Bloomberg Businessweek ACI Worldwide Raises Guidance, Commits to Digital Assets
Nov 28, 2025
Robert 'Bobby' Leibrock, the new CFO of ACI Worldwide, dives deep into the company's robust payments infrastructure and its transformative cloud-native platform, ACI Kinetic. He highlights ACI's significant growth in the global market and its commitment to serving underbanked regions with real-time payments. Leibrock also discusses the promising yet complex role of stablecoins for cross-border transactions, and shares insights on ACI's strategic partnership with BitPay, focusing on the evolving landscape of digital assets and payment methods.
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Payments Infrastructure At Global Scale
- ACI provides mission-critical payments infrastructure across banks, billers, and merchants worldwide.
- The company powers trillions in transactions and is modernizing with a cloud-native ACI Kinetic platform.
Peak-Season Volume And Financial Scale
- ACI expects peak-season transaction volumes to rise again, matching last year's >25% spike.
- The firm generated about $2B revenue and roughly $500M EBITDA, showing scale behind its services.
Legacy Firm Undergoing Fast Transformation
- ACI is a 50-year company undergoing rapid transformation under a new CEO.
- The firm doubled growth momentum and is investing in cloud-native products to capture market share.