Created to enable the digitization of businesses operating in Africa and meet all the payment needs of the unbanked, Paydunya continues to grow on the continent. Today, it has reached a new milestone by obtaining international certification.
The startup has just obtained PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) V3.2.1 Service Provider Level 1 certification, an international standard that guarantees the security of banking data exchanges, processing, and storage.
Since 2015, PayDunya has been providing businesses and institutions with payment solutions tailored to emerging markets, enabling them to grow through digital technology. Paydunya boasts a network of 600 corporate clients and records an average of 40,000 transactions per day.
This new certification milestone enables Paydunya to address the many reservations that still exist when it comes to online payments. The startup had already implemented measures to overcome the lack of online security
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To reassure users, we have chosen to focus on security through a program, PayDunyaSecure, which has been implemented across all our services. We have also opted for transparency. Because we are a trusted third party. To this end, we provide users with an after-sales service to respond to any complaints," says Youma Fall, executive director of the startup.
Paydunya becomes the first fintech in Senegal to obtain this certification.
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