Awards and Rankings

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After four decades, we’ve learned a thing or two about the global payments industry. But we’ll let others tell you all about us.

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2023

Juniper Research Future Digital Awards 2023 — Instant Payment Innovation Platinum Award — ACI Instant Pay
Juniper Research Future Digital Awards 2023 — Payment Innovation of the Year — ACI Payments Orchestration Platform
CFO Tech Outlook — Top Financial Fraud Detection Solution Providers — ACI Fraud Management
Merchant Payment Ecosystem Awards 2023 — Best Payment Orchestration Platform — ACI Payments Orchestration Platform
Paytech Awards US — Best Consumer Payments Solution — ACI Payments Orchestration Platform
Global Payments Innovation Awards 2023 — Highly Acclaimed: Best Payments led Financial Inclusion Initiative by a Vendor — Digital Central Infrastructure
Fintech Finance — Best Real-Time Payments — ACI Low Value Real-Time Payments
Fintech Finance — Cross-Border Payments — ACI Low Value Real-Time Payments
Fintech Finance — Artificial Intelligence — ACI Fraud Management
Retail Tech Innovation Hub — Payments Innovation of the Year — ACI Fraud Management
Retail Systems — Omnichannel Solution of the Year — ACI Payments Orchestration Platform
Retail Systems — Alternative Payments Solution — ACI Wallet Hub
Retail Systems — Payments System of the Year — ACI Payments Orchestration Platform
Retail Systems — Payments Innovation Award — ACI Instant Pay
Fintech B2B Marketing — Best Use of Innovation Technology Platform
Limerick Chamber — Best Business Innovation Excellence Award
AI Awards — Best Application of AI in Large Enterprise
National Technology Award — Security Innovation of the Year — ACI Fraud Management
National Technology Award — Retail Tech of the Year — ACI Payments Orchestration Platform
Payments Award — Best Marketing Campaign of the Year
Pay 360 Awards — Best Lending Initiative — ACI Pay After

2022

Retail Risk Awards 2022 — Most Innovative Online Retail Risk Management Solution — ACI Fraud Management
Payments Awards 2022 — Lending Initiative of the Year — ACI PayAfter
Payments Awards 2022 — Security Innovation of the Year — ACI Fraud Management
Payments Awards 2022 — Best In-store Payments Solution — ACI Omni-Commerce
Juniper Future Digital Awards 2022 Fintech & Payments — Retail Innovation of the Year — ACI Smart Engage
Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards 2022 — Most Innovative Fraud Prevention Solution — ACI Fraud Management for Merchants
Retail Systems Awards 2022 — Omnichannel Solution of the Year — ACI Omni-Commerce
Retail Systems Awards 2022 — Alternative Payments Solution — ACI PayAfter
Analytics Institute of Ireland — Analytics & AI Awards 2022 — Emerging Tech Award — ACI Fraud Management
ACI Worldwide Customer CCE Recognized as Winner of Celent Model Bank 2022 Award
Banking Tech Awards USA — Best Payments Solution Provider: Highly Commended — ACI Enterprise Payments Platform with Sherpa Technologies
Australian Fraud Awards 2022 — Most Innovative Online Retail Risk Management Solution — ACI Fraud Management for Merchants
Australian Fraud Awards 2022 — Retail Risk Vendor of the Year — ACI Worldwide

2021

Fintech Finance Awards — Best WOW Insight from Data — ACI Fraud Management
Fintech Finance Awards — Pillar of Payments — ACI Acquiring
Payments Awards — Best Online Payments Solution (Merchant) — ACI Secure eCommerce
FinTech Innovation Awards — Best Payment Hub/Wholesale Payments Implementation — ACI Enterprise Payment Platform
FinTech Innovation Awards — Most Innovative Cloud Deployment — ACI Acquiring
AI Awards Ireland — Best Application of AI in a Large Enterprise — ACI Fraud Management with Incremental Learning

