It's been a week of announcements and new initiatives from ACI Worldwide. Here's a round-up of what the Florida-based payments systems innovator has been up to in just the past seven days.

Issue Multiple Cards of Different Types in Less Time

Last Wednesday, ACI announced the latest version of ACI Issuer. The solution provides a single platform for credit, debit, pre-paid, and contactless card management.

The latest version includes flexible, rule-based product definition, and promises an easy integration with online channels. ACI Issuer 4.4 is multi-language, multi-institution, and multi-currency.

All Things to All Channels, All Currencies, All Networks

The goal of ACI Universal Payments Platform is to make it easier for financial institutions to adapt to changes in the industry. This includes everything from new regulatory developments to the challenge of mobile commerce.

Universal Payments Platform integrates all aspects of payment processing, regardless of type, currency, channel or network. It is geared toward helping organizations bring new products to market, achieve a better view of their customer and business data, and respond to changing regulations and compliance needs.

Online Banking Goes Mobile

Bringing personal finance management, integrated bill payment, and account-to-account transfers to iOS and Android smartphones are the main attractions of ACI's Architect Mobile Banking feature. The launch of the solution helps the company bridge the distance between online banking and the potential for growth in banking via mobile devices. 

ACI partners with more than 1,700 financial institutions and payment processors globally. Driving $13 trillion in payments daily, the company processes payments for more than 250 of the world's leading retail businesses, and 18 of the biggest banks. 

ACI Worldwide has been a Finovate alum since 2011, when they participated in FinovateFall. See them demo their Mobile Enterprise Banker product, in collaboration with MShift, here.

• Adobe and SapientNitro form partnership. Come see Adobe's new tech at FinovateSpring.

• Forbes lists Zopa as 1 of 10 top P2P lending platforms in Europe. 

• MicroStrategy unveils upgrade to company's enterprise analytics platform. See them demo at FinovateSpring in May.

• Bank Systems & Technology takes a look at ACI Worldwide's new Universal Payments Platform.

• CommunityLend's FinanceIt named 1 of Branham300's Top 25 Up-and-Coming companies.

• Is TransferWise a "simplified PayPal for business banking"?

• ACI Worldwide to offer Mobile Bill Pay Suite.

• Bank Investment Consultant features social media resource Finect. Come meet Finect at FinovateSpring in San Francisco in May.

• Newser takes a look at Green Dot's new online bank: GoBank. See a demo of GoBank at FinovateSpring.

• Motherhood Moment interviews TipRanks CEO and co-founder Uri Gruenbaun. See TipRanks in action at FinovateSpring.

• Executive Magazine profiles TransferWise and talks Middle East expansion.

• Reference Data Review takes a look at Fenergo's efforts to make compliance easier and more efficient.

• ACI Worldwide announces Universal Payments Platform.

• TransferWise wins Estonia's "Best E-Service" contest.

• Joe Brancucci, CEO of GTE Financial joins Mortgage Harmony Advisory Board.

• Keith Kelly, Mortgage Harmony CEO, awarded a Tech All-Star Award by Mortgage Banking Magazine. Check out Mortgage Harmony's live demo at FinovateSpring.

• Ping Identity named 2013 Top Workplace by The Denver Post for second consecutive year.

• SecureKey named Top Growth Company in 2013 Branham300 list of Top 10 Growth Companies.

• Global Security Services Company selects Kofax to automate accounts payable operations in Latin America. Check out Kofax at FinovateSpring.

• SocietyOne introduces new fee structure.

• ProfitStars wins 2013 Payments System Awards from NACHA - the Electronic Payments Association.

• ACI Worldwide's Architech Mobile Banking provides PFM, integrated bill payment and account-to-account transfers to iOS, Android smartphones.

• Azimo wins SWIFT Innotribe challenge; advances to finals at Sibos 2013 in Dubai.

• peerTransfer now serving more than 300 colleges and universities, has partnered with 48 new educational institutions during the first quarter of 2013.

• Zooz closes $2 million Series A round led by XSeed Capital. See Zooz in action at FinovateSpring in May.

• GeoComply and Locaid team up to bring geolocation services to mobile and Internet gaming industry. See Locaid demo at FinovateSpring in May.

