Whether you need the ability to process payments in the field, at a tradeshow, or on the sales floor, with American Payment Solutions mobile credit card processing solutions, you can accept payments anywhere using your Android and iOS devices.

If you are accepting credit cards in a retail environment only, you are probably very familiar with credit card terminals or point of sale systems. If you are accepting credit card payments in a non-retail environment (over the phone primarily), you can either process transactions through your physical credit card terminal, or through an online virtual terminal. If you want additional features, like saving credit cards on file (using tokenization, of course), sending emailed transaction receipts, or qualifying for Level 2 and Level 3 interchange rates on business-to-business or business-to-government transactions, a virtual terminal is the way to go.

When setting up a Canadian Merchant Account, most companies learn quickly that their options are quite limited. Up until recently, there have only been a few options to accepting credit card payments in Canada. North American Payment Solutions launched in Canada early 2016, and has been providing merchant services to several different types of companies in Canada including manufacturers, wholesalers, retail shops, eCommerce companies, and hotels. 

It’s been a very busy year of travel for the team here, and we are excited to tour Canada this November with one of our great partners, BAASS Business Solutions. The BASS Connect 2017 tour includes several stops along the way, including London (November 14th), Burlington (November 15th), Thornhill (November 16th), and finished in Vancouver on November 30th.

Credit card processing transactions are processed in one of two ways, batch or real time.  The method selected is determined by the company accepting payments and the environment where credit card transactions are processed.

Secure Acumatica Credit Card Processing for eCommerce Customers

Consumers today are more demanding than ever before. For merchants to compete online it is important to offer a secure, convenient, intuitive, online shopping experience.  It is equally important for the businesses taking those orders to automate the process with a tightly integrated solution to avoid human error and duplicate data entry.  Acumatica is the fastest growing Cloud ERP platform available today.  Kensium, is a leading Acumatica eCommerce certified integration partner.  American Payment Solutions is a leading Acumatica certified credit card processing integration partner.  

 PC Charge is discontinued middle ware that is no longer supported. It stores credit card information on the local server.  For this reason, it is possible the local server can be hacked, compromising the credit card data.  If you are still using this discontinued solution you should be looking for PC Charge alternatives. Companies using PC Charge may be held accountable for any credit card data theft in the case of a data breach.

In 2015, Verifone announced the retirement of PC Charge. Since it is no longer supported, users are not able to validate PCI DSS compliance.  In order to validate PCI DSS compliance you must find a PCI DSS compliant solution.  We receive many calls from companies exploring options to PC Charge.  If you are looking for a credit card processing replacement, you have come to the right place!   

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) were first introduced in 2004 and have tightened ever since.  The standard was created to increase controls and reduce credit card fraud.  In short, PCI compliance is a set of industry standards used to measure the security of businesses that accept, process, store, and transmit credit card information. If a company is PCI compliant they are less likely suffer data breaches that could expose customers to identify theft. If a company has a merchant ID and accepts credit cards in either their physical or virtual business, then they are subject to PCI DSS industry standards. . It is important to find a credit card processing solution that is PCI compliant. 

PCI Compliant Acumatica Credit Card Processing: How to Protect Your Customers From Data Compromise

If you are using Acumatica Cloud ERP and processing credit cards for accounts receivable you are responsible for using a PCI compliant Acumatica credit card processing solution that adheres to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCIDSS).

Companies who store, process or transmit cardholder data must be PCI compliant.  In order to be PCI compliant, companies must follow 12 basic security requirements as follows:^[1]

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1. Install and maintain a working firewall to protect data
2. Keep security patches-up-to-date
3. Protect stored data
4. Encrypt data sent across public networks
5. Use and regularly update anti-virus software
6. Restrict access by "need to know"
7. Assign unique ID to each person with computer access
8. Create unique passwords and security parameters
9. Track all access to data by unique ID
10. Regularly test security systems and processes 
11. Implement and maintain an information security policy
12. Restrict physical access to data

4 PCI Compliance Levels

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security standards designed to protect customer credit card data by maintaining a secure credit card processing environment.  Businesses that are not PCI compliant may be subject to fines, sanctions, and loss of privileges from the clearinghouse that processes credit card payments.  Businesses that fail to protect customer data can also be subject to lawsuits and governmental prosecution.