An Overview of Secure Credit Card Donation Processing & PCI Compliance

We typically don’t give much thought to this part of online donation-processing systems until something goes wrong, as it has recently in several high-profile cases involving major for-profit companies.

The reality is that online credit card processing is very safe and secure, thanks in large part to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) created by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC). PCI SSC was created by the major credit card companies to unify their security standards. The objective was to protect sensitive credit card information and reduce credit card fraud.