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The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of standards designed to ensure that merchants, banks, and vendors protect the confidential data of credit card users. The PCI DSS security standard covers several areas of secure...
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The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a commonly accepted set of standards that businesses must meet to process, store, and transmit cardholder data. Businesses can choose how they want to demonstrate compliance with the standard...
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The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security standards designed specifically for businesses that handle credit card information.
These standards are extremely detailed, covering everything from how users log into your...
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If you are at the beginning of your PCI compliance journey then you will need to read on to discover what PCI compliance level your business fits into. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, and Discover, the major credit card companies, employ PCI DSS...
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We have seen a rapid growth in online payments over the past few years. The rise of ecommerce has made this inevitable, but it has accelerated unexpectedly since early 2020. This is largely as a result of changes in consumer shopping behaviour enforced...
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Businesses have always recognised the positive contribution that customer service can make to their success. Some of the biggest brands in the world are as famous for this part of their operation as they are for their products. The reputational advantage...
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When it comes to taking card payments, there are essentially two categories: electronic (for example, contactless, or chip and pin machine methods), and manual, keyed entry, also known as card (or cardholder) not present. The latter is something of a...
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With the rapid growth of online retailing, we've seen an accompanying increase in the resourcefulness and ingenuity of criminals. Our credit card details are immensely valuable and every time we use them we run the risk that someone will find a way to...
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It's such a common practice that we scarcely think about the mechanics of the process or the complexity of the regulations that govern it.The Rise of the Credit CardIntroduced to the UK in 1966 by Barclays, credit cards were originally only used in...
