Antom Receives SOC 2 Type II Certification as It Enhances Unified Merchant Payment Services with AI-Powered Payment Optimization and Risk Tech

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 3, 2025--

Antom, a leading unified merchant payment services provider under Ant International, has received Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II certification, a globally recognised benchmark for data security and privacy protection. This certification underscores Antom’s commitment to meeting the highest security standards, reinforcing its advanced payment solutions.

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Issued by Ernst & Young (EY), a leading independent auditing firm, the SOC 2 Type II certification is a rigorous assessment for operating effectiveness of a service provider’s internal controls. It evaluates compliance across five trust principles: Security (protection against unauthorised access), Availability (service reliability and uptime), Processing Integrity (accurate and complete data handling), Confidentiality (encryption of sensitive information), and Privacy (compliant personal data processing).

While many companies choose to certify select principles, Antom has achieved full compliance across all five criteria for its payment processing service, further making it stands out as an industry leader in secure, AI-driven payment technology. The audit firm will conduct annual reviews, and Antom will continue its recertification process.

“Antom remains committed to empowering merchants with smarter, more secure, and more efficient unified payment solutions. By harnessing technology, we are not only simplifying transactions but also fostering a more inclusive commerce ecosystem,” said Gary Liu, General Manager of Antom, Ant International. “With a focus on innovation, security, and seamless payment experiences, Antom continues to help businesses of all sizes thrive in an evolving digital economy.”

Antom, a global leader in merchant payment, growth and digitisation services, is transforming the merchant payment experience with its AI-driven and risk tech-optimised solutions. Products like Antom Copilot, Antom EasySafePay, and Antom Shield, help businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), integrate payment methods faster, optimize transaction success rates, and enhance fraud prevention more efficiently.

Antom Copilot: AI-powered merchant service agent

Antom Copilot is the world’s first AI agent designed to help merchants implement, orchestrate, and optimise payment methods from end to end. Powered by GPT-4o and other large language models, Antom Copilot simplifies the traditionally complex payment integration process, delivering:

Antom Copilot acts as an AI-powered strategist, recommending optimal payment methods, generating integration code, and providing full-lifecycle merchant support. For SMEs, Antom Copilot eliminates complexities by automating the payment integration process and offering intelligent recommendations. Instead of spending weeks on complex setups, SMEs can integrate payment solutions in just minutes, allowing them to focus on business growth rather than technical challenges.

Antom EasySafePay: Seamless one-click checkout with 100% fraud protection for e-wallet payments

Designed for fast, frictionless, and secure digital wallet transactions, Antom EasySafePay addresses long-standing pain points in digital payments by reducing payment failures due to redirection issues or long loading times.

Antom EasySafePay’s one-click checkout simplifies transactions and reinforces credibility, reducing drop-offs and helping businesses, particularly SMEs, retain customers and ultimately drive higher sales.

Antom Shield: Advanced AI for risk mitigation and fraud prevention

Antom Shield is an intelligent risk solution that strengthens fraud detection while helping merchants boost order conversion rates and drive growth.

Antom Shield provides merchants with enterprise-level risk protection while optimising resource allocation. This enables businesses, including SMEs, to strengthen their security measures and reduces chargebacks and fraudulent transactions.

About Antom

Ant International's Antom is the leading payment and digitisation services provider for merchants around the world. It offers unified, vertical-specific digital payment solutions to serve businesses of all sizes. Antom supports merchants in over 50 countries and regions, enabling them to connect with consumers in more than 200 markets, with the flexibility to accept payments in more than 100 currencies. Beyond payments, it provides digital marketing solutions and merchant digitisation services to help merchant streamline operations and enhance customer engagement. To learn more, please visit https://www.antom.com/.

Antom, a leading unified merchant payment services provider under Ant International, achieves SOC 2 Type II certification— a globally recognised standard for data security and privacy protection. (Graphic: Business Wire)

KABUL, Afghanisan (AP) — Widespread flooding, landslides and lightning strikes triggered by heavy rain and storms across Afghanistan have left 77 people dead and 137 injured over the past 10 days, the country’s Disaster Management Authority said Saturday.

More rain has been forecast for the coming days throughout Afghanistan, and the authority warned the public to stay away from river banks and areas prone to flooding.

So far this year, dozens of people have died due to extreme weather in Afghanistan, an impoverished country that is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events. Earlier this year, heavy snowfall and flash floods left dozens of people dead across the country.

The recent toll includes 26 people killed over the past 48 hours, the disaster authority said. Overall, 793 homes have been completely destroyed and a further 2,673 have been damaged, while floods and landslides have destroyed 337 kilometers (about 210 miles) of roads, it said.

Businesses, agricultural land, water wells and irrigation canals have also been damaged, with more than 5,800 families affected overall, the authority said.

Several highways connecting the country’s capital to the provinces have also been damaged by floods and landslides, forcing travelers to take long, circuitous routes to reach Kabul, Public Works Ministry spokesman Ashraf Haqshinas said Saturday.

They include the Kabul to Jalalabad highway, which is the main route linking the capital to the Pakistani border and eastern Afghan provinces. A landslide and rockfalls, as well as flooding, shut the highway on Thursday morning, and Haqshinas said crews were working to re-open the road.

The Public Works Ministry warned travelers to be cautious when using roads in affected areas.

Flooding has also shut the Salang Pass, a high mountain pass in the Hindu Kush mountain range that connects Kabul to the country’s north, including the major cities of Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif.

Snow and heavy rain often trigger flash floods that kill scores, or even hundreds, of people at a time in Afghanistan. In 2024, more than 300 people died in springtime flash floods.

Elena Becatoros contributed from Kabul, Afghanistan.

Locals inspect a damaged house following floods, landslides and thunderstorms in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Sibghatullah)

Locals inspect a damaged house following floods, landslides and thunderstorms in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Sibghatullah)