PSS is a third party banking technology and Services Company owned by six private banks i.e Awash Bank, Nib International Bank, Hibret Bank, Berhan International Bank, Addis International Bank, and Cooperative Bank of Oromia.
It was established in 2009 by three banks, i.e.Awash Bank, Nib International Bank and Hibret Bank, to save the high investment cost of the modern payment platform and deliver electronic payment services to financial institutions with a shared system.
It commenced operation officially on July 5, 2012 with 165 million Birr.
PSS is the first Third Party Payment Processor to be certified by the National Bank of Ethiopia.
PSS went operational in July 2012 with its three founding member banks and latter on three more banks joined taking the advantage of opportunity availed by PSS.
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We’re proud to announce that PSS has once again achieved PCI DSS Level 1 Certification, marking our 10th year of compliance with global data security
