ACI Worldwide, Inc.: ACI Worldwide and HyperPay Protect eCommerce Payments for Merchants Across Middle East with Real-Time Fraud Prevention

Leading Middle East and North Africa payment gateway protects merchants'
eCommerce payments with ACI's UP Payments Risk Management solution 

Naples, FLA, 2017-12-21 09:17 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic
payment and banking solutions, today announced that HyperPay, a leading payment
service provider (PSP) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has
extended its relationship with ACI to offer merchants integrated real-time
fraud prevention for eCommerce and mobile payments. 

The MENA region's eCommerce marketplace is experiencing double-digit
growth-with estimates at more than USD $51 billion in 2017. Despite the growth
opportunity, the diversity of payments within the region presents challenges
for both local and international businesses as they grapple with an increase in
fraud. HyperPay, which utilizes ACI's UP eCommerce Payments for its
cross-border capabilities and technical flexibility, has now extended that
relationship with real-time fraud detection and prevention via ACI's UP
Payments Risk Management solution. 

ACI's UP Payments Risk Management solution addresses the fraud needs of
merchants across sectors and verticals, with adaptive machine learning and a
shared intelligence approach that leverages cross-industry knowledge and data.
As a managed cloud service, insights gleaned from global fraud intelligence
help expert risk analysts to define and optimize fraud strategies for payment
providers and merchants. 

"We have found that ACI's Universal Payments solutions perfectly complement our
local knowledge and experience, and have enabled us to develop an offering that
enhances the eCommerce experience in multiple countries across the diverse
region where we operate," said Muhannad Ebwini, CEO, HyperPay. "While the
growth opportunity is considerable, we also know that merchants need to protect
their revenues and secure their transactions, as well as be responsive to the
evolving threat of fraud. As a long-standing partner, we fully trust ACI to
deliver a sophisticated, real-time fraud detection and prevention solution that
protects our customers." 

"eCommerce in the MENA region is growing rapidly, as consumers move from
cash-based transactions to using cards and other online payment methods. As
this shift - with mobile acting as an additional catalyst - gathers pace,
retailers need to gain the trust of consumers and protect themselves against
the risk of fraud across multiple channels," said Manish Patel, general
manager, Middle East, Africa and South Asia, ACI Worldwide. "Simple integration
of new payment types and acquirers has helped HyperPay to achieve 35 percent
year-on-year growth, and we are confident that with ACI's UP Payments Risk
Management solution standing behind every transaction, this strong growth can
continue." 

ACI ReD Shield is a fully integrated part of the UP eCommerce Payments
solution, which also includes the Mobile Commerce SDK (mSDK), used by HyperPay
to deliver seamless mobile checkout experiences for merchants across Jordan,
Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and UAE. 

About ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide, the Universal Payments (UP) company, powers electronic payments
for more than 5,100 organizations around the world. More than 1,000 of the
largest financial institutions and intermediaries, as well as thousands of
global merchants, rely on ACI to execute $14 trillion each day in payments and
securities. In addition, myriad organizations utilize our electronic bill
presentment and payment services. Through our comprehensive suite of software
solutions delivered on customers' premises or through ACI's private cloud, we
provide real-time, immediate payments capabilities and enable the industry's
most complete omni-channel payments experience. To learn more about ACI, please
visit www.aciworldwide.com. You can also find us on Twitter @ACI_Worldwide. 

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Andrea Snyder
ACI Worldwide
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