AvadaPay DRC Strengthens Payment Security with PCI DSS Compliance and Visa Registry Listing

Kinshasa, September 2026 — A customer paying by card sees a transaction completed in seconds. For the business receiving that payment, those seconds carry a larger responsibility: ensuring that sensitive payment information is handled securely. AvadaPay DRC has taken an important step in meeting that responsibility by validating its compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and securing a listing on Visa’s Global Registry of Service Providers.

The milestone gives merchants, institutions and partners a verifiable security credential when choosing AvadaPay DRC for card-payment services. It also reflects a practical reality of digital commerce: making payments easier is only part of the job. Businesses need confidence in the infrastructure behind every transaction.

Stronger protection for payment data

AvadaPay DRC helps private and public enterprises and institutions accept online payments through cards and mobile money. By bringing M-Pesa, Airtel Money, Orange Money and Afrimoney together through a single API, the company simplifies access to payment channels that customers use every day. Its PCI DSS validation strengthens the cardholder-data protection credentials within that broader offering.

For a merchant connecting payment services to an online checkout, or an institution assessing a payment provider, security can be difficult to judge from a product demonstration alone. Validated PCI DSS compliance provides an independently assessed basis for that conversation, helping customers and partners evaluate how cardholder data is protected within the assessed environment.

Verifiable compliance through Visa’s registry

The standard sets requirements covering access to sensitive information, network protection, security monitoring and the identification and management of vulnerabilities. AvadaPay DRC’s inclusion on Visa’s Global Registry provides a public reference for its compliance status, supporting the checks businesses undertake before entrusting a provider with their payment operations.

For AvadaPay DRC, the milestone brings its security credentials into clearer view alongside its payment capabilities. As the company helps businesses offer customers more ways to pay, protecting the information behind those payments remains central to building lasting trust.