CrediMax, a leading credit card issuer and acquirer in Bahrain, received the most compliant data integrity award from MasterCard.

The award is distributed annually to MasterCard customers demonstrating excellence in authorisation and data clearing procedures, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

As the first credit card issuer and acquirer in the kingdom, CrediMax has evolved to emerge as a pioneering market leader in credit issuing and acquiring in the region.

The award was presented to CrediMax chief executive Yousif Ali Mirza at CrediMax headquarters.

“This achievement proves our continuous drive to be the leader in technology and its importance for us to ensure our valued customers receive the highest quality service, safety and security,” said Mirza

“This award indicates that CrediMax maintains the data integrity standards across all interfaces, programmes, services and operations which result in improved authorisation response decisions, improved clearing and settlement processes and improved quality of data exchanged,” he said.

MasterCard Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Yemen area head Girish Nanda said at MasterCard, safety and security is one of core areas of focus and we place very high importance on the accuracy and integrity of transaction data that flows across our entire network.

“With this award, we recognise CrediMax as performing at very high standards.

“Through its programmes, CrediMax is able to maintain high approval rates for cardholders, better customer satisfaction and fewer card disputes - all of these lead to improved customer experience.

“Accurate data also assists in better fraud detection and better overall product performance.” - TradeArabia News Service