. The ceremony took place at a summit on security

. The ceremony took place at a summit on security Visa in 2013 for the region APCEMEA. Reward Visa LEADER Award was established by Visa in order to promote best practices and standards for risk management in the financial services industry. In determining the nominee experts Visa Inc. evaluated a number of quantitative and qualitative indicators. In particular, the ratio of the level of prevention of unauthorized transactions to sales, implementation of authentication technologies in payments, the level of data protection, compliance with PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard), innovative solutions for risk management and contribution to the investigation of cases of unauthorized use of payment cards . "At the present time, it is customer confidence in the safety of their operations is the basis for customer loyalty to the bank - said the director of the Operations Department, OJSC" Sberbank of Russia "Natalia Dirks. - In this regard, Savings Bank pays special attention to the elements of the work that affects the safety and security of customer funds. " "The award of LEADER Award was established to recognize the achievements of financial institutions that use innovative technologies to protect personal data and strategies to prevent fraud in the field of non-cash payments in order to ensure the safety of its customers. We hope that this award will help raise the standards of risk management, which is key to the stable development of electronic payments in the future, "- said Stephen Parker, CEO of Visa in Russia, the CIS and South-Eastern Europe.