Atome Taps Ant Group’s OceanBase to Power Its Database Modernisation

Atome, a buy-now-pay-later provider, has partnered with OceanBase, a distributed relational database developed by Ant Group, to upgrade its database infrastructure.

The move aims to improve performance, scalability, and security as Atome expands its digital financial services.

To manage its increasing transaction volume, Atome will integrate OceanBase’s distributed database system.

This technology is expected to enhance business performance while maintaining real-time availability, financial-grade data compliance, and robust data security.

OceanBase’s system supports hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP), offering robust data consistency, high availability, and compatibility with standard SQL.

The company has assisted over 2,000 customers globally, operating across 80 availability zones in more than 30 regions on major cloud platforms.

“This partnership strengthens our technical foundation to match our rapid business growth.

As we scale, it’s crucial to anticipate future business needs and OceanBase’s solutions will allow us to scale efficiently while ensuring consistent delivery of seamless and secure user experiences and services to our customers, merchants and partners,”

said Chang Zhao, Chief Technology Officer, Atome.

“As database continues to evolve, OceanBase is dedicated to exploring innovative technologies that can simplify database management for customers across various sectors. Our commitment to innovation aligns perfectly with Atome’s vision.

Through this collaboration, we are excited to support Atome in modernising its database system and enhancing technical capabilities to manage its rapid business growth. Together, we will further explore innovations and best practices in Singapore and across the region to elevate database performance and security standards for the industry.”

said Charlie Yang, Chief Technology Officer of OceanBase.

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