Industry · Financial services

Compliance, security and revenue assurance for regulated finance.

We support banks, microfinance banks and fintechs with certification, security testing and transaction-reporting systems.

Clients in this sector

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Clients: Emaar Microfinance Bank
Delivery record: 2 published case studies
1 completed
1 ongoing
Practices: Cybersecurity & Data Protection
Digital Engineering
Identity & E-invoicing
Technology Consulting
Selected work: NRS (formerly FIRS): Forensic revenue assurance across banks and fintechs
Emaar Microfinance Bank: ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS certification support

Why it matters

Financial institutions answer to regulators, auditors and card schemes at the same time. Each expects evidence, and each sets its own deadline.

Certification support
ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS certification support for a CBN-regulated microfinance bank.
Revenue assurance at scale
Secure transaction-data submission from banks and fintechs on the RevAssured platform.
Security with evidence
Validated, risk-rated findings that stand up to an auditor's review.

Challenges

Pressures we help with

Certification alongside daily operations.
Teams run the bank and prepare for audit at the same time.
How we respond: Scoped ISO 27001 and PCI DSS support that produces evidence as controls are implemented.
Card and payment data.
Cardholder data raises the bar for every connected system.
How we respond: PCI DSS scoping and penetration testing of the systems that touch card data.
Transaction reporting to tax authorities.
EMTL, withholding tax and VAT data must be submitted accurately and securely.
How we respond: API-based submission, validation against compliance rules, and audit reporting.
Customer onboarding.
Identity checks must be fast for customers and defensible for regulators.
How we respond: Identity verification through Verifio, integrated with onboarding.

How we help

Clients in this sector

Cybersecurity & Data Protection
ISO 27001, PCI DSS, penetration testing and NDPA compliance.
Digital Engineering
Integration and reporting systems for transaction data.
Identity & E-invoicing
Identity verification for onboarding, and e-invoicing integration.
Technology Consulting
Architecture and plans for regulated change.

Case studies

NRS (formerly FIRS)Awarded October 2025 · three-year engagement
Forensic revenue assurance across banks and fintechs
Secure API submission of EMTL, withholding tax and VAT transaction data by financial institutions, validated against compliance rules, with reporting, audit and secure storage, bringing banks and fintechs onto the RevAssured platform.
StatusOngoing.
Emaar Microfinance Bank
ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS certification support
Compliance support for the bank's ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS certification. The bank's digital banking and agency banking payment services were assessed against PCI DSS v4.0.1 and found compliant.
OutcomeCertified compliant with PCI DSS v4.0.1, August 2026.

Approach

Regulated environments need controlled change and a clear evidence trail.

Step 1: Scope against the standard
Systems, data flows and obligations in scope.
Step 2: Assess and remediate
Gaps closed in order of risk.
Step 3: Evidence as you go
Records produced as controls operate, not before the audit.
Step 4: Retest
Fixes verified before they are reported closed.

Frameworks

Tell us the standard, the scope and the audit date.