• Innov8social interviews Julia Streuli, head of communications for Bright Funds. Join Bright Funds in San Francisco for FinovateSpring.

• Temenos to partner with Caisse Financial Group, providing T24, Insight, Temenos Connect.

• ACI Worldwide completes Online Resources Corporation acquisition.

• Standard Chartered Bank moves Africa headquarters from Dubai to Johannesburg.

• TechCrunch reports: Intuit launching Intuit Pay mobile payments service in the UK.

• FIS completes acquisition of mFoundry.

• LearnVest aims to hit 100 planners by year-end.

• Xero introduces payroll essentials.

• TechCrunch reports: PayPal Here takes on Square Register with new iPad payments app.

• SafetyPay and giropay join forces to secure internet payments in Germany.

• TIBCO enhances real time loyalty marketing platform.

• PrintWeek interviews GMC Software Technology COO Michael Watts.

• CSI Enterprises set to announce updates to its globalVCard pay systems solution at the Innovation Project 2013 in March.

• TSYS makes Ethisphere Institute's list of the world's most ethical companies.

• Opportunity International becomes the first microfinance provider to license analytics solution, Insight, from Temenos.

• ACI Worldwide presenting at Wedbush Securities Transformational Technologies Management Access Conference today.

• PayPal signs agreement with Japan-based Softbank and Nihon PayPal KK to extend the PayPal Here mobile payment service to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

• Cartera Commerce selected by AlwaysOn as OnMedia Top 100 Private Company for third consecutive year.

• MyBankTracker compares Mint, HelloWallet, and Pageonce.

• Billhighway announces availability of Give mobile fundraising application.

• My Money Purdue talks about budgeting with Buxfer.

• Pageonce COO Steve Schultz interviewed by PYMNTS.com.

• VoiceTrust and Finantix partner to provide voice-driven, secure mobile solutions.

• Upstart Business Journal reports ShopKeep and LevelUp partner to keep up with the competition.

• FamZoo introduces Family Pack of prepaid cards through partnership with TransCard.

• Monitise collaborates with Blackberry & Permatabank to launch mobile payments service on Blackberry Messenger in Indonesia.

• Lend Academy features Interview with New Prosper CEO Stephan Vermut.

• SafetyPay partners with Computop to offer SafetyPay as part of its Paygate payment platform.

• EnStream to enable the support of SecureKey's authentication, identity & online payment solutions on mobile phones in Canada.

• Virtual Piggy & WorldPay integrate to deliver youth payment solution internationally.

• Luminous partners with Nihilent Technologies to sell Luminous' solutions in India.

• Tuition.io featured in this week's Venture Capital program.

• Mortgagebot expands space in Mequon with lease for new building.

• PayPal to stop personal payments in Singapore on February 20 due to regulatory instructions.

• iMore.com interviews Kashoo CEO Jim Secord at MacWorld|iWorld 2013.

• TSYS announces acquisition of NetSpend in deal worth more than $1 billion.

• ProfitStars announces year-over-year growth in P2P users, payments for its iPay Solutions service.

• Metaforic's product line now available for mobile apps written in Objective-C, the most commonly used language on iOS platform.

• Delaware Online hails eDeposit as a boon for small businesses.

• ACI Worldwide launches ACI Proactive Risk Manager to help FIs detect payment fraud.

• Bazaarvoice builds new research and development unit, Bazaarvoice Media Labs.

• Jack Henry & Associates add remote deposit capture to Android and iPhone versions of goDough app.

• Opencart announces full integration of Klarna invoice and partial payment system.

It was a big day for Finovate alumni. ACI Worldwide and FIS, themselves both Finovate alums, rang the register on a couple of smaller fintech companies they hope will make them even bigger players in the online banking and payments world.

Online Resources Bought by ACI Worldwide

• TechCrunch reports Braintree's New Payments Layer Lets Users Sign Up For Apps Without Re-Entering Their Credit Card Data.

• Mitek and Allied Payment Network Expand Availability of Mobile Photo Bill Pay.

• Backbase and iQStore sign partnership agreement for Russian market.

• Xero integrates with Harvest, a time tracking and invoicing software company.

