registry and compiled a summary of all South African payment gateway providers.
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Notes on service provider feedback on the registry status: • iVeri: In the process of renewing their PCI certificate • Setcom: PCI audit completed in Jan 2016, registry update imminent • Hyphen: In the process of being validated • Payfast: Will be listed in future as PCI compliant[/caption]
PaymentsAfrika also reached out to the various service providers who were listed as expired and received comments on their current PCI status.
A correspondent from iVeri has confirmed that they are in the process of renewing their PCI certificate.
Setcom confirmed that their PCI audit was successfully completed on 22/01/2016. The Visa website should be updated soon.
Hyphen responded that they are in the process of being validated so at this stage are not ready to be included.
Payfast said that they will be listed in the future as PCI Level 1 Processor compliant.
PCI DSS is a standard created by MasterCard and Visa to ensure that card data is stored securely. It is mandatory that online processors are PCI compliant. Payment Providers are audited annually by a Quality Security Assessors (QSA).]]>
