TNS Launches Secure Internet Gateway in India and Signs First Customer

November 5, 2019 – Transaction Network Services (TNS) has launched its highly anticipated Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) to the Indian market and revealed it has already secured its first customer agreement with one of the world’s leading international acquirers.  

TNS’ SIG is the first IP device level solution to be offered to merchant acquirers and processors in India that has been specifically designed for point-of-sale payments terminals. Prior to this, acquirers and processors had to build their own infrastructure with solutions from local telcos.

Michael Johnson, TNS’ Managing Director for FinTech Solutions in Asia Pacific said: “We are delighted to have secured this leading acquirer as the first customer onboard for our dedicated gateway. The Indian market is rapidly expanding with almost 500 million electronic payment transactions occurring every month. We expect to see this figure continue its fast growth as financial inclusion programs bring more of the 1.4 billion population into banking and retailers provide a wider range of payment options instore.”

The highly-anticipated launch of TNS’ SIG provides acquirers and processors with an innovative, robust and PCI DSS compliant solution which is closely tailored to the demanding needs of the payments industry as opposed to generic telco options. It helps guard against internet security incidents which are increasingly targeting IP transactions, such as hacking, rogue terminals and DDoS attacks.

“We are proud to be diversifying our operations in India and helping this dynamic economy develop.” Johnson added.

Prior to this agreement, TNS has supported this acquirer with multiple other solutions around the world. This is the first time the organizations will work together using IP products in India.

TNS’ SIG solution enables merchants to connect online and offline payments to acquirers, processors and banks, via a highly secure payments network. It offers ultra-high availability, redundant access points, 24x7x365 support and a seamless migration path to deliver IP transactions to the processing hosts. The flexible PCI compliant solution helps to lower overall costs while offering a range of features, such as protocol and message conversion, host isolation and an online management reporting and configuration portal.

Founded in 1990, TNS is a trusted partner to the payments industry and offers a broad portfolio of solutions, including secure and resilient transaction delivery services that are used by many of the top banks, transaction processors and ATM deployers around the world.  

The organization has secured a strong payments heritage, providing managed services across Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific regions. TNS is a Level 1 PCI DSS certified service provider and a global board member of the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA). TNS’ secure network is supported 24x7x365 by multiple Network Operating Centers around the world. For more information about TNS, please visit www.tnsi.com. 

About Transaction Network Services:  

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. TNS offers a broad range of networks and innovative value-added services which enable transactions and the exchange of information in diverse industries such as retail, banking, payment processing, telecommunications and the financial markets. 

Founded in 1990 in the United States, TNS has grown steadily and now provides services in over 60 countries across the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with our reach extending to many more. TNS has designed and implemented multiple data networks which support a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods.