[ACI Worldwide Partners with Circle to Integrate USDC Settlement into Existing Payment Infrastructure in Latin America] According to a press release from Circle on October 27th, payment technology company ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) announced a partnership to demonstrate how stablecoin settlements can be integrated into existing banking and payment systems. The project leverages ACI's cloud-native intelligent payment orchestration platform, ACI Connetic, and Circle's USDC infrastructure, with Colombia as its first location. 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, promoting multi-payment channel interconnection. ACI Connetic integrates traditional payments, digital assets, and debit card payments onto a single platform, helping financial institutions evaluate new settlement models within a familiar operating environment.