atom becomes India's first m-payments provider to receive VISA security certification

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008

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Mumbai, 28th August, 2008: atom technologies, one of the leading mobile payments services company in India, has announced today that it has been accredited with Visa Payment Application Best Practices (PABP) certification for its soon to be announced m-payments platform - atom. The PABP certification testifies that atom adheres to all norms which are critical to ascertain the highest level of security standards for storing, processing and transmitting confidential information of m-banking consumers as part of authorization and settlement.

atom technologies is now India's first and only end-to-end m-payments provider to receive this certification.

Erik Winkler, Global Head Professional Services, Controlcase said "atom technologies has demonstrated high level of commitment at all the levels towards attaining the desired level of security standards and applied significant efforts in pro-actively complying with the Visa PABP certification standards. This certification will give users the assurance of atom's commitment of offering solutions that meet currently applicable highest security standards in the domain".

Dewang Neralla, Director of atom technologies says, "Today, customer is the king. They deserve the best as it is their hard earned money. Amongst a plethora of choices for mobile payments, they should be provided with a solution which provides not only convenience but also offers a very secure platform from a trusted party. We are very pleased to announce that we have been accredited with Visa PABP certification. This again demonstrates our continued market leading pursuit of following and certifying to the highest standards of payment applications and security, ensuring that atom technologies truly creates a secure environment for its customers, while at the same time giving comfort to the banking industry as well as customers that the systems and processes are regularly reviewed by agencies appointed by the card associations i.e. Visa and Master Card for the norms laid down by them from time to time."