RBS Gets OK on PCI, But is it Back in Visa's Good Graces?

Source: Digitaltransactions
Complete item: http://www.digitaltransactions.net/newsstory.cfm?newsid=2209

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RBS WorldPay Inc., the other big merchant acquirer besides Heartland Payment Systems Inc. to report a major data breach in recent months, this week announced that it has attained validated compliance with the Payment Card Industry data-security standard, or PCI.

But Atlanta-based RBS WorldPay didn't say anything in its news release about if or when it would reappear on Visa Inc.'s widely watched list of PCI-compliant processors. The company is not on the current list posted on Visa's risk-management site for merchants. Typically, an acquirer sends its annual report of validated PCI compliance to Visa for review. An RBS spokesperson did not return a call and e-mail from Digital Transactions News, and Visa spokesperson had no comment.

After their breaches, Visa declared RBS and Heartland out of compliance with PCI and removed them from its list of validated processors. The network, however, allowed them to continue submitting Visa card transactions into the VisaNet network (Digital Transactions News, March 14). Heartland attained validated compliance April 30 and recently regained listing.

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