Industry Initiatives
This section is provided by Global Payments Inc. as an informational
tool to help you stay informed on pertinent industry information,
Visa® and MasterCard® compliance requirements, and
other information about the electronic payments industry.
Click on a topic below for more information:
Card Associations
Card Association Branding
All merchant websites are required to carry the new Visa®
brand mark by June 2008. A link is provided below. Also, the Verified by Visa (VbV) symbol has been updated and participating merchants should update their websites by June 30, 2007. Discover
is notifying merchants regarding adoption of its revised logo.
A link to the Discover website is provided for your convenience.
For other Discover questions, please contact the Discover
merchant help desk at 1.800.347.6673.
Safeguarding Cardholder Account Information
Other Compliance Information
Card Acceptance Guide
Sponsoring Institutions
- HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Buffalo, NY 14240
- Comerica Bank, Merchant Services, Redondo Beach, CA 90278
- American State Bank, Merchant Services Division, Lubbock, TX 79408
Limited Acceptance Merchants
For a definition on limited card acceptance, please refer to the Global Payments Card Acceptance Guide released June 1, 2004 or later.
For information about the Visa Check/Master Money antitrust litigation settlement use the following links:
For more information, copies of the settlement agreements
and other litigation-related documents may be found at the
website of lead counsel for the class of merchants in the
Visa/MasterCard litigation or just click here.
Commercial Card Acceptance
- Click here for more information about Commercial Card acceptance.
Security/Compliance Webinar Series
Global Payments’ new Security/Compliance Webinar Series is designed to provide merchants with in-depth information regarding Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance. Hosted by Trustwave, a leading Qualified Security Assessor, these online events will cover a variety of important topics in data security and will help to provide you with the information you need to achieve and maintain your compliance to PCI DSS.
UPCOMING WEBINARS:
A Menu for Success: PCI DSS for Hospitality and Restaurant Merchants
Did you know that more than half of all card data theft occurs at restaurants? Some POS systems collect and store customer card data and you may not even be aware of it! This webinar will provide data security and compliance management information, specifically for hospitality and restaurant merchants.
Date: April 21st, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Webinar Link - (Requirements: Windows Media Player)
Event Number: 354 915 743
Event Password: Trustw@ve1
Teleconference: 866-469-3239
Webinar presentations will last approximately 25 minutes, followed by a Question & Answer Session. We encourage you to bookmark this page and check back for additional Webinars.
The information contained herein is for informational purposes
only and Global Payments Inc. does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of
the information. Although we believe the information to be reliable, we cannot
guarantee that it will not be subsequently amended as a result of intervening
factors such as rules changes from the card associations. The information contained
herein is subject to change without notice and Global Payments Inc. does not undertake
any responsibility to update this information after the date hereof. Global Payments
Inc. does not endorse any external sites linked herein.
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