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The Complete Guide to PCI Compliance

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Table of Contents PCI Compliance in a Nutshell PCI compliance, also known as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard , or PCI-DSS, is an important standard that major credit card companies like Visa and Mastercard have adopted to protect themselves and their merchants from the risks associated with exposed cardholder data.

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Payment Security: Everything You Need to Know About Secure Payments

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TL;DR The PCI DSS determines security protocols and sets the standards for payment security. Safeguarding customer payment information requires secure processes during the collection, transmission, processing and storage of payment data and working with a trusted payment processor. Q: How do I ensure online payment security?

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Everything You Need to Know About PCI Compliance for Credit Card Processing

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TL;DR PCI compliance is essential because it helps prevent data breaches, ultimately cultivating customer trust. There are 12 requirements under PCI DSS, divided into six major categories. Failing to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard can have a number of severe consequences for a business.

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Merchant Processing Explained: What Happens Behind the Swipe?

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Between the alphabet soup of acronyms (PCI? More specifically, the OCC labels a merchant processing activity as: “the settlement of credit and debit card payment transactions by banks for merchants through various card associations.” You’re not alone. Don’t get us started!),

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How To Become an ISO Partner?

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In a traditional setting, large banks (for example, Bank of America) that are members of credit card associations (Visa and Mastercard) handled all the payment processing services for merchants. ISOs represent banks and other payment processors and resell their services to merchants. Choose a partner that is PCI DSS compliant.

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Understanding Payment Processing Terminology Glossary for Merchants

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Address Verification Service (AVS) A fraud prevention tool that checks the billing address provided by the cardholder against the address on file with the card issuer. Approval Code A code provided by the payment processor to indicate that a transaction has been approved.

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