Had to pivot many times due to changing rules: NTT Data Payments Svcs CEO

In a Q&A Dewang Neralla dwells on the journey of being an early mover in fintech, innovation in payments and leveraging its data

Four years after Japanese IT major NTT Data bought a majority stake in Atom Technologies, one of the early fintech players in India, the company has undergone a name change that signals a shifting of gears. NTT Data Payments Services India CEO Dewang Neralla spoke to Business Standard’s Deepsekhar Choudhury about the journey of the company, fintech innovations, leveraging its data and the road ahead. Edited excerpts:

You started the payments business about 16 years back. How do you look at the tech transitions in the ecosystem since then?

If you look at our initial few years, 2006 was too