PCI compliance, or PCI DSS compliance to give it its full name, stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
It’s a set of standards that you must comply with if you’re taking card payments to make sure you are doing so safely and securely.
This includes how you store, process and transmit cardholder’s details and it helps protect both you and your customers.
No matter how big or small your business is, you need to meet the relevant standards if you want to accept cards.
If you don’t, you’ll face fees every month and it could put you and your customers at risk of card payment fraud and data breaches.
PCI compliance, or PCI DSS compliance to give it its full name, stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
It’s a set of standards that you must comply with if you’re taking card payments to make sure you are doing so safely and securely.
We offer a wide range of card payments solutions, including:
The card machine that does more.
Card machines
Give your customers more ways to pay face-to-face.
Online payments
Get more sales in by taking payments online.
Phone payments
Take easy card payments over the phone.
We can help! Our dedicated PCI compliance team are on hand to guide you through the entire process.
You’ll need to complete a self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ), which can be up to 300 questions long depending on how many card payments you process.
We can help you answer these questions to make sure that you meet all the requirements necessary.
You’ll need to do this every year in order to remain compliant, and we can help you each time.
Get a free quoteIt was really simple to get set up with card payments. The rep came out to see me to set me up. They helped me over the phone with the PCI compliance and everything was so straight forward, really easy.
Gill Wilde, Pony Patch
There are four different ones, but you only need to meet the requirements of one, depending on how many card transactions you process.
We’ll be able to tell you which one is relevant to your business, don’t worry. And we can help you answer the questions you need to, to make sure you’re compliant. The different levels are:
If you process card payments, you must be PCI compliant. It’s as simple as that!
No matter how big or small your business is, these are legal requirements you must meet.
You could face hefty non-compliance charges. Depending on your acquirer, there may also be a charge from them for being non-compliant in the form of monthly non-compliance fees.
Yes, no matter how you take card payments, you need to meet the PCI data security standards. That includes taking online payments.
Terms and conditions apply.
Businesses will be required to enter into and maintain a separate contract with an acquiring bank nominated by takepayments for the processing of the card transactions. Under the contract with the acquiring bank, transaction charges and other fees will apply.