Software Engineering Intern

ACI Worldwide to add microservices card switching to ACI Connetic for Cards via acquisition of Cranium Ventures. September 1, 2026 ACI will incorporate Cranium Ventures' microservices-based card switching framework into ACI Connetic for Cards. OMAHA, Neb.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Sep. 1, 2026- ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cranium Ventures, a privately held developer of cloud-native card payment switching technology. The technology will be added to ACI Connetic for Cards, which ACI launched in March 2026. ACI Connetic is the platform behind ACI's intelligent payments orchestration strategy, introduced in 2025 as the industry's first unified cloud-native platform bringing account-to-account payments, card payments and AI-powered fraud prevention onto a single architecture. ACI's acquiring, issuing, ATM and self-service banking solutions process more than 300 billion card transactions annually. The acquisition accelerates ACI's existing Connetic for Cards roadmap, bringing planned card switching capabilities to market sooner. Purchase transactions on the global card networks are projected to reach more than 1.1 trillion in 2029, a 43 percent increase over 2024. At the same time, institutions are running more payment rails in parallel, and card authorization at many banks and processors still relies on architecture designed before cloud computing was an option. A common modernization approach has been to wrap an existing switch in new interfaces rather than rebuild what runs underneath. ACI built ACI Connetic to address that directly. Founded in 2018 in the United Kingdom, Cranium Ventures has key operations in Singapore and Malaysia and developed SYNAP, a microservices-based card switching framework that runs in cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments. Under the agreement, ACI will acquire Cranium Ventures' technology, intellectual property and commercial relationships, and Cranium co-founders Ashraf Dimitri and Tony Horrell will join ACI, bringing decades of experience delivering payment switching technology to financial institutions and processors worldwide. Dimitri founded Oasis Technology in 1989 and was a lead architect of IST/Switch, a global payment switch. Horrell has founded and exited multiple payment industry companies and has also held senior roles at leading payments technology companies, including Visa, First Data, and ACI Worldwide. Cranium's broader technical team also brings experience implementing and operating SYNAP, including at two of the world's largest processors. "Card processing is one of the hardest modernization problems left in payments, and we have been working on it for years," said Thomas Warsop, President and Chief Executive Officer, ACI Worldwide. "Financial institutions need more than a switch. They need intelligence embedded throughout the payment lifecycle, and that is what we built ACI Connetic to deliver. ACI Connetic for Cards is already in market, and Cranium Ventures moves that work forward faster. It will further strengthen our competitive position in cloud-native switching and payment solutions, consistent with our focus on expanding our strategic growth platform." "Modern switching has to hold up in environments where the tolerance for failure is close to zero. That is what we built for," said Tony Horrell, Chief Executive Officer, Cranium Ventures. "We set out to answer whether a microservices switch could hold up under the volumes and the certification demands that real card processing puts on it, and we put it into production," said Ashraf Dimitri, Chief Technology Officer, Cranium Ventures. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and approvals and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026. ACI will support Cranium Ventures' existing SYNAP customers following close. Source for global card purchase transaction projections: The Nilson Report, January 2025. About ACI Worldwide ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, delivers transformative software solutions that power intelligent payments orchestration in real time so banks, billers, and merchants can drive growth, while continuously modernizing their payment infrastructures, simply and securely. With more than 50 years of trusted payments expertise, ACI Worldwide combine its global footprint with a local presence to offer enhanced payment experiences to stay ahead of constantly changing payment challenges and opportunities. About Cranium Ventures Cranium Ventures develops SYNAP, a microservices-based card payment switching framework for banks, processors and payment service providers. The company has operations in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Generally, forward-looking statements do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and may include words or phrases such as "believes," "will," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," and words and phrases of similar impact. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, (i) expectations that the transaction will close in the third quarter of 2026, (ii) expectations regarding the acquisition of Cranium Ventures' technology, intellectual property and commercial relationships, (iii) expectations that Cranium Ventures' co-founders will join ACI, (iv) expectations that Cranium Ventures' technology will be incorporated into ACI Connetic for Cards, (v) expectations that the transaction will accelerate ACI's Connetic for Cards roadmap and bring planned card switching capabilities to market sooner, (vi) expectations regarding the capabilities of Cranium Ventures' technology, (vii) expectations that ACI will support Cranium Ventures' existing SYNAP customers following close, and (viii) expectations regarding projected growth in global card purchase transactions and demand on payment authorization infrastructure. All of the foregoing forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by the risk factors discussed in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ACI, ACI Worldwide, ACI Payments, Inc., ACI Pay, Speedpay ONE and all ACI product/solution names are trademarks or registered trademarks of ACI Worldwide, Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States, other countries or both. Other parties' trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners. Media Katrin Boettger, Communications & Corporate Affairs Director, ACI Worldwide, [email protected] Investors John Kraft, SVP, Head of Strategy and Finance, ACI Worldwide, [email protected]

