PAYMENT SECURITY CENTER

Protecting your customers’ payment data should be one of your highest priorities as a business owner. Our Merchant Services program has the technology and resources to help keep your customers' card data safe and secure. Our professionals can help you determine the best solution for your business, ranging from EMV devices to a layered approach to security utilizing encryption and tokenization options. In addition, our tools help businesses comply with industry standards, further increasing your payment security.

PCI DSS Compliance

If your business accepts credit and debit cards, you must be able to validate that you are compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

• This is an industry security standard to help reduce the risk of fraud and help prevent the theft of customer cardholder data.
• We partner with a leading vendor to provide this validation service to our merchants.
• The validation process requires you to complete a Self-Assessment Questionnaire, and you may be required to perform quarterly network scans. Our representatives are on hand to help guide you through the entire process.

EMV Capable Terminals

Fulton Merchant Services encourages the use of EMV capable technology in your point of sale terminal.

• EMV allows for compatibility of chip based cards with your POS terminal.
• The chip creates a dynamic code when a purchase is made, this in turn provides a stronger authentication than magnetic stripe data. It helps reduce fraud and helps your business from being financially responsible for card present counterfeit fraud loss.
• The Card Brands have instituted a liability shift in which merchants without an EMV terminal are held liable for all counterfeit card transactions.