Cutting edge real-time payment infrastructures

Deploy secure real-time payment rails, launch new payment methods and schemes with back-office management using a single, innovative infrastructure solution

Empower payment rails with integrated overlays and back-office solutions to deliver new payment use cases with increased speed to market

Enable domestic real-time payments and monetize cross-border opportunity with connectivity to 25 schemes across 60 regions

Gain an onsite project partnership for scheme design and implementation to drive growth and real-time payments adoption

Trusted by 10 central infrastructures across the globe

ACI’s digital central infrastructure: one partner, one solution

Transform payment ecosystems using a proven, tailored, real-time payment solution with onsite professional consultations.

Promote financial inclusion and unlock revenue streams with new payment use cases
Maximize the benefits of real-time payments with ISO 20022 messaging and an API-friendly solution
Reduce complexities and monetize the real-time payments revolution
Increase speed to market with an integrated digital overlay solution and back-office capabilities

A single solution for the entire payments ecosystem

ACI provides an edge to central banks and financial institutions by bringing together real-time rails with integrated overlay services including back-office management in a single solution that increases speed to market.

  • Improve liquidity management and cash flows with an all-in-one inclusive solution
  • Introduce innovative payment use cases like QR codes, Request to Pay and more
  • Reduce illegal cash-based activities by leveraging network intelligence
  • Enable integrated back-office reporting and settlement to increase fund traceability

Meet global standards for real-time payments

Whether it is mandated by government, driven by businesses or citizen demands, the real-time revolution is here. Update to global standards and facilitate scheme interoperability to benefit from real-time payments adoption.

Enable country-side processing of instant payments
Maintain the liquidity position for each participant
Process both financial and non-financial ISO 20022 messages
Generate settlement and reconciliation reports for participants
Connect to a rich suite of APIs to realize new payment use cases
Increase interoperability with global real-time schemes

Accelerate real-time payments adoption

Benefit the entire payments ecosystem with ACI’s digital central infrastructure and keep pace as the market demands for new and innovative payment cases increase.

  • Stay competitive and strengthen the country’s global economic position
  • Foster innovation and remain tech-relevant
  • Combat money laundering in real time
  • Meet customer demands and reduce barriers to business

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Transforming payment systems

How central infrastructures provide a foundation for real-time growth

While fintechs grab the headlines with innovative digital replacements for cash, there’s no escaping the fact that it is a country’s central infrastructure that does much of the heavy lifting

Create immediate business opportunities through central infrastructure initiatives

Governments and leaders of central banks have decided that the finance industry needs investment to be fit for the demands of digital economies

Three critical factors for successful central infrastructures in a real-time world

Central infrastructures have a critical role to play within this environment and therefore need to be resilient, scalable and trustworthy

How new Zealand’s banks can prepare for upcoming account-to-account real-time payments

Most major markets are now either live with national account-to-account (A2A) instant payment capabilities or have them in development.

Real-Time Payments Advantage

Offer in-demand features and services to drive new growth.

ACI Connetic

Accept, transform, and transmit any payment, for any purpose, in any form, from any source in real time, all in one cloud-native platform

Fast Start Acquiring

Achieve acquirer and sub-acquirer technical certification 100 days from contract to quickly enable new revenue streams and reduce ongoing implementation costs

ATM and self-service banking

Complete, end-to-end ATM solutions for terminal handling and transaction acquiring and processing for integrated self-service and digital banking

ACI Issuing

Single issuing platform for all cards, contactless, mobile and alternative payments and tokens, with global connectivity

Anti-money laundering

Strong, advanced AML compliance framework to maintain compliance with international and domestic regulations

ACI Fraud Management for Banking

Real-time, machine-learning-driven fraud management solution for banks, processors, acquirers, and payment networks

Fraud scoring services

Effortlessly stay ahead of real-time fraud with a fully managed, automated fraud scoring service driven by ACI’s patented incremental learning capabilities deployed in the Microsoft Azure public cloud

Consumer payment processing

End-to-end management of consumer payment instruments, banking channels and transaction processing for both cards and new digital payment types

ISO 20022

Meet ISO 20022 compliance challenges and migration deadlines, and improve the customer experience for high-value and real-time payments

Machine learning

Enhance fraud detection and financial crime prevention with AI-driven, self-learning algorithms that ensure compliance with PCI DSS v4.0, AML, KYC, and sanction screening.

ACI Enterprise Payments Platform

Enabling banks, processors, national infrastructures and fintechs to rapidly respond to shifting trends, mandates and new competition across all lines of business and payment types.