Solaris goes live on ACI Worldwide platform for Sepa instant payments
Solaris migrates to ACI Worldwide’s cloud platform to power instant payments and more reliable embedded finance for merchants.
Curated by Financing Your Way from original reporting by Finextra — Lending. Summary is AI-assisted and editorially reviewed — see our editorial standards.
Solaris, a major player in the embedded finance space, has officially migrated to ACI Worldwide’s cloud-native platform to handle SEPA instant payments. For retailers and service providers, this signals a major infrastructure shift toward real-time money movement. While this specific update centers on European payment rails, the implications for consumer financing are global. Faster backend processing means lenders can approve and disburse funds to your business almost instantly. This technology reduces the 'pending' period that often complicates the customer experience. When a customer applies for financing at your point of sale, the speed of the underlying banking technology determines how quickly they can complete their purchase. Solaris provides the backbone for many brand-name BNPL and digital credit products. Their move to a more scalable, intelligent orchestration platform suggests that these lenders are bracing for higher transaction volumes and demanding more reliability. As a merchant, this translates to fewer technical glitches at the checkout and more robust reporting on when you actually get paid for a financed sale. The move toward cloud-native payments technology is becoming the new standard for the firms that fund your customers' transactions.
Source: Finextra — Lending
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