ACIW

Aci Worldwide, Inc.

A payments technology company whose software lets banks, merchants, and billers process card payments, real-time transfers, and fraud checks. Its Payments Orchestration Platform serves tens of thousands of merchants, including most of the world's largest retailers. Founded in 1975 in Omaha as Applied Communications Inc., the "ACI" initials stuck even after the firm took the ACI Worldwide name in 2007. Its Speedpay bill-payment arm handles everyday bills like utilities and mortgages for consumers.