ACI Worldwide customer PayNet wins “Best in Future of Industry Ecosystems” at IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2021 Malaysia
Future Digital Awards 2021 Fintech & Payments
- Payments Innovation of the Year — Platinum Award — ACI Secure eCommerce
- In-Vehicle Payment Innovation — Gold Award — ACI Omni-Commerce
- Best Checkout Experience — Gold Award — ACI Omni-Commerce
Retail Systems Awards 2021 — Artificial Intelligence Project of the Year
Retail Systems Awards 2021 — Data and Analytics Provider of the Year (highly commended)
ACI Worldwide Honored by IBS Intelligence with Card Management and e-Wallets Award
ACI Worldwide Recognized by Central Banking Magazine with its 2021 Central Banking Award for Payments Services
ACI Worldwide Honored with Product Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan for Real-Time Payments
ACI Worldwide Customers Recognized by Celent as Winners of 2021 Model Bank and Model Risk Manager Awards
- DBS Bank Recognized for Corporate Digital Banking
- Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) recognized for Payments Infrastructure
- Swedbank Recognized for Legacy and Ecosystem Transformation

2020

ACI Worldwide Recognized as Best-in-Class in Aite Matrix: The Leading Providers of U.S. Cash Management Technology, 2020
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Payment Platforms 2019-2020 Vendor Assessment names ACI a Leader
ACI Worldwide Honored with ‘Innovation Excellence’ Award from Frost & Sullivan for eCommerce Fraud Prevention
ACI Worldwide Honored for Payments Technology Innovation at the 2020 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards

2019

Aite Group — 2019 Impact Innovation Award in Digital Wallets for Value-Added Services — ACI Speedpay moBills technology
ACI recognized as ‘Best Enterprise Fraud Prevention Provider Europe’ for its multi-layered approach to fraud and machine learning capabilities at 2019 Global Banking & Finance Awards
Emerging Payments Awards 2019, Leading Emerging Payments Organization – Finalist, ACI Worldwide and UP Real-Time Payments solution
ACI Worldwide recognized as ‘Best Real-Time Payments Solution Provider’ at the Ovum Payment Innovation Awards, part of PayTech Awards 2019
ACI Worldwide earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2019 Global Product Leadership Award for Real-Time Payments
ACI’s UP Real-Time Payments solution SWIFT GPI capabilities wins award for ‘Best Use of Emerging or Innovative Technology’ at MEFTECH Innovation Awards
ACI Worldwide has been awarded ‘Best International/Cross-Border Payments Solution’ at the 2019 Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards
ACI Worldwide Highly Commended for its UP Real-Time Payments solution in the category ‘Most Innovative Banking Technology Provider – in Partnership with Ovum’ at the Banking Technology Awards 2019

2018

ACI Worldwide recognized as “Best-in-Class” by Aite Group in Cash Management Benchmarking Study. ACI’s digital banking platform, Universal Online Banker, received “Best-in-Class” status in the AIM Evaluation: The Leading Providers of U.S. Cash Management, 2018.
Ranked 22nd on the international list of financial technology companies in the IDC Financial Insights 2018 FinTech Rankings.
ACI Worldwide has been named ‘Security Innovation of the Year’ at the National Technology Awards for its real-time fraud management and adaptive machine learning capabilities of its UP Payments Risk Management solution.
Finance Monthly: ACI Worldwide Recognized as Fraud Innovation Firm of the Year
ACI Worldwide’s UP Payments Risk Management Named ‘Best ID, Security and Anti-Fraud Solution’ of the Year by Merchant Payments Ecosystem
ACI Worldwide Recognized as ‘Best Payments Solution Provider Europe 2018’ by Global Banking & Finance Review

2017

ACI Worldwide’s UP Real-Time Payments Solution Named CardRates.com Editor’s Choice™ for Linking the Globe’s Financial Framework.
ACI Worldwide Wins Frost & Sullivan 2017 Digital Payments Customer Value Leadership Award
Top honors at the annual Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards, winning the ‘International Award’ for its eCommerce payments solution.
Recognized at the PayFORUM awards with top honors in the ‘Cross-border Payments’ category.

