IBM partners with ACI Worldwide on e-payment tools
IBM said Monday that it is partnering with ACI Worldwide, an electronic payment
software vendor, to create a payments system based on service oriented architecture
(SOA) principles.
ACI's software will be combined with IBM's System z mainframe, DB2 database,
WebSphere middleware, Tivoli IT management software and Crypto-chip technology,
according to an IBM statement. ACI also intends to host its software in IBM's
data centers, for customers who desire an on-demand payments system.
IBM said the combination of ACI's technology and its own will result in an
SOA foundation that allows payment information to be shared throughout enterprises,
many of which see a tangle of legacy systems strewn across their IT environments.
The partnership will first result in a version of ACI's BASE24-eps online payments
software optimized for System z; a wholesale payments product aimed at the Single
Euro Payments Area (SEPA), and real-time fraud detection technology. Later,
the companies will focus on smart card management, dispute management, online
banking and a payment hub implementing IBM's Payments Framework, they said.
ACI's customers include more than 110 of the world's top 500 banks, according
to IBM.
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