ACI supports one of the world's largest retailers in its
multi-country, omni-channel electronic payment innovation strategy
NAPLES, Fla. & LILLE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
ACI
Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of electronic
payment and banking solutions, today announced that Auchan
Group, one of the world's largest food retailers, has selected the
company to deliver its new SEPA-compliant European card payments
platform, the first of its kind in Europe.
Auchan Group is the world's eleventh largest food retailer, spanning 15
countries. Auchan Group selected ACI's market-leading, hosted
retailer solution, Postilion, as the foundation of this new
centralized card payments platform to manage all electronic
transactions, through all channels (in-store, online and mobile) across
Europe. The platform supports the new European standard EPAS protocol,
which addresses the region's numerous local standards and increasing
regulations that have previously stymied growth for retailers.
More than 300 companies across the globe, including some of the world's
largest retailers, rely on ACI's Postilion to facilitate numerous
payment types at the point-of-purchase, allowing them to reduce costs
and grow their businesses, independently from point of sale terminals,
all in a secure environment in accordance with PCI DSS standards.
"Based on our successful pilot testing in France and Portugal, we knew
that a centralized European card payments platform would soon become not
only a reality, but a necessity. This new platform, which complies with
SEPA standards, is a continuation of our corporate electronic payments
strategy for safer, more open and more accessible European centralized
acquiring," said Arnaud Crouzet, Head of Group Global Payments
Development, Auchan Group. "Working with ACI, an international company
that fully understands and promotes European standards, will allow us to
grow and innovate as we build on this broad initiative."
"ACI and Auchan Group share the same disruptive payments vision and we
are excited to help drive its ambitious omni-channel payments project
with our hosted offerings," said Paul Thomalla, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, EMEA, ACI Worldwide. "We believe that many other
major retailers will follow Auchan Group's lead in helping to shape
European payments."
The platform will be jointly operated by ACI and OneyBanque Accord, the
banking subsidiary of Auchan Group. It will run in ACI's secure and
fully compliant data center, which hosts banking and payment solutions
for more than 4,000 financial institutions, retailers, and billers.
About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide, the Universal
Payments company, powers electronic payments and banking for more
than 5,000 financial institutions, retailers, billers and processors
around the world. ACI software processes $13 trillion each day in
payments and securities transactions for more than 250 of the leading global
retailers, and 21 of the world's 25 largest banks. Through our
comprehensive suite of software products and hosted services, we deliver
a broad range of solutions for payment processing; card and merchant
management; online
banking; mobile, branch and voice banking; fraud
detection; trade finance; and electronic
bill presentment and payment. To learn more about ACI, please visit www.aciworldwide.com.
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ACI Worldwide
Dan Ring, 781-370-3600
dan.ring@aciworldwide.com
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