ACI Worldwide and Wincor Nixdorf Partner to Advance Web-Enabled Device Technology; ACI And WN Offer Solutions To Support A New XML-Based Message Format

Business Wire, Dec 11, 2001

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

OMAHA, Neb. & PADERBORN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2001

ACI Worldwide (Nasdaq:TSAI), a leading international provider of enterprise e-payment solutions, and Wincor Nixdorf, one of the leading providers of IT solutions and products for retailers and banks, announce that they are working together to advance and support Web-enabled device technology. The two industry leaders have joined forces to promote ACI's XML-based message format for Web-enabled devices called the Device Manager Gateway (DMG) interface.

Developed by ACI through its relationships with customers and vendors, the DMG interface defines the messages used to process transactions between ATMs, POS devices and host systems.

In addition to common functionalities such as cash withdrawal, the DMG interface supports cash acceptance, cash recycling, check processing and other innovative services. Since the interface supports Web-enabled devices, ATM deployers can use standard tools to personalize the touch and feel of ATM screens. The DMG interface also supports enhanced security features such as triple DES and is EMV compliant. Additionally, the interface can be positioned to support dial-up devices.

"We've developed DMG in response to requests from customers in Europe and North America," said Mark Vipond, president of ACI Worldwide. "DMG contributes to our customers' multi-vendor strategy since it is based on a standard, multi-platform XML architecture. Standardization helps reduce development efforts for new functions and lower costs for tests and rollout."

By now providing solutions that support the DMG interface, ACI and Wincor Nixdorf are following a strategy of promoting standardization for self-service devices.

"We consider the DMG interface a natural successor to current device interfaces and a catalyst to speed the conversion from proprietary message formats to an open standard. This is an important development from a point of view of our customers' multivendor strategies," said Javier Lopez-Bartolome, senior vice president of Wincor Nixdorf, head of banking division.

It is ACI's intention to propose the DMG interface to a standardization body such as ANSI, CEN or ISO.

About Wincor Nixdorf

Wincor Nixdorf is one of the leading providers of IT solutions and products for retailers and banks, and offers the associated services and consulting. For financial institutions, Wincor Nixdorf has a complete range of self-service equipment for payment handling. They also have modular self-service equipment - such as statement printers, multimedia information and service terminals - for different service providers. Their portfolio also includes software solutions such as ProClassic, an approach to self-service in banking that is unique throughout the world. With their Financial Enterprise Solutions, Wincor Nixdorf has continued building and expanding the range of solutions and consulting services. Here, they are focusing on customer relationship management, eCommerce and infrastructures, document embedding solutions and financial operating solutions.

The Services Division provides product-related services such as installation and maintenance of hardware and software products, regular routine checks, software upgrades and the management of market rollouts. www.wincor-nixdorf.com

About ACI Worldwide

Every second of every day, consumers are initiating electronic payment transactions--getting cash at ATMs, using debit and credit cards to make purchases in stores and on the Internet, banking by phone and PC, paying bills online. Twenty billion times a year, ACI software is used to process these transactions, powering the world's online payment systems. ACI was founded in 1975 and pioneered the development of applications and networking software for online transaction processing. Today more than 530 customers in 79 countries use ACI supplied software. Visit ACI Worldwide on the Internet at www.aciworldwide.com.

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