New Features > PCI Compliance > PCI DSS compliance
Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a mandatory compliance initiative driven by VISA and Mastercard to govern the way merchants store, process or transmit cardholder data. One of their primary objectives is to develop a more secure system.
AccountEdge Basic provides PCI DSS compliance by providing access to ACH Direct’s secure Payments Gateway.
Credit card information details are stored on the secure Payments Gateway provided by ACH Direct. AccountEdge Basic will store a unique ID in the company file to enable you to process future payments using the same credit card.
When you are ready to process a credit card payment transaction from your company file, AccountEdge Basic uses the unique ID to tell the secure gateway to process a payment with the credit card on file for that customer.
note : Important information for customers upgrading from FirstEdge
All credit card information currently stored in the Card Information - Payment Details window of your FirstEdge company file will be removed.