Digital Central Infrastructure

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

10+ emerging market central bank deployments

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

Sovereignty and governance

You own the scheme. We provide the world-leading solution and support.

  • 10+ national central bank deployments
  • Central bank governance retained throughout
  • ISO/IEC 27001 certified data handling

Future readiness

Built for what comes next, not just what’s needed today.

  • ISO 20022 native from day one
  • Open API architecture for overlay services
  • Settlement layer supports future CBDC integration

Proven at scale

Real deployments. Real volumes. Real central banks.

  • ACI Digital Central Infrastructure powers national schemes processing hundreds of billions in transaction value* 
  • Deployed across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific
  • Implementation teams with direct experience of legacy-to-live migration

One standard. Every market.

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

Media

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 dactors 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

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Real-Time Payments Advantage

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

*ACI Internal Customer data