ATLANTA — For small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), the path to Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance can often resemble a rocky road. ControlScan, an expert provider of PCI compliance and security services, now smoothes that road for the merchants served by Allifide Merchant Group, a payment processing firm trusted by a national client base of hundreds of SMBs as well as more than 50 industry partners.
Data from ControlScan’s recent survey of merchant acquirersshows that as SMB merchants’ PCI compliance rates increase, the occurrence of a data breach decreases. The partnership between Allifide and ControlScan saves Allifide’s merchants time and hassle—and reduces merchant confusion—with high-impact education and support services that guide them through each step of the PCI compliance process.