Heritage Bank Plc has successfully attained recertification of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 3.2, having achieved the International Organisation for Standardisation ISO 27001:2013 recertification recently.
With its legacy of innovation, the recertification reaffirms the bank’s leading position in the payment card industry in Nigeria, as first to issue a transparent Mastercard debit card in sub-Saharan Africa and pioneered the mPOS in response to the CBN Cash-less initiative.
A statement signed by Fela Ibidapo, divisional head, Corporate Communications of the bank, explained that the PCI DSS is a proprietary information security standard for organizations that process, store, transmit or access cardholder information for major debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM and POS cards.
Speaking on the award of the PCI DSS’ certification, Ifie Sekibo, managing director/chief executive of the bank, said it was a strong indicator that Heritage Bank consistently has its customers’ interest at the core of its business operations, is committed to appropriately protect customers’ information as well as maintaining a safe and secure environment for customer transactions.
He noted that banking is a business of risks management, from assets to data, adding that it is fundamental that whatever a customer keeps in a bank is in safe custody.
“We are a service company providing banking service; and we are the best in the class of security of our information systems. It means funds kept with us are safe.” This award is a validation of our mission to promote high ethical standards, integrity, and good business practices,” Sekibo stated.