2016

ACI Worldwide named Official Service Provider for pan-European Instant Credit Transfer Scheme by EBA Clearing
ACI’s UP eCommerce Payments solution was recognized in the ‘Best Online Payments Solution (Merchant)’ category at the 2016 FStech Payments Awards.
Ranked 18th on the international list of financial technology companies in the IDC Financial Insights 2016 FinTech Rankings
Bill pay executive honored by SubPrime Auto Finance News Magazine for inaugural “Trailblazers, Innovators and Disruptors” list
Ranked 16th in the 2016 Apps Runs the World list of top Cloud Applications Vendors
Awarded Best Payments Flexibility, Open Architecture and Large Customer Base for Universal Online Banker in Aite Group’s 2016 Cash Management Vendor Evaluation
Selected as Judges’ Choice at the 2016 CNP Awards for PAY.ON eCommerce Payments gateway.
Awarded technical vendor accreditation by Faster Payments Scheme Ltd (FPSL)
Winner of the 2016 PayFORUM Award for Excellence for UP Framework for Immediate Payments.
Honoree, Amala Duggirala (ACI Executive Vice President), 2016 Most Influential Women in Payments, PaymentsSource

2015

No. 482, Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2015 Technology Fast 500™
No. 17, FinTech Forward Rankings, American Banker and BAI
No. 19, Cloud Top 500 Applications Vendors, Apps Run the World
No. 18, FinTech Rankings, IDC Financial Insights
Leader, ACI Worldwide Recognized as Global Leader in Celent’s Evaluation of Leading Card Management and Transaction Processing Providers
SubPrime Auto Finance News: ACI named to SubPrime Auto Finance News ‘SubPrime 125’
Winner of the Compliance Risk Technology Implementation of the Year Award for 2015

2014

No. 20, FinTech Forward, Compiled jointly by American Banker and BAI
No. 45, America’s Best Performing Small Companies, Forbes
No. 20, FinTech Rankings, IDC Financial Insights
Money Transfer System accreditation, SWIFT Certified Application for Payments, 17th consecutive year
Principal member, EPASOrg
Leader, “Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting an Electronic Retail Payment Switch Platform”
Real-time payments innovator, “Real-Time Payments, a European Perspective,” Aite Group
Leader, “2014 Evaluation of Leading Cash Management Providers,” Aite Group
Vendor award winner, Universal Online Banker, “Balance of Usability and Sophisticated Functionality” and “Global Payments Flexibility,” Aite Group
Leader, “Real-Time Payments, a European Perspective,” Aite Group
Leading payment security provider to the top 500 e-retailers, Internet Retailer
Finalist, 2014 MRC Emerging Technology Awards, ReD Fraud Xchange™
Security vendor to the Internet Retailer Top 500, awarded
Finalist in the 2014 MRC Emerging Technology Awards for our ReD Fraud Xchange™ service

2013

No. 24, FinTech 100, IDC Financial Insights
Vendor to Watch in 2013, Aite Group
“Best-in-Class” Payments Capability solution, Payments Hub report, CEB TowerGroup
No. 47, America’s Best Performing Small Companies, Forbes
Steering committee member, vice-chairman of the steering committee, EMV Migration Forum
Fastest growing biller direct electronic bill payment provider (2009-2012), “Biller Direct and Walk-in Bill Pay: An Update,” Aite Group
2013 Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE) Guiding Hand Data Security Award, ReD Shield® real-time CNP fraud prevention service
Finalist, 2013 MRC Emerging Technologies Awards, ReDi™ Business Intelligence portal
Winner, FStech 2013 Anti-Fraud/Security Strategy of the Year
Leading security vendor to the top 1000 US e-retailers, Internet Retailer
High commended, Most Innovative Online Product, Retail Fraud Awards, ReDi™ Business Intelligence portal
Finalist in the 2013 MRC Emerging Technology Awards for our ReDi™ Business Intelligence portal
Winner of the 2013 Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE) Guiding Hand Data Security Award for our ReD Shield® real-time CNP fraud prevention service
Winner of the FStech 2013 Anti-Fraud/Security Strategy of the Year
Highly commended in the Most Innovative Online Product category at the Retail Fraud Awards 2013 for our ReDi™ Business Intelligence portal
Leading Security Vendor to the Top 1000 US E-Retailers as ranked by Internet Retailer

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