• CNBC's Squawk on the Street features BOKU.

• HID Global partners with BehavioSec to improve fraud detection system.

• FIS acquires mFoundry for $120 million.

• Facebook integration, customer management features added to Flint mobile app.

• ACI Worldwide to buy Online Resources for more than $120 million.

• Jemstep launches new Portfolio Manager service.

• Aite Group names ACI Worldwide "Vendor to Watch" in 2013.

• Business News Daily takes a look at Comarch Altum.

• Acculynk's PayLeap now features API developer integration tools.

• Figlo is 1 of 16 companies to join a global alliance with Microsoft.

• American Banker reports Simple Enacts New Security Features.

• All Things D lists Tuition.io as 1 of 2 companies to help college grads with empty pockets.

• LifeHacker features Simple.

• Netbanker reports: Movenbank Provides a Peek at its User Interface. Come check it out at FinovateEurope, less than 2 weeks away.

• Experian extends Precise ID fraud prevention to online Social Security related services.

• Temenos wins praise as "top advisor solution" from Aite Group.  Come see their demo at FinovateEurope in February!

• Spredfast announces Bazaarvoice integration.

• Pageonce reaches $1 million mark in daily mobile bill payments processed.

• A look at TradeKing after the merger.

• ACI Worldwide's Money Transfer System helps FIs with Dodd-Frank compliance.

• EZBOB forms partnership with ChannelGrabber.  Watch EZBOB in action at FinovateEurope!

• Monitise and CGI Logica form mobile FS alliance to target European retail banks.

• Tradeshift partners with Intuit to bring its social invoicing platform to more than 5m QuickBooks users.

• American Banker reports: Fiserv extends relationship with BofA. Come to FinovateEurope in London to see its live demo.

• CNBC talks with Alexa Von Tobel, LearnVest CEO.

• Bill.com and Expensify announce product integration.

• GrowthBusiness profiles Holvi. Comes see Holvi's new tech at FinovateEurope next month.

• Fast Company reports you can now pay taxes in Iowa using Dwolla.

• SimpleTuition reports 2012 success metrics for SmarterBucks program.

• DemystData a finalist in AWS Global Startup Challenge. 

• Android Does takes a look at the latest update to Pageonce Money & Bills app.

• ACI Wordwide announces winners of its Excellence Award for 2013.

Calling the latest version a collaborative effort between the company and customers, ACI Worldwide this week announced the release of Money Transfer System 5.0.

MTS 5.0 features include repair reporting, network validation tools, and the addition of global clearing channel such as KASSIP and SAIRE. KASSIP is the Kuwait Automated Settlement System for Inter-Participant Payments. SAIRE is the Saudi Arabian Riyal Interbank Express.

Additionally, the issues that financial institutions face with regard to sanctions checking have been addressed in MTS 5.0. The Enhanced Sanctions Filter provides SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) list storage and enrichment, real-time scanning, exception processing, and other services.

See ACI Worldwide's most recent Finovate demo here.

• ACI Worldwide launches ACI Money Transfer System 5.0.

• Suncorp Bank chooses FIS to manage ATM and POS transactions

• 500Friends to integrate LoyaltyPlus platform with Bazaarvoice.

• Xendpay featured in Forbes India.

• Financial Edge Community CU partners with SaveUp.

• Mitek issued new patent for "Methods for Mobile Image Capture and Processing of Documents".

• The Financial Brand checks out the "Simple" way of banking.

• The New York Times looks at SoMoLend's take on crowdfunding, seeking out institutions to serve as lenders.

• New York Times looks at Enloop's hassle free business plan writing service.

• The Economist features Lending Club.

• The Telegraph highlights TransferWise as a cost-saving option for overseas money transfers.

• Luxembourg's Nordea Bank picks Temenos to standardize IT infrastructure.

• GMC Software Technology helps Gala Bingo move to "third generation" bingo tickets.

The FinTech 100, a list of the top revenue-grossing fintech firms, was announced Wednesday at BAI Retail Delivery. 

"It is a tablet-optimized business banking solution. The solution is targeted towards business executives who are interested in robust and graphically rich presentations of company data as well operational tasks like ACH and Wire release and bill payment."

Product Launch: May 2012