ACIW

WCC, ACIW, and FA made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) value stocks list on September 4, 2026.

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cranium Ventures, a privately held developer of cloud-native card payment switching technology. The technology will be added to ACI Connetic for Cards, which ACI launched in March 2026. ACI Connetic is the platform behind ACI's intelligent payments orchestration strategy, introduced in 2025 as the industry's first.

ACI Worldwide is rated Buy, leveraging a sticky customer base, strong margins, and a reasonable 14.6x forward P/E. Payment Software drives the investment case, with 9% segment growth and a 48% adjusted EBITDA margin, fueled by renewals, pricing, and cross-selling. Connetic provides a modernization path for legacy clients, but the current valuation does not require rapid platform adoption or a Biller sale.

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OMAHA, Neb. & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $ACIW #Banking--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced that Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) has selected ACI Connetic for the payment processing behind its member funding services. The work will cover the Bank's activity on the Fedwire Funds Service. FHLBank Atlanta originated $234.8 billion of advances in the first half of 2026. That volume reflects hundreds of individual advance transaction.

OMAHA, Neb. & SÃO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, and Inter Pag, the merchant acquiring business of Banco Inter, today announced a strategic partnership to help power the next phase of Inter Pag's growth in Brazil. Combining cloud-enabled acquiring capabilities with payments intelligence, AI-driven fraud prevention, analytics, advanced ecommerce tools and orchestration, the partnership will support Inter Pag's modernizat.

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ACI Worldwide NASDAQ: ACIW reported second-quarter 2026 revenue growth of 7% and raised its full-year outlook, citing momentum in its Payment Software business, continued adoption of its cloud-native platforms and expanding customer modernization demand.

ACI Worldwide (ACIW) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.54 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.51 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.35 per share a year ago.