Inter Pag selects ACI Worldwide to advance intelligent payments orchestration in Brazil. Foto: lightpoet - stock.adobe.com ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, and Inter Pag, the merchant acquiring business of Banco Inter, today announced a strategic partnership to help power the next phase of Inter Pag's growth in Brazil. Combining cloud-enabled acquiring capabilities with payments intelligence, AI-driven fraud prevention, analytics, advanced ecommerce tools and orchestration, the partnership will support Inter Pag's modernization strategy while helping the company scale, innovate, and respond to rapidly evolving merchant needs. As part of the agreement, Inter Pag has selected the ACI Acquiring Platform, which also includes back-office card management capabilities powered by RS2, built on the strategic partnership launched by ACI and RS2 in Brazil in 2024. The platform will serve as the foundation for Inter Pag's next phase of growth, enabling the company to simplify operations, increase flexibility, strengthen resiliency, and bring new payment services to market faster. Serving more than 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses across Brazil, Inter Pag is investing in modern payments infrastructure to support growing transaction volumes and evolving merchant expectations. As digital payments adoption accelerates, merchants increasingly require support for a broader range of payment methods, value-added services and real-time experiences, creating new demands on acquiring platforms. The agreement comes at a time when Brazil is emerging as one of the world's fastest-growing and most innovative digital payments markets. Since its launch in 2020, Pix has grown to nearly 170 million users, fundamentally reshaping how consumers and businesses make and receive payments.* It is now the country's most widely used payment method, accounting for 54.7% of all payment transactions in the second half of 2025.** As Pix and other alternative payment methods continue to gain traction, acquirers face growing pressure to modernize infrastructure that can support new payment experiences, greater transaction volumes, stronger fraud controls, and faster innovation. Increasingly, they also need intelligent platforms capable of using AI and real-time analytics to optimize performance and respond to changing market conditions. Against this backdrop, Inter Pag is investing in a modern platform designed to support future growth, innovation, and operational efficiency. "Brazil has become one of the most dynamic payments markets in the world. The success of Pix, the growth of digital commerce and rapidly changing merchant expectations are accelerating the need for modernization across the acquiring industry," said Vlademir Santos, head of sales, Brazil, ACI Worldwide. "Reliable, secure and resilient payment processing remains essential, but increasingly acquirers also need payments intelligence, AI-driven insights, orchestration capabilities and the flexibility to innovate faster. Modern payments infrastructure is no longer just about processing transactions. It's about turning payments into a strategic growth engine." Business Wire (engl.) Autor folgen Verfasst von Letzte Änderung21.08.2026, 08:00 Im Artikel enthaltene Werte

Weekly fact 25 - 2026. Every day, Adnews reviews the latest innovations and news on financial services and international payment. Focus on announcements that should not be missed this week and that outline major trends in the sector. Adyen launches "Adyen Agentic", a universal trade translator led by the AI. Adyen unveils "Adyen Agentic", an open infrastructure layer conceived as a universal translator between the large conversational AI platforms and the e-commerce systems of the merchants, in order to enable them to integrate once and sell everywhere, taking charge of all the steps, from the advice produced to payment, without rebuilding their architecture to each new channel. ACI joins EPI to accelerate Wero and instant payments in Europe. ACI Worldwide joinedEuropean Payments Initiative (EPI) as a technical service provider and integrates the Wero Wallet with its payment orchestration platform. This alliance must facilitate the massive acceptance of Wero by European traders and support the rise of instant payments in the wake of European regulation. Visa and Revolut just signed a new partnership on payment in one click. By activating Click to Pay for tens of millions of Visa cardholders and opening up to merchants in Europe and the UK, the US payment giant and the British neobank want to simplify the e-commerce experience and accelerate the shift towards tokenized payments. Traduit automatiquement via Libretranslate / Automatically translated via Libretranslate