Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance is a set of requirements set up by credit card companies for businesses to have
it in place for any credit card transaction. Such requirements have been put in place to prevent banks, businesses and individuals from credit card fraud which has been rampant and on the rise compromising crucial information of credit card holders.
A modern integrated retail system is an important aspect for any business that wants to protect self and its customers. An integrated retail system allows your business to make quick decisions and provide vital information that could prevent fraud from taking place. With PCI compliance, information of the credit card holder is provided, which if used with your retail system can confirm information presented by a customer as a way of ensuring that they are not a victim to credit card fraud. This will protect your business from a possible suit for failure to confirm details of a fraudster trying to commit fraud.
Point of sale systems (POS), have also come a long way in making a sale transaction easier and faster for both businesses and customers. POS allows you to purchase new stock while also being able to generate a report on the sales made at any one time. Apart from this, they