Did you know that your business’s PCI compliance can play a big role in attracting and retaining customers, whether you sell to other businesses or directly to consumers? Many businesses are figuring that out, because I’m often asked the question, “How can we let our … Read more
How many of your merchants are just checking the boxes? Checkbox compliance is nothing new in the payments industry. In fact, Google “checkbox compliance” and you quickly see that thousands of posts have been written about it. These posts describe the exercise of racing to … Read more
Consumers raise red flags about non-compliant businesses. While most of the PCI compliance questions we receive are from businesses working to understand and implement the standard, there is one question we are asked time and again by consumers. That question is, “How do I report … Read more
New Small-Business Cybersecurity Tools for Acquirers Today the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) announced a significant advancement in its efforts to foster small-business cybersecurity: A set of payment protection resources that acquirers can use to educate and empower the small merchants they serve to fight … Read more
Guest post by Ray Moorman, Director of Product Management, Vantiv Integrated Payments (formerly Mercury Payment Systems) Making the Most of PCI Compliance Security isn’t a profit center. In fact, it can be downright costly to maintain a fully compliant system. However, the benefits you gain by ensuring that … Read more
What Do Small Merchants Need to Do to Achieve PCI Compliance?. The day has come. You have received notification from your acquirer that your organization is required to submit Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance validation. You’ve also just been informed that there are penalties – … Read more