ACI welcomes region’s leading banks, retailers and processors to this year’s ACI Exchange EMEA

ACI Worldwide(NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading international provider of electronic payment and banking systems, welcomes EMEA’s financial thought leaders and global payments experts to its annual ACI Exchange EMEA. Held throughout the year around the globe, ACI Exchange conferences are preeminent customer events with senior IT and business leaders from leading financial services, processors and retail organisations.

This year’s EMEA event, May 13-16 in Lisbon, Portugal,brings together many of the region’s industry thought leaders to hear more about the Disruption Opportunity—how financial experts, retailers, and technology leaders are navigating a disrupted payments landscape, preparing for the future and prospering. Additional sessions will focus on all aspects of the payments industry, including wholesale payments, online banking, merchant acquiring and card issuing, as well as ATM driving, payments fraud, retailer payment processing and mobile.

Featured sessions will be delivered by leaders from innovative financial institutions, such as:

• Bell ID
• Capgemini Financial Services
• Capitec Bank

• Ecentric Payment Systems
• First Data
• Moneris Solutions

Featured keynotes will be presented by international business and economics authorities:

• Colin Turner, world-renowned business executive and thought leader

·         Folker Hellmeyer, chief economist and chief analyst at Bremer Landesbank

“This year’s ACI Exchange EMEA conference is about embracing disruption, a burning and ever-evolving issue that requires all of us to be alert to changes and possibilities,” said Paul Thomalla, senior vice president and managing director, EMEA, ACI Worldwide. “Our interactive, three-day customer conference presents an incredible opportunity to discuss how to turn disruptive trends and technologies into a business advantage to get ahead in the marketplace.”

ACI extends thanks to this year’s EMEA sponsors, including: HP, IBM, Integrated Research, Phoenix Interactive, Stratus Technologies, Thales e-Security, XYPRO Technology, Bell ID, Futurex, Polar Moment and Spectrum.

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