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Ensuring the security of customer payment information is vital, especially considering the high costs associated with payment card industry (PCI) non-compliance; fees for non-compliance can skyrocket ...

For many small business merchants, PCI compliance is a baffling and expensive exercise. As a result, many small businesses frequently put off dealing with the issue or push it aside entirely. But ...

A new breed of advanced IT GRC systems automates the compliance process and manages the various PCI DSS and card brand-specific requirements. You want to choose an automated IT GRC system that ...

Adhering to the set of ground rules set forth in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI/DSS) defines how merchants who accept credit cards manage card data and their own networks to ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South ...

Learn more about PCI DSS 4.0 and its impact on organizations in 2025 in this Q&A. As of April 1, 2025, all merchants and third-party service providers (TPSPs) involved in processing credit or debit ...

Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...

The organization responsible for administering the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is offering new guidance to companies on how to comply with the rules for protecting credit ...

Since the PCI DSS Wireless Guidelines were published in July 2009, vendors have been trotting out tools to prove compliance with the PCI wireless requirements. Here are a handful of issues merchants ...

UPDATE AS OF MARCH 20, 2025: The annual PCI compliance emails are about to go out again, with the words “Compliance requirements effective 4/1/25.” Stay ahead of it and let your small business clients ...