The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of requirements designed to ensure that ALL companies that process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment. Essentially any merchant that has a Merchant ID (MID).

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) was launched on September 7, 2006 to manage the ongoing evolution of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards with focus on improving payment account security throughout the transaction process. The PCI DSS is administered and managed by the PCI SSC (www.pcisecuritystandards.org), an independent body that was created by the major payment card brands (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB). FundRaiser is PCI Level 3 compliant.

Donor Portal:Since PCI Compliance does not allow for saving of Security Numbers (ccv) in the database - the program will be able to detect you are using the new token-based system and will change its actions to accommodate both the new and the old system.  You may choose to send transactions without a security number but may be charged a higher transaction fee from your payment processor.

FRPayForm: a new form for our users to securely enter a transaction, have it processed, and have a token for that credit card/ACH recorded in the data tables.

Blip: Blip is a URL that processes transactions for recurring and single payments. Blip is being updated to detect which you are using; the token-based system or transactions without a security number (ccv) and accomnodate both.

These changes have been implemented in the new version of your FundRaiser Program (version 5.x).  You should check often on the Customer Portal for the latest version.