Element Payment Services Launches PCI Compliance Quiz Widget

Element Payment Services launches the PCI Compliance Quiz Widget to widen the knowledge base of PCI compliance.

Phoenix, AZ June 25, 2009 -- Element Payment Services announces the launch of the PCI Compliance Quiz Widget, created to help widen the knowledge base of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance.

The PCI compliance standards were developed by the major payment card brands, under the umbrella of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, in response to a recent growth in data security breaches. They apply to all businesses that handle payment cards.

The three PCI standards are the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), for merchants and processors, the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), for developers and integrators, and the Payment Card Industry PIN Entry Device Security Requirements (PCI PED), for manufacturers.

The PCI Compliance Quiz Widget is an interactive widget that can be embedded at any website. The quiz tests participants' knowledge of PCI Compliance with ten true-false questions. After completing the quiz, the participant is given a score and a corresponding rank ranging from "PCI Compliance Green" to "PCI Compliance Guru."

Available free of charge to any site administrator or blogger, the PCI Compliance Quiz Widget is a unique educational and informational tool that can build or bolster knowledge of PCI compliance.

About Element Payment Services:
Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Element Payment Services Inc. provides fully integrated PCI DSS compliant payment processing solutions to merchants through partnerships with leading business management software providers. Engineered using service-oriented architecture, Element's Express Processing Platform allows for easy integration and supports credit and debit card, ACH and check solutions.

Processing $4 billion in annual transaction volume, Element's simple and secure payment solutions allow customers to easily comply with industry security requirements such as PCI DSS, PA-DSS (PABP), significantly reducing the risk of a cardholder data breach. Element Payment Services, Inc. is a registered Merchant Service Provider with First National Bank of Omaha.