ACI Worldwide partners with Circle to integrate USDC settlement into existing Latin American payment infrastructure.

On October 27, according to an official press release from Circle, payment technology company ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) announced a partnership aimed at demonstrating how stablecoin settlement can be integrated into existing banking and payment systems. Built on ACI’s cloud-native intelligent payment orchestration platform, ACI Connetic, and Circle’s USDC infrastructure, the project will initially launch in Colombia. ACI previously built the core infrastructure for the country's interoperable instant payment system, Bre-B. This collaboration will explore how USDC can complement this real-time account-to-account payment system and foster connectivity across multiple payment channels. ACI Connetic integrates traditional payments, digital assets, and card payments onto a single platform, helping financial institutions evaluate new settlement models within a familiar operational environment.