SunTrust Bank Nigeria receives information security certifications

SunTrust Bank Nigeria was granted the ISO/IEC 20071:2013 and Payment card industry data security standard (PCIDSS) certifications for its standards on data security

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The ISO/IEC 20071:2013 certification was granted by the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB) Canada while the PCIDSS certification was given by African consulting firm Digital Jewels.

The banks certifications show its strength in the area of information security.

African banks, spurred by the runaway success of payment servicem-pesa, have been scrambling to gain market share as an increasing number of Africans turn online for smaller payments.

Africas growing population and economy, boosted by income levels, has encouraged banks to expand their reach through low-cost methods such as digital banking in a continent which is still underbanked.

SunTrust opened Nigerias first branchless bank two years ago.