| NTT Data Payment Services | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Location: | 4th Floor, Suraksha Ace Building, CST No. 34/3, Village Chakala, Plot No. 2-A, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400059, India |
| Key People: | Takeo Ueno (CEO) |
| Parent: | NTT Data |
| Industry: | Digital Payment Solutions |
NTT Data Payment Services (formerly known as Atom Technologies Limited) is a payment services provider company headquartered in Mumbai, India.
Atom was started in 2006 as a subsidiary of the Financial Technologies Group, founded by Jignesh Shah.[1] The company has historically focused on the distribution of payment and banking services through the use of mobile technology. Atom Technologies has provided products and services for mobile payments, interactive voice response (IVR)-based payments, and mobile-based service distribution frameworks.[1]
NTT DATA, on November 2018 announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Atom Technologies.[2]
Atom Technologies' products include:
The company's payment platforms have been accredited for PCIDSS[3] & PA-DSS[4] certifications which are accepted by the banking industry and hence ascertain the security of its mobile payment transactions and the transmission of cardholder data.
Atom's payment platform uses Advanced Encryption Standard 128 Bit cipher block chaining for routing transactions using secure VPN connectivity. Atom does not store any credit card details but acts as a pass-through to the bank's payment gateway for routing transactions.[5]
Atom has tie-ups with major banks[6] apart from credit card companies like Visa Inc., MasterCard, and American Express. The credit cards of these banks and companies can be used to transact on the Atom platform. More than 1500 merchants have tied up with Atom to provide these payment services.[7]