesses such as Payment Software and Biller.
Recurring developments include earnings releases, guidance updates, share repurchases, product launches for the cloud-native ACI Connetic platform, and collaborations tied to payment verification and real-time payment infrastructure. ACI also publishes research on payment adoption, biller modernization and regional instant-payment systems, including activity in Latin America and other global markets.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Cranium Ventures, a privately held developer of cloud-native card payment switching technology founded in 2018. ACI will incorporate Cranium’s microservices-based SYNAP card switching framework into ACI Connetic for Cards, its cloud-native payments orchestration platform launched in March 2026.
Under the agreement, ACI will acquire Cranium’s technology, intellectual property and commercial relationships, and co-founders Ashraf Dimitri and Tony Horrell will join ACI along with the broader technical team. ACI expects the deal, for which financial terms were not disclosed, to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and approvals, and plans to support existing SYNAP customers after closing.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) released research showing that retail payments professionals rank access to richer payments performance data across all channels as the most important benefit of payments orchestration, cited by 47% of respondents. Improved ability to retry declined transactions without customer friction followed at 44%, while reduced payment-processing cost through competitive routing ranked lowest at 19%.
According to ACI Worldwide, 60% of respondents measure payments optimization success primarily by processing cost, 37% by revenue directly attributed to payments performance gains, and 9% have no defined metrics. Only 25% report payments optimization as a top-tier strategic priority with board-level visibility. Over the next 12 months, 61% plan to engage external expertise or a managed optimization program, 57% plan to implement or expand a payments orchestration solution, and 30% plan to adopt AI or machine learning tools. The survey covered 203 payments professionals at 148 retailers across 18 markets.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) announced that Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has selected ACI Connetic to provide payment processing for its member funding services on the Fedwire Funds Service. The cloud-native platform will be delivered as a service, operated by ACI while FHLBank Atlanta retains payment operations, supporting advance volumes that reached $234.8 billion in the first half of 2026.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and Inter Pag, the merchant acquiring business of Banco Inter, have entered a strategic partnership to support Inter Pag’s next growth phase in Brazil. Inter Pag has selected the ACI Acquiring Platform, which combines cloud-enabled acquiring, payments intelligence, AI-driven fraud prevention, analytics and orchestration.
The platform, including back-office card management capabilities powered by RS2, will underpin Inter Pag’s modernization strategy, aiming to simplify operations, boost flexibility and resilience, and speed time-to-market for new payment services for more than 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses in Brazil.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) reported Q2 2026 revenue of $430 million, up 7% year over year (6% in constant currency), recurring revenue of $336 million and GAAP net income of $32 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $91 million, up 12%, with net adjusted EBITDA margin rising to 34%. GAAP diluted EPS was $0.31 and adjusted diluted EPS $0.54, up 54%.
Payment Software revenue grew 9% to $196 million, with Issuing and Acquiring revenue up 33% in constant currency, while Biller revenue increased 5% to $234 million. Year‑to‑date revenue reached $856 million, up 8%, and adjusted EBITDA $196 million, up 12%. The company repurchased 2.5 million shares for $107 million year‑to‑date and ended Q2 with $167 million in cash and $826 million of debt (net leverage 1.2x).
According to ACI Worldwide, full‑year 2026 guidance was raised to revenue of $1.895–$1.925 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $545–$560 million, and ACI Connetic was enabled across eight major U.S. payment networks with two new U.S. customers signed.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) announced that company management will participate in three upcoming investor conferences. Executives will attend the KeyBanc Technology Leadership Forum in Park City, Utah on August 11, the Seaport Research Partners Annual Summer Investor Conference (virtual) on August 18, and the FT Partners FinTech Conference in New York City on September 15.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO) announced a strategic partnership to give global merchants seamless access to leading local payment methods in Latin America via the ACI Payments Orchestration Platform. Initial coverage includes Brazil and Mexico, with access to Pix, PicPay, Mercado Pago and NuPay in Brazil, and Mercado Pago, OXXO and SPEI in Mexico, through a single integration.
According to ACI, enterprise merchants and fintechs can onboard immediately, process transactions using six local methods, and maintain full control over their payment strategies while leveraging ACI’s fraud prevention and payments intelligence. dLocal contributes its local payment network and regional expertise, with Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru planned for the next rollout phase, aiming to simplify expansion across Latin America’s fragmented payments landscape.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) will release its second quarter 2026 financial results on Thursday, August 6, 2026.
Management will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET, available via webcast and U.S. or international dial-in using Conference ID 520999677, with optional pre-registration for streamlined access.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) released YouGov survey results on UK attitudes toward AI shopping agents. Among more than 2,000 adults, only 19% trust AI assistants to follow rules for everyday purchases, versus 55% who trust human experts.
Key findings include 60% of consumers stopping use after one AI mistake, 69% not trusting AI even when it follows their rules, and 44% distrusting AI agents regardless of savings. Just 18% trust AI to act in their best financial interest, and 59% would not trust any organisation to manage AI‑powered shopping and payments.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) analyzed 24.5 million transactions from 61 live‑event merchants and found World Cup‑related fraud risk rising.
Card‑not‑present attempted fraud during Copa America 2024 reached 4% of transaction value, about 3.6x the 2023 baseline, with risks starting weeks before and continuing after tournaments.
Alternative payment methods showed 0.57% attempted fraud versus 3.97% for cards, while APM adoption rose from 7% in 2022 to 24.8% in 2026. Fraudsters favored high‑value orders (~$405 vs $270 legitimate) and domestic cards (3.2% vs 1.4% cross‑border), amid thousands of fake World Cup‑themed domains.