Daniel Frate to Join as Executive Vice President, Global
                  Markets and Product Management

NAPLES, Fla., Aug. 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ACI Worldwide, Inc.
(Nasdaq:ACIW), a leading international provider of payment systems,
announced today the appointment of Daniel Frate as EVP, Global Markets
and Product Management.

Mr. Frate brings more than twenty five years of payments experience to
this new role, having most recently served as Executive Vice President
and Head of Products and Pricing at PNC Bank.Building on ACI's product
leadership position, Mr. Frate will be charged with delivering customer
satisfaction through tight alignment of product roadmaps with market
needs. Mr. Frate will be based out of the company's Naples, Florida
headquarters.

"Dan has a keen appreciation of the customer's perspective and is an
excellent addition to the executive team," said Philip Heasley,
President and CEO, ACI Worldwide. "With oversight of the sales and
services functions as well as product management, Dan will ensure that
we continue to meet our customers' needs by delivering market-leading
solutions."

David Morem, currently EVP, Global Products and a senior ACI executive
since 2006, will transition to the role of EVP, Global Maintenance. He
will lead the product maintenance and customer support operations for
the company, and will be responsible for delivering world class support
for all ACI products, a key aspect of the company's priority on
customer satisfaction.

"Dave's team of payments experts are dedicated to ensuring the
long-term success of customer deployments," said Mr. Heasley. "Unique
in the payments marketplace, ACI supports customers for the lifetime of
their applications, which includes investments in ongoing maintenance
and mandates updates for all ACI products."

The company also announced today that Ralph Dangelmaier, Executive Vice
President, Global Markets, will be leaving ACI to head a privately-held
company. Mr. Dangelmaier joined ACI through its 2006 acquisition of P&H
Solutions.

"I would like to thank Ralph for his dedication and tireless commitment
to ACI," said Mr. Heasley. "He has built a robust team that will
continue to lead the payments marketplace."

About ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide powers electronic payments and banking for more than
1,650 financial institutions, retailers and processors around the
world.ACI software enables $12 trillion in payments each day,
processing transactions for 14 of the leading global retailers, and 24
of the world's 25 largest banks.Through our integrated suite of
software products and hosted services, we deliver a broad range of
solutions for payments processing, card and merchant management, online
banking, mobile, branch and voice banking, fraud detection, and trade
finance.To learn more about ACI and the reasons why our solutions are
trusted globally, please visit www.aciworldwide.com. You can also find
us on www.paymentsinsights.com or on Twitter @ACI_Worldwide.

(C) Copyright ACI Worldwide, Inc. 2012.

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Product roadmaps are for informational purposes only and may not be
incorporated into a contract or agreement. The development release and
timing of future product releases remains at ACI's sole discretion. ACI
is providing the following information in accordance with ACI's
standard product communication policies. Any resulting features,
functionality, and enhancements or timing of release of such features,
functionality, and enhancements are at the sole discretion of ACI and
may be modified without notice. All product roadmap or other similar
information does not represent a commitment to deliver any material,
code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making a
purchasing decision.


CONTACT: Rick Sheehy, Public Relations
         + 1 781-370-3643
         richard.sheehy@aciworldwide.com
         
         Tamar Gerber, Vice President,
         Investor Relations & Financial Communications
         +1 402 778 1990
         invrel@aciworldwide.com