PCI stands for Payment Card Industry and it is a set of security and processing guidelines established by the major credit card processors (MasterCard, Visa and American Express).
Merchants that accept credit cards are classified into four levels depending on the amount of annual credit card transactions and sales. For the highest level merchants, PCI compliance is mandatory and requires outside independent auditors for annual certification. For smaller merchants, PCI compliance is voluntary and can be self-administered.
The Payment Card Industry highly recommends voluntary compliance for all merchants accepting credit cards online and failure to comply with these new security standards may result in substantial fines or permanent expulsion from card acceptance programs.
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