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		<title>Merchant Services and PCI Compliance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Deshong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many business owners are aware, PCI compliance is a buzz word in the merchant services industry.  Payment Card Industry &#8211; Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) is requiring every merchant and every processor to become certified and validated on an annual basis.   Every processor is now required to be PCI compliant, and they are required to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;color: #330099">As many business owners are aware, <span>PCI</span> <span>compliance</span> is a buzz word in the merchant services industry.  Payment Card Industry &#8211; Data Security Standards (<span>PCI</span>-DSS) is requiring every merchant and every processor to become certified and validated on an annual basis.   Every processor is now required to be <span>PCI</span> compliant, and they are required to have all their merchants that process with them to be <span>PCI</span> compliant.  One requirement of <span>PCI</span>-DSS is that merchants complete an annual </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;color: #330099" lang="EN">Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), a validation tool used to assist merchants with their <span>PCI</span>-DSS <span>compliance</span>.  Merchants that process transactions using a computer are required to go through a quarterly computer system scan in addition to filling out the questionnaire.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;color: #330099" lang="EN">This validation will come at a cost to the merchant, but the benefit of securely processing cards very much outweighs the cost of certification.  Every processor in the industry will be assessing a fee to its merchants for the validation process.  The fees from our processors at Atlantic Merchant Services are very competitive with the other processors in the industry.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;color: #330099" lang="EN">Atlantic Merchant Services is proactively involved in making sure our merchants have the highest level of <span>PCI</span> security.  We are also actively assisting our merchants during this validation period.  Should you have any questions, please contact Will DeShong (contact information is located in the &#8220;Our Members&#8221; tab).<br />
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		<title>Will Deshong</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Deshong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will DeShong Company: Atlantic Merchant Services Position: Sales Manager phone: 919.260.7776 email: will.deshong@atlanticmerchant.com web: www.atlanticmerchant.com Professional Specialty: Credit Card Processing My individual business info: Atlantic Merchant Services, LLC is a full service electronic payment solutions provider for businesses of all types. We provide payment processing services for credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, EBT cards, [...]]]></description>
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<td><strong>Will DeShong</strong></td>
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<td><span style="color: #888888;">Company:</span> <strong>Atlantic Merchant Services</strong></td>
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<td><span style="color: #888888;">Position:</span> <strong>Sales Manager</strong></td>
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<td><span style="color: #888888;">phone:</span> <strong>919.260.7776</strong></td>
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<td><span style="color: #888888;">email:</span> <a href="mailto:will.deshong@atlanticmerchant.com">will.deshong@atlanticmerchant.com</a></td>
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<td><span style="color: #888888;">web:</span> <a href="http://www.atlanticmerchant.com/">www.atlanticmerchant.com</a></td>
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<td><span style="color: #888888;">Professional Specialty:</span> <strong>Credit Card Processing</strong></td>
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<p><strong>My individual business info:</strong></p>
<p>Atlantic Merchant Services, LLC is a full service electronic payment solutions provider for businesses of all types. We provide payment processing services for credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, EBT cards, Fleet/Fuel cards and a wide variety of check services.</p>
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