PCI Compliance: What is it? Does it concern you as a petroleum based merchant?

First of all, PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance in a nutshell is a nightmare to the convenience store / petroleum based merchant and wonderful for the consumer. As a merchant it is horrible to you because the Payment Card Industry is forcing you to become PCI Compliant by July 1, 2010. That means that you will be forced to upgrade all of your current outdated credit card processing equipment / POS Systems / Pay at the Pump Kiosks that are not currently PCI Compliant. Otherwise you will be forced to pay thousands of dollars every month that you do not comply to PCI Compliance regulation. Please read further so that you can properly understand.

PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance is a program created to protect consumers from PIN data, credit card fraud / theft. It is also created to force credit card petroleum based merchants to protect consumer PIN’s by upgrading credit card equipment to safety standards. PCI Compliance safety standards state that all consumer electronic transaction data must be transacted safely and securely by means of secret encryption.

Credit card equipment over 12 months old does not meet the Payment Card Industry requirements and must be upgraded immediately. The card brands mandated that petroleum based merchants only process with PCI Compliance approved credit card equipment devices. As of July 1, 2010, non PCI Compliance credit card equipment devices must be removed from service. Any time after the July 1, 2010 deadline, the petroleum based merchant / convenience store operator may accrue hefty fines by Visa / MasterCard.

Why should you as a petroleum based merchant risk the chance of acquiring massive fines for non PCI Compliance? You are doing the customer a favor by not taking the chance of breaching their credit cards and complying with Visa / MasterCard standards. Do yourself a favor, gain peace of mind and avoid massive fines. Upgrade now!

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