NAPLES, Fla.—ACI Worldwide has announced a partnership with Payment21 that the company says will enable its clients to offer bitcoin payments, “without exposing their merchants to price volatility.”
The new opt-in service uses ACI’s UP eCommerce Payments solution, a network of more than 130 Payment Service Providers (PSPs), supplying 56,000 merchants worldwide. Merchants can now accept anti-money laundering (AML) compliant bitcoin payments using Payment21’s technology, Brave New Coin Reported.
The partnership has resulted in a platform that “allows PSPs and merchants to quickly and easily add bitcoin payments to their checkout pages, without additional integrations,” ACI Worldwide stated in a release. The solution includes inbound payments and payouts in Bitcoin offering real-time settlement capabilities on a global scale, which accelerates merchant cash flow.”
ACI Worldwide has 57 offices throughout the world, providing payment infrastructure to over 5,100 organizations, including more than 1,000 of the largest financial institutions and intermediaries, Brave New Coin noted.