Eurasian Bank was certified for compliance with the latest version of payment cards security standard
ALMATY, July 24, 2017 – Eurasian Bank was one of the first in Kazakhstan to successfully pass an annual certification procedure for compliance with the requirements of version 3.2 of the PCI DSS information protection international standard in the payment card industry.
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) was developed by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), which was founded by such famous systems as Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB and Discover.
Compliance with the newest 3.2 version of the standard means that the security of the Bank informational systems, where customer and their transactions data are stored, is protected, which was confirmed by an independent audit conducted by FortConsult as to compliance of Eurasian Bank JSC with the PCI DSS payment card industry standard, having affected all the systems ensuring the security of payment card data storage, processing and transmission.
“We strive to provide our customers with the most convenient and popular banking products and services, and ensuring the security of payment transactions is one of our priorities”, noted Mr. Pavel Loginov, the CEO of the Eurasian Bank JSC Management Board
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Eurasian Bank is a universal Kazakhstan bank, founded in 1994. It has a subsidiary in Russia (Moscow) with branches in Novosibirsk, Omsk and Chelyabinsk. It is rated “B” by S&P with a “stable” outlook. Eurasian Bank is a member of KASE and a party to KazPrime. The Bank’s accomplishments were acknowledged by the following awards: Best Bank in Kazakhstan 2014 (IAIR), Best Bank in Kazakhstan 2013, 2014 and 2015 (EMEA Finance), Domestic Retail Bank of the Year, Kazakhstan in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016 (Asian Banking & Finance), Best Bank in Kazakhstan 2012 (Euromoney), and Bank of the Year 2012 and 2014 Kazakhstan (The Banker)..
Eurasian Bank belongs to the owners of Eurasian Resources Group S.a.r.l. («ERG»), a large diversified company in extraction and development of natural resources area, representing more than 4% of Kazakhstan’s GDP and about a third of its metallurgical and mining industry. To date, Eurasian Resources Group is the largest ferrochromium producer and one of the main producers of iron ore and alumina in the world. Eurasian Resources Group’s production assets and development projects cover four continents. The company is the largest employer in the industry als well. The Group is represented by more than 80,000 employees around the world. The shareholders of the Group: Aleksandr Mashkevitch, Alidzhan Ibragimov and Patokh Shodiev.
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