Head of Strategy & Finance, Aci Worldwide
Search every verified John Kraft interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a September 2021 interview, ACI Worldwide CEO Odilon Almeida described the company as a "turnaround story," stating that while most of its growth in recent years came from acquisitions, the company now aims to combine organic growth with M&A. Almeida said the company expects "accelerated growth significantly" in the second half of the year, with guidance for "mid to high digit growth." He cited recent wins including a central hub for real-time payments in Indonesia and a major win in the United States. Almeida also discussed a partnership with Microsoft, saying the companies are "co-investing" to build a next-generation payments platform from scratch, rather than simply moving existing on-premise software to the cloud. He added that ACI Worldwide is "actively looking" at both buying and selling assets in the payment space, describing the company as "investor friendly" and focused on maximizing shareholder value through a combination of organic growth and M&A.
“It's much more like a turnaround story. If you look at ACI Worldwide in the last many years, most of the growth came from acquisitions and there was almost no organic growth. Going forward, it's going to be a combination of organic growth and acquisitions.”
“For the second half, we're going to have accelerated growth significantly. Our guidance is talking about a mid to high digit growth in the second half, and I think we're very well positioned to achieve that.”
“We had some very important wins in the last quarter, for example, the central hub for Indonesia in real-time payments. We are the engine for real-time payments in Indonesia, and also a very important win in the United States.”
“We have a partnership with Microsoft to go to the next generation of services. We're not only shifting our on-premise offering to the cloud, but building from zero the best-in-class innovation for the next generation of payments.”
“We are co-investing with Microsoft in this opportunity, going together to banks to help them modernize their infrastructure and explaining the architecture of their next generation.”
“The payment space has been ripe for consolidation for some time now. We believe in the combination of both organic growth and M&A, and we are actively looking at them every day, including selling and buying assets and solutions in the market.”
“We are very investor-friendly and all about shareholder value in the short and long term. Maximizing shareholder value through M&A and organic growth is our priority.”
Odilon Almeida, chief executive of ACI Worldwide, discusses the company's latest financial results and the outlook for the coming ...
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