Bee Smart Payment Solutions has fulfilled the requirements of PCI DSS and successfully passed its first official assessment. The audit process was preceded by a complex preparation programme. Such certification FinTech applying the global Data Security Standards, set by the largest global organisations such Visa and MasterCard, which guarantee the securitisation of data related to payment or credit cards industry and provide the customers with the highest service and safety levels.
Muzaffar kamilov, Managing Director Bee. said “As a leading FinTech institution, at Bee we strive to provide our customers with the best financial products and services with the highest degree of excellence while staying ahead of the latest global technological systems to provide safe electronic payment methods to our customers.”
“Moreover, Bee Smart Payment Solutions is conducting a series of efforts exerted by the Global technology team to comply with the global Data Security Standards of Payment Cards, which reflected eventually in offering the best payment services to our customers with the highest degrees of excellence and safety.”
Ahmed Awny, Head of Marketing Communications at Bee announced “After being recognised as the most innovative e-payment provider in Egypt, now we are ready to be certified by qualified assessors in PCI DSS which will increase our portfolio of recognitions. As cybersecurity is an area that is highly sensitive to financial institutions and businesses operating with customer data; at Bee, we take network security seriously. Protecting the sensitive data of both our company and our customers is our first priority. With the PCI certificate the integration capabilities of Bee will address the challenges financial institutions have in integrating smoothly with new banks in multiple projects. It also serves to ensure high security level on our software and hardware.”
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard for organizations that handle credit cards from the major card schemes. The PCI Standard is mandate by the card brands and administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The standard was create to increase controls around cardholder data to reduce credit card fraud.
The idea of PCI DSS is to protect the entire card data flow. The standard is in practice focused on both the merchant and the institutions that process and collect the card data. Finally yet importantly, implementing the standard helps Bee become much more trustworthy in the eyes of our customers and business partners.
