‘mChek’ is first mobile payment platform from India to get PCI DSS 1.2 Certification; VISA welcomes certification and calls it the step in right direction.
mChek (www.mchek.com), one of India’s largest mobile payment platform with a customer base of over 6 lacs has been certified as compliant with the latest Payment Card Industry, Data Security Standard 1.2 (www.pcisecuritystandards.org). SISA, a global independent IS audit organization awarded this certification to mChek in recognition of its stature of being a secure payment mode.
Commenting on the achievement Sanjay Swamy, CEO, mChek said “mChek is a convenient and secure payment mode for all users on their mobile phone. The urgency in adopting the newly released standards and completion of certification in record time is further evidence of our commitment to delivering best in class security on mChek”.
mChek is one of the first payment product globally to be certified as PCI DSS 1.2 compliant. The new version of the PCI DSS was released on the 1st of October, 2008 by the PCI Security Standards Council, an open global forum launched in 2006 and founded by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa Inc. This latest version released by the PCI Security Standards Council is the culmination of two years of feedback and suggestions from its industry stakeholders and is designed to clarify and ease implementation of the foremost standard for cardholder account security.
"Validating compliance with PCI DSS can help safeguard cardholder data and enhance a company's reputation as a safe place to do business. We're pleased with the efforts mChek has taken to secure its system and for achieving PCI-DSS 1.2 certification," said Mike Smith, Regional Head of Risk Management, Asia Pacific, Visa.
“mChek has always been an early adopter of global security best practices and they have once again re-affirmed their commitment to security compliance by auditing their processes for PCI DSS 1.2 certification which was released barely a month ago” Mr. Dharshan Shanthamurthy, PCI DSS Version 1.2 Assessor of SISA Worldwide a leader in PCI certification. “SISA’s PCI DSS assessment provides significant value-add to any organization involved in the authorization flow of sensitive card information, with its large pool of experienced and certified security consultants”
About mChek
Bangalore-based mChek (www.mchek.com) provides patent-pending, mobile-based, security and payment services enabling users to transact through their mobiles for wide-ranging day-to-day requirements including payment of utility bills, insurance policies, movie & travel ticketing, prepaid recharge and post-paid bill payment. Consumers can sign up at www.mchek.com or by sending sms ‘AIRTEL’ to 543219 (toll-free) from their Airtel phones.
