Paynet achieves highest security certification in financial sector

NAIROBI,KENYA: East Africa’s leading card processor and electronic payments provider, Paynet, has recently become the first institution in Kenya to receive the world highest and most important security certification in the financial and payment sector known as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

The certification was granted on behalf of the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) by Trustwave. The award means that the Paynet switch and card management centre are now safest environments handling sensitive payments data belonging to consumers, government and financial institutions.