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Collecting banking, credit-card statements from users

I want to build a service that collects user spending history with their permission. Users would send over (banking, credit card) account statements and I would extract, store the following ...
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Does PCI/DSS allow storing the cardholder's name a person entered (and not the real one)

I have an app where a person enters their card number, the cardholder's name, the expiration date and the cvv. I am now making it pci/dss-compliant. I will store the card number in an encrypted way. ...
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Are client-side-only apps regulated by PCI?

Consider a client-side-only application. It may allow a user to make a payment by redirecting them to a payment gateway website, where they enter the credit card details. If I understand correctly, in ...
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Do It Yourself Credit Card Storage (PCI - DSS Compliant)

I'm a software developer, considering writing a custom system for credit card number storage. Our intent is to be fully Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant. I'm working with a small business owner ...
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Validating and storing credit card data for retrieval later

I need to validate and store credit card information (name, card number, expiration date, CVC) for retrieval at a later date. Once retrieved, the data will be used for manual processing on a separate ...
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How do companies like Uber and Paypal store card details? Is it possible to offer PCI compliance whilst saving credit card details locally?

I know there's a question that's been already asked but it's a decade old so wanted to get an up to date answer... It's mentioned quite often that the CVV number should never be stored, but this must ...
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I have recovered my credit card PAN (6 chars masked) and expiration date on a merchant site, acceptable or not?

I have a credit card saved in X merchant. I only see the last 4 digits in the UI. I have launched a 3D secure payment transaction by using my saved card. Then I have noticed that even in the failed ...
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PCI : scope debate : API consumers

The Problem I have two systems. System A - E-commerce application that handles (does not store cc) customer credit data during purchase. System B - Invoicing system for these transactions (does store ...
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Are virtual credit cards in scope for PCI Compliance?

My company is using virtual credit cards and since we are PCI compliant (and want to be in the future) I was wondering about the requirements of storing/processing and transmitting PAN numbers of ...
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Storing customer credit card information for manual processing later

For a solution that we are developing for the hospitality industry, we need to save customer credit card information, and show this to the hotel for them to manually process the payment later. I have ...
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Is storing CVV compliant with PCI standards?

From personal, job-related experience I know that many "Booking Engines" store the CVV info for customers' credit cards from the time a reservation is made until the time the guest leaves the hotel. ...
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Storing credit card information - encrypted at rest

A client is asking for a way so his app can receive credit card information and store them. He needs this to process scheduled payments from his clients. I told him that I can build a asymmetrical (...
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Call center recording my credit card info

I just made a new contract over the phone with my mobile phone provider and I needed to pay the activation fee. The lady told me that they could accept only credit cards and asked me for the full ...
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PCI DSS: Is there a way to pass encrypted billing data through a server without compliance?

Hope all is well. I am developing a primarily cloud-based tool that allows the end-user to enter in billing data and task data via a desktop application, and the billing data is stored locally (their ...
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Is it legal to post card data from an ecommerce checkout to a PCI compliant 'store'

Let's say I want to charge a user's credit card with their permission after a sale takes place. But, I don't want to have to ask them their credit card a second time. Is it legal to store the credit ...
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Cardholder info transmission between issuing and acquiring banks

Which data is actually transmitted between issuing and acquiring banks during various phases of a card payment transaction? Specifically, does the Issuer tell the Acquirer any info (and which if any?)...
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Can a card issuing company store CVV number, expiry date and 16 digits card number?

I have a limited amount plastic card issued by a certain company. When I log into my online account of the same company, I can see complete details - 16 digits card number, name, expiry date and CVV ...
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Does PCI Apply to PAN only?

I am trying to find out if a credit card application would be in-scope for PCI DSS. As part of the application process, customers can submit their credit card number (PAN) from another institution. No ...
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PCI CVV requirement - encrypt prior to authorisation?

Technically, according to PCI SSC you can hold onto CVV and other sensitive authentication data until authorisation has occurred. In other words the restriction on storing sensitive authentication ...
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Business located in USA does it need to be PCI and SCA compliant?

The business is located in the US. But: Has European customers who put a transaction via a custom-built shopping cart Sells via tradeshow in Europe or Asia in person Could Customers send credit cards ...
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Why does Amazon ask for the CVC/CVV if it bills without it?

I have a follow-up question relating to this question: How does Amazon bill me without the CVC / CVV / CVV2? If amazon.com can bill without the CVV why does it ask for it the first time information ...
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PCI DSS - mask PAN and log individual access to PAN

How do you re-conciliate two PCI DSS requirements in applications: 3.3 Mask PAN when displayed (the first six and last four digits are the maximum number of digits to be displayed), such that only ...
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Telling donors we will no longer accept card information in writing [closed]

What is positive wording for telling donors we no longer accept card information in writing, for their security?
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How to communicate Credit Card details to customers when instantly approved in PCI-DSS compliant way?

Would displaying the full Credit Card details (PAN, Expiry date and CVV/CVC) in Online Banking and / Mobile Banking be considered both PCI-DSS and secure? Or what would be Best practice to display the ...
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Can I show Credit Card Data to final customers and be PCI Compliant?

