Solaris Partners with ACI Worldwide to Revolutionize Payments Infrastructure with ACI Connetic
In a landmark move set to redefine the future of embedded finance and digital payments in Europe, Solaris SE, the continent’s leading embedded finance platform, has chosen ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) to consolidate its SEPA instant payments onto ACI Connetic. This decision marks a pivotal step in Solaris’s ongoing digital transformation journey, positioning the company to enhance its agility, scalability, and innovation capabilities while addressing the evolving demands of the global payments landscape.
A Unified Solution for Modern Payments
ACI Connetic stands out as a groundbreaking, cloud-native payments platform that offers an industry-first unified solution. By seamlessly integrating account-to-account (A2A) payments, card processing, and AI-powered fraud prevention within a single, modular architecture, ACI Connetic empowers financial institutions to simplify operations, accelerate innovation, and meet regulatory requirements with greater efficiency. For Solaris, this means consolidating its SEPA instant payments infrastructure onto a platform designed to deliver unparalleled performance, security, and flexibility.
As a German technology company with a full banking license, Solaris enables businesses across Europe to embed fully compliant digital banking services directly into their products. Migrating its instant payments capabilities to ACI Connetic will allow Solaris to elevate the quality and performance of the banking services it provides, ensuring faster, more reliable transactions for its partners and end-users.
Future-Proofing Payments Infrastructure
The decision to adopt ACI Connetic represents a significant milestone in Solaris’s growth strategy. By leveraging this cutting-edge technology, Solaris is not only future-proofing its payments infrastructure but also accelerating its ability to innovate and deliver value to its partners and customers.
“Migrating our instant payments capabilities to ACI Connetic marks a key milestone in Solaris’s digital transformation and growth journey,” said Carsten Höltkemeyer, CEO of Solaris SE. “It future-proofs our payments infrastructure, accelerates service innovation, and enhances the value we deliver to partners and their customers across Europe.”
This strategic partnership underscores Solaris’s commitment to staying ahead in an increasingly competitive and complex financial ecosystem. With ACI Connetic, Solaris can streamline its operations, reduce costs, and unlock new opportunities for growth—all while maintaining the highest standards of security and compliance.
Driving Digital Transformation in Global Payments
For ACI Worldwide, the collaboration with Solaris highlights its dedication to supporting financial institutions as they navigate the challenges of modern payments. In an era defined by rising complexity in payment systems and stringent regulatory demands, ACI Connetic delivers the agility, resilience, and innovation required to drive sustainable growth and long-term success.
“ACI Connetic represents a significant step-change in our commitment to supporting financial institutions as they navigate the complexities of the global payments landscape,” said Tom Warsop, CEO and president of ACI Worldwide. “In an environment of increasing payments complexity and regulatory demands, ACI Connetic delivers the agility, resilience, and innovation required to drive digital transformations, sustainable growth, and long-term success.”
By providing a unified, cloud-native platform, ACI Connetic enables financial institutions like Solaris to adapt quickly to changing market conditions, scale their operations efficiently, and introduce new payment offerings with ease. This positions them to thrive in a rapidly evolving industry where customer expectations and technological advancements continue to reshape the payments landscape.
Unlocking New Opportunities for Embedded Finance
The partnership between Solaris and ACI Worldwide is a testament to both companies’ shared vision of driving the future of embedded finance and digital payments in Europe. By leveraging ACI Connetic, Solaris is poised to lead the next wave of banking innovation, delivering seamless, secure, and scalable financial services to its growing ecosystem of partners.
“The partnership between ACI Worldwide and Solaris underscores both companies’ commitment to driving the future of embedded finance and digital payments in Europe,” said Richard Albery, head of commercial, Europe, at ACI Worldwide. “By leveraging ACI Connetic, Solaris is positioned to lead the next wave of banking innovation, delivering seamless, secure, and scalable financial services to its growing ecosystem of partners.”
This collaboration will enable Solaris to expand its Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) offerings, rapidly onboard new clients, and unlock additional revenue streams. The platform’s advanced capabilities will also help Solaris navigate the intricate regulatory and technological challenges of digital banking, ensuring compliance without compromising speed or innovation.
A Strategic Step Toward Sustainable Growth
This initiative is just the first phase of a broader payments modernization project for Solaris. By migrating its SEPA instant payments infrastructure to ACI Connetic, Solaris is laying the foundation for introducing new payment solutions in other markets and enhancing its ability to serve diverse client needs. The platform’s modular architecture ensures that Solaris can easily integrate new features and functionalities as demand grows, making it a truly future-ready solution.
Moreover, ACI Connetic’s AI-powered fraud prevention capabilities provide an added layer of security, protecting both Solaris and its partners from emerging threats in the digital payments space. This focus on security and compliance aligns perfectly with Solaris’s mission to deliver trusted, reliable, and innovative financial services to businesses across Europe.
About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, delivers transformative software solutions that power intelligent payments orchestration in real time so banks, billers, and merchants can drive growth, while continuously modernizing their payment infrastructures, simply and securely. With 50 years of trusted payments expertise, we combine our global footprint with a local presence to offer enhanced payment experiences to stay ahead of constantly changing payment challenges and opportunities.
About Solaris
Solaris SE is Europe’s leading embedded finance platform. Solaris’ full German banking license and proprietary modular B2B tech stack empowers its partners – from SMEs to large multinational non-financial companies – to offer compliant, customer-centric banking services. Providing seamless experiences to customers across all industries. Founded in 2015, Solaris pioneered the Banking-as-a-Service market with an unparalleled combination of tech and banking.
