ACIW vs FHI Comparison

ACI Worldwide Inc develops, markets, and installs a portfolio of software products focused on facilitating electronic payments. The firm's products are sold and supported directly and through distribution networks covering three geographic regions - the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. ACI software products process payment transactions for retail banking clients, billers such as utilities and healthcare providers, and community banks and credit unions. ACI's customers are financial institutions all over the world, but the majority of the revenue is generated in the United States and EMEA regions. The company's operating segment includes Payment Software and Biller. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Payment Software segment.

Federated Hermes provides asset management services for institutional and individual investors. The firm had $911.6 billion in managed assets at the end of the second quarter of 2026, composed of equity (12%), multi-asset (less than 1%), fixed-income (11%), alternative (2%), and money market (74%) funds. The company's cash management operations are expected to generate around 52% of Federated's revenue this year, compared with 30%, 10%, and 8%, respectively, for the equity, fixed-income, and alternatives/multi-asset/other operations. The company's products are distributed via trust banks, wealth managers, and retail broker/dealers (67% of AUM), institutional investors (26%), and international clients (7%).