I work with reservation management syatems. In the hospitality industry there is the concept of credit card as guarantee. By it when making any kind of reservation you are asked for your credit card ...
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How to not store the card during 3D Secure authentication, to be PCI DSS compliant?

I'm implementing a payment solution where the cardholder enters his card details on our own website. We need to use 3D Secure for extra authentication of the cardholder. Our payment gateway ...
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Using browser XMLHttpRequest to initiate credit card transaction with processor?

I have a website where people can make purchases. The entire website is served with https. On the first page, I accept user profile data and generate a random ID for my client and store that in my ...
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When credit card tokens are leaked / stolen, what can the attacker do with them? [closed]

I'm implementing an online payment system relying on an external payment processor handling all credit card entry. My payment processor supports recurring payments via "credit card tokens". We only ...
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Creditcard store first six digits PCI reference

I need to store masked PAN with first six digits and last four digits along with the card expiry month and year. Is it safe to do it according to the PCI rules? Regarding four digits has been ...
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Displaying complete credit card information to end user

I am using an ecommerce website that accepts and stores CC information. In the webpage, they show only the last 4 digits (which is perfectly fine). But when I intercept the request/response, I could ...
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PCI-DSS scope: Using P2PE Compliant devices

We use EMV card readers to automate the payments at the entry and exit to our services. These card readers and the unattended payment terminals are fully PTS complaint and use P2PE encryption. Also, ...
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PCI compliance dilemma

I am looking for advice on PCI compliance. I am being told that I am not currently PCI compliant although I am not sure if this is accurate. We outsource the payment management and card storage to a ...
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Is PCI - DSS required to store only card number

We need to save the credit card number in our database , but not the cvv. Should we be PCI - DSS compliant for this or some security measures is enough. After the save we will use that to call stripe ...
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Is taking CC info in plain HTML elements, but using a library like Stripe to tokenize PCI compliant?

I am building a site which will accept payments. I will be processing payments with either Stripe or Square. Stripe now has Stripe Elements, and Square has Square Payment Form. I have tried Square ...
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Audio Recording of my Credit Card Info?

If I call into a call center to order a product or service, and they take my credit card - do I have any assurance they are not recording the phone call "for quality purposes" which includes my credit ...
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PCI Compliance and Card Data Transmit

I have read that PCI enforces the merchants to store first six and last four digits are the maximum number of digits that may be displayed/stored. I am trying to find what is required in regards to ...
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Question about saving credit card info on PW reset [PCI]

I work for a retail organization with a large ecommerce presence. We allow our customers to store CC information for easy check-out, like many retailers. Currently we remove all stored CC ...
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PCI DSS compliant method to receive card data for a merchant with no electronic storage

The merchant in question has no electronic cardholder data storage. Currently they receive CHD (no CVV) in non-secure ways and store it on paper in order to execute payments via card-not-present POS ...
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PCI compliance for bank card system

There is a bank who has internal system working with card data preparation, generating PANs, and finally preparing personalization files that are sent to third party card manufacturer. The bank can ...
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PIN delivery: do PCI DSS requirements prevent sending the PIN to an end-user's mobile phone?

Do PCI DSS requirements prevent processors from sending to endusers' mobile phones the PIN? I went through many PCI documents, such as the PCI security requirements 2.0 and this isn't mentioned. I'm ...
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Is it safe to use an auto pay feature on my smart watch that stores card info?

(So guess what I got for Christmas...) While I do appreciate the tech and some of the features in the smart watch, I am skeptical of it's biggest feature -- the Pay feature which essentially ...
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PCI - store card details offline

I work for a company that sends out mail/telephone order goods. Some customers have orders they receive every day, with different amounts. We have been asked a few times by various customers if we ...
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Would one e breaking PCI compliance in this scenario?

First and foremost - I am not planning on going down the road of trying to adhere to PCI compliance myself, It's simply not worth the headache. I am however interested in how some companies manage to ...
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Sending credit-card numbers through SFTP?

I need to send credit-card numbers and other information through SFTP. What considerations should I have? Recommendations? Is valid encrypt this numbers? What does PCI say about this?
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Required security for storing bank transactions, but not credentials

If I'm using an external bank data aggregation service to get user credit and banking transactions, but the external service itself is handling the process of collecting and managing banking ...
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Is it normal for a merchant to claim an online transaction is card-present?

I recently made a purchase from a merchant (the city of Los Angeles). During the checkout process on their web site I had to enter my credit card information. One of the fields in the credit card form ...
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Credit card store first four and last four which PCI SAQ?

In our application, we only transfer cardholder data to a PCI DSS compliant service provider, and don't store it ourselves. We only store first four and last four digits of credit card number for ...
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Does credit card tokenization have an expire date?

I am reading the tokenization product security guidelines of PCI-DSS but I do not see the time of expiration of the token. Does it have it?
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Bank issued new credit card as a 'safety measure' but 16 digit acount number is the same

I received a new card in the mail recently. My existing card wasn't due to expire until almost two years from now. The letter that accompanied the card makes it quite clear that the card was replaced ...
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Credit Card details shown in full after payment on online store

A large and reputable online store shows the credit card details of the customer in full on the order confirmation and receipt page (after payment has been processed). This is the first time I have ...