Among Top-Tier PCI-Certified Payment Software Platforms

  • Press Release
11/02/2026
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Rather than representing a single certification milestone, SPARK’s PCI stack combines long-standing accreditations with renewals and expanded scope, reinforcing its position as a top-tier infrastructure platform for regulated, multi-market payment environments.

All certifications are independently validated by ControlCase, a US-based global provider of cybersecurity certification and continuous compliance services.

Comprehensive PCI coverage across the payment lifecycle

SPARK maintains a cohesive set of PCI certifications spanning critical layers of the payment ecosystem:

  • PCI SSF SSLC – Secure Software Lifecycle Certification
    Certified at the organizational level, governing how SPARK solutions are designed, developed, tested, and maintained across all products and markets.
  • PCI DSS – Data Security Standard
    Covering secured production and operational environments where transactions are processed, transmitted, or stored.
  • PCI SSF SSS – POS Face-to-Face / POI
    Certifying secure payment acceptance software embedded in POS and POI environments, aligned with EMV (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) standards and scheme requirements.
  • PCI SSF SSS – Payment Switch
    Certifying SPARK’s transaction processing and switching layer.
  • PCI PIN – PIN Security Requirements
    Securing PIN handling and cryptographic operations across acceptance and acquiring environments.

Together, these certifications demonstrate platform-wide compliance across issuing, acceptance, acquiring, and switching, supported by continuous renewals and governance.

With this stack of globally recognized and continuously renewed PCI certifications, MS Solutions Group confirms its position as a long-standing payment infrastructure partner for banks, regulators, and PSPs operating in highly regulated multi-market environments.

Security, compliance, and resilience are not additional features of SPARK; they are structural attributes of the platform, embedded by design to support sustainable scale across complex payment ecosystems.

Enabling regulated payment ecosystems at scale

  • Reduce regulatory and operational risk
  • Accelerate market deployment and approval cycles
  • Lower compliance costs across jurisdictions
  • Maintain consistency across schemes and geographies

 

Moez El Ghali

Founder & CEO at MS Solutions Grouo

At MS Solutions Group, compliance is not an event, it is an operating condition. SPARK was engineered with security and regulatory discipline embedded at the platform level, enabling sustainable operations across complex and highly regulated payment environments.

About ControlCase

ControlCase is a global provider of cybersecurity certification, audit, and continuous compliance services. The firm supports organizations worldwide in achieving and maintaining internationally recognized security standards.

About MS Solutions Group

MS Solutions Group is a global payment technology provider serving banks, governments, and payment ecosystem stakeholders across more than 26 countries. Its SPARK platform spans issuing, acceptance, acquiring, switching, clearing, settlement, and fraud management, supporting secure and compliant payment operations at scale.

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