News | July 30, 2012

Agricultural Bank Of China Selects ACI Worldwide To Power Its Payment Processing And Anti-Money Laundering Systems For U.S. Launch

ACI Money Transfer System and ACI Proactive Risk Manager Solutions Deliver Automation and Fraud Detection

ACI Worldwide, a leading international provider of payments systems, shared details recently of an agreement first reached earlier this year, with the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), the third largest bank by total assets in the People’s Republic of China, to implement ACI Money Transfer System and ACI Proactive Risk Manager as its wholesale payment processing and anti-money laundering (AML) solution to facilitate its expansion into the U.S. market.

“ACI provides us with a complete and readily implemented solution for fully automated payment processing and fraud protection as we enter the U.S. market,” said Wei He, Vice President, Operation Department, Agricultural Bank of China.

“The Agricultural Bank of China is one of the most dynamic, growing players in the banking industry and we are proud to be playing such a key role in its expansion in the United States,” said Ralph Dangelmaier, President, Global Markets and Services, ACI Worldwide. “I look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship between ACI and the Agricultural Bank of China.”

Money Transfer System helps advanced payment management, execution and streamlined banking operations.  It is a single source solution which facilitates efficient processing within a highly configurable work flow.  Money Transfer System allows global processing needs to be centralized in a single location or distributed via a configurable network. In addition, the Enterprise Sanctions Filter of the solution provides a set of services which position banks to maintain continuous regulatory compliance.

Proactive Risk Manager is a comprehensive financial crime management solution to help card issuers, merchants, acquirers and financial institutions combat fraud and money-laundering schemes. It monitors cross-channel fraud, swiftly spots fraud trends and is able to protect against varying fraud types while also minimizing risk. 

About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide powers electronic payments and banking for more than 1,650 financial institutions, retailers and processors around the world. ACI software enables $12T in payments each day, processing transactions for 14 of the leading global retailers, and 24 of the world’s 25 largest banks. Through our integrated suite of software products and hosted services, we deliver a broad range of solutions for payments processing, card and merchant management, online banking, mobile, branch and voice banking, fraud detection, and trade finance. For more information, visit www.aciworldwide.com and www.paymentsinsights.com.

SOURCE: ACI Worldwide