As a department that accepts payment cards on behalf of Washington University in St. Louis, it is your responsibility to prevent the loss of all customers’ Personal Identifiable Information (PII) including but not limited to cardholder data used to process transactions. Failure to secure this sensitive information can result in fines and fees, loss of merchant department account, and severe damage to the Washington University in St. Louis brand; including the merchant department and the university as a whole.
Becoming a Credit Card Merchant
Merchant application and terminal options
Compliance Requirements
Rules for accepting credit card payments
Incident Response
Response for suspected data loss
Mandatory Annual Training
Annual training requirement for PCI DSS compliance
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS)
Detailed requirements for PCI DSS compliance
Securing Credit Card Data
Secure confidential cardholder data