PCI Compliance
The security standards a business must follow to safely store, process or transmit card payment data.
In practice
Requirements scale with transaction volume - a small business filling out a self-assessment questionnaire faces a lighter bar than a large enterprise processing millions of transactions, which typically requires a full external audit.
An online store uses a hosted checkout page from its payment processor specifically so it never directly touches raw card numbers, simplifying its PCI compliance obligations.
Why it matters
Non-compliance goes well beyond a technical checkbox - a data breach involving non-compliant card handling can carry significant fines and reputational damage far beyond direct fraud losses.
Worth knowing
- Requirements scale with transaction volume - higher-volume merchants face stricter audits.
- A hosted checkout page from a compliant provider significantly reduces a merchant's own burden.
- Compliance must be maintained continuously, not achieved once - regular re-validation is required.
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Tell us where things stand with putting pci compliance into practice and we'll respond with next steps, no forms, no waiting in a queue.
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