Payments and digital financial services company, Paga, has been certified by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council as (PCIDSS) level one compliant.
This implies that the Nigerian payments and digital financial services company’s platform has been put through series of rigorous tests and proven to meet global security standards as defined by the PCI security standard council, which consists of credit card providers such as Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB.
PCIDSS publishes and mandates security standards for parties, who handle credit card information, confidential bank account information with a focus on improving account security throughout the transaction processes.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the certified company Tayo Oviosu, said:
“We are very pleased with this certification. This is vital for the next evolution of Paga, as it shows our security credibility and further demonstrates our commitment to delivering digital financial services at world class security standards. Nigerians can feel very comfortable saving their confidential card and bank details on Paga.
Then rather than giving those details out on websites or to third party applications customers simply use their Paga account and choose how they want to fund the transaction.