ACK Ltd.

ACK, Ltd. provides credit/debit card authorization software for the United Kingdom retailer market. It offers ACKTerm that handles sales, sales with cash back, and sales with gratuities and refunds seeking authorization with the United Kingdom acquiring banks using traditional modems, ISDN, GPRS, IP routing, and via a managed service; and ACKTerm WinCE, a software module that enables chip and PIN transactions to be accepted through applications running on embedded PC platforms using WinCE operating system. The company also offers Terminal Server, a client server solution that allows inputs and outputs to be sent over an IP network; and Bulk Delivery Systems that automatically manage and process credit and debit card transaction data collected from retail branch outlets and deliver them to the appropriate acquiring bank without the need for operator assistance. In addition, it offers Deterministic Queuing Service that allows a merchant to route EFT traffic over a VPN or WAN and use a single high-speed link to authorization centre for authorization requests; and ETU-Term, a file exchange interface software, which handle various types of ETU and e-voucher transactions; fuel and gift cards. Further, the company offers softMSR that allows new hardware to be deployed with park and swipe units and allows existing EPOS application to continue to be used without modification; and Socket Server and Socket Client Software for use with Windows Epos systems. Furthermore, it offers project management, technical support, upgrades and enhancements, and networking solutions. The company's customers include convenience stores, fashion retail, fuel, general retail, hospitality, supermarkets, dry cleaning, mobile point of sale, and event ticketing systems. It has strategic alliances with companies such as Arciris, Retalix, and VBi. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Reading, the United Kingdom. ACK Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Mastercard Incorporated.