Exhibit 32.1

  CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Transaction Systems Architects,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2004
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Gregory D. Derkacht, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

  1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or
      15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

  2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
      respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
      Company.


Date: February 8, 2005                  By:       /s/ GREGORY D. DERKACHT
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                                                    Gregory D. Derkacht
                                             President, Chief Executive Officer
                                                        and Director