1LINK (Guarantee) Limited, Pakistan largest shared ATM network is now 3DES and PCI DSS compliant with VISA. Visa Inc., is the world’s largest retail electronic payments network and the most recognized global financial services brands.
As per VISA mandate, the middleware/switching system’s processing, storing, or transmitting payment card data must be PCI DSS compliant to prevent compromise in customer’s valuable data. Additionally VISA has mandated all banks to upgrade their ATMs and implement a more secure data encryption standard, 3DES. 1LINK being VISA certified and compliant,offers its valuable members access to VISA’s global transaction processing network – VisaNet in 170 countries and territories with unsurpassed acceptance at 29 million merchant outlets and 1 million ATMs across the world.
1LINK, now being 3DES & PCI DSS compliant, offers its valuable customers a multifaceted security standard that caters to security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures. 1LINK, is the largest shared ATM network in Pakistan, with a network of 2100 + ATMs and will help banks proactively protect customer account data. The 3DES encryption standard, implemented by 1LINK, will help prevent sophisticated frauds.
This is one of the latest initiatives taken up by 1LINK after the VISA connectivity, Inter bank funds transfer and utility bills payment service on the 1LINK platform. TPS provides support of 3DES and PCI DSS for the latest in industry-mandated advanced security standards for solutions meeting the need of e-banking industry.
