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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) published the ACI Speedpay 2026 Biller Impact Study on March 12, 2026, finding the bill-pay industry near an inflection point as organizations weigh modernization of legacy systems.
The study surveyed 712 bill-pay leaders and found 80% view bill-pay solutions as critical, 76% plan to evaluate new solutions in the next 12–24 months, and only 26% trust current systems to meet future needs. Security, resiliency and expanded payment options ranked as top priorities.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) launched ACI Connetic for Cards on March 4, 2026 — a cloud-native, unified card payments suite that integrates issuing, acquiring, ATM and AI-driven fraud prevention on one platform. The suite leverages ACI’s global processing scale (more than 300 billion card transactions annually) to support modernization, resiliency and unified operations for banks and processors.
ACI Connetic for Cards aims to capture rising card volumes (global card transactions were 776 billion in 2024 and are projected to reach 1.1 trillion by 2029) by offering modular, API-first capabilities and embedded fraud and identity intelligence.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) reported 2025 total revenue of $1.76 billion (up 10%) and recurring revenue of $1.21 billion (up 11%). Net income rose to $227 million and adjusted EBITDA was $506 million (up 9%). Cash flow from operations was $323 million; $203 million returned to shareholders. 2026 guidance: revenue +7% to +9% ($1.88–$1.91 billion) and adjusted EBITDA of $530–$550 million.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) announced that Chief Strategy and Growth Officer Philip Bruno will speak on the “Agentic Commerce: When AI Starts Buying” panel at the MIT Sloan Fintech Conference on February 20, 2026 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Bruno will discuss how AI agents shift discovery and purchasing, why digital wallets and payments infrastructure become central, and how verified permission, persistent identity, and evidence for fair outcomes will shape trust in agentic commerce.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) announced the first UK deployment of ACI Connetic, a cloud-native platform that unites SWIFT, CHAPS and Faster Payments on one SaaS environment powered by Microsoft Azure.
This deployment aims to reduce fragmentation, speed regulatory adoption, and enable banks to consolidate payments, fraud prevention, and card processing on a single platform.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) will report fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results on Thursday, February 26, 2026. Management will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern to discuss results and take questions.
A real-time webcast will be available at the company investor site and phone access is provided via dial-in with conference ID 88945 or by registering in advance to receive a unique passcode for operator-free entry.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) reports global retail refund transactions rose 18.1% in 2025 while refund value increased 12.7%, per its Global Ecommerce Report analyzing billions of transactions.
eCommerce volumes grew 28.3% and transaction value rose 34.3%; holiday months drove ~20% of refunds, with December refund rate at 2.89%.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) is integrating Paze online checkout from Early Warning Services into its Pay.On payment orchestration platform, expanding wallet options for U.S. consumers.
The integration lets merchants enable Paze via a single Pay.On connection instead of building a separate integration. Paze is supported by seven major U.S. banks and secures card data with tokenization and digital authentication. The partnership aims to support up to 16 million U.S. ecommerce transactions across ACI's merchant base in 2026 and covers more than 150 million credit and debit cards added to Paze. Launch is slated for early 2026.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) warns that payments leaders are largely unprepared for structural disruption in 2026. Key points: only 36% of payments executives have a long-term modernization roadmap; industry growth is projected at 4–5% while top performers invest 8–9% annually in technology; 69% claim leadership but fewer than half invest in innovation. ACI forecasts accelerating M&A, returning emphasis on the Rule of 40, widespread AI adoption across payments, regulatory convergence (PSD3, digital-asset licensing), and competition among stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and instant payments. The report stresses modernization, intelligent orchestration, and trust as investor and operational priorities for 2026.
BPI Direct BanKo (part of Bank of the Philippine Islands) selected ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) to modernize its payments infrastructure by implementing ACI’s issuing and acquiring platform. The platform supports real-time transaction processing across ATMs, POS, and mobile, a modular architecture for faster feature rollouts, and robust security. BanKo plans to replace its existing switch and expects the new platform to go live by end of Q1 2026, aiming to improve speed, reliability, scalability, and customer experience for millions of Filipino users.