Alliance Data is a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, and provides payment services across several industry verticals. “Receiving Class A certification is another milestone in achieving leadership in the payments market - and will enhance the nationwide support for those merchants adding the OTI Saturn 5000 or Saturn 6000 contactless readers, creating a secured seamless upgrade path to contactless transactions,” said Oded Bashan, Chairman & CEO, OTI.

The Saturn 5000 and Saturn 6000 approval is for Alliance Data’s consolidated countertop application running on the Ingenico i5100, and VeriFone’s Omni 3740/3750/Vx510/Vx570 platforms. Alliance Data certification includes merchant deployment, profile setup and download, documentation and specially trained 24 x 7 x 365 help desk support, making the Saturn 5000 and Saturn 6000 easy to implement and maintain for Alliance Data acquirers and Independent Sales Organizations and their merchants.