Maya’s fortified security gets recognized at NPC’s Privacy Awareness Awards.

Maya, formerly PayMaya, bagged the top award Privacy Initiative of the Year at the recently concluded Privacy Awareness Week Awards 2022 for being a secure one-stop financial platform for consumers and businesses.

Maya Senior Data Protection Specialist Denriel Maverick Avila (left) and Maya Data Protection Officer John Christopher Retardo (right) with NPC Privacy Commissioner and Chairman Atty. John Henry D. Naga (center)

All-in-one money platform Maya’s secure ecosystem earns NPC’s praise

The awards-giving body, which is spearheaded by the National Privacy commission (NPC), has lauded Maya’s #FraudPatrol campaign. This initiative mobilized Maya employees to actively report suspicious phishing by way of social media challenges, gamified missions, awareness testing, webinars, and interactive content.

During the course of the campaign in 2021, it prevented phishing and malware attack incidents in the workplace while acknowledging the critical role of its employees in protecting customer data.

Apart from the #FraudPatrol campaign, the newly established Maya Bank was a finalist for the Privacy Management of the Year for establishing customer-centric data privacy practices while Maya Bank Data Protection Officer John Christopher Retardo was also a finalist for the Data Protection Officer of the Year award.

What do these awards signify for customers? Maya subscribers can rest assured that all their digital financial transactions are safe and protected.

Here is more information on how Maya keeps your hard-earned money safe:

1. The Maya app has a strong Know-Your-Customer (KYC) experience wherein they employ artificial intelligence and machine learning for face matching, ID image classification, fake ID detection, ID OCR, and biometrics.

2. Pretty much all aspects of the app are secure with password or pin requirements to multi-factor authentication requirements for features such as registration, password reset, sending money, bank transfers, and more.

3. Maya continues to spread awareness by putting out privacy and security-focused advisories on its official social media accounts.

4. Maya partnered with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group to help combat financial crimes.

5. Maya has a dedicated Data Privacy Office which continues to strengthen data privacy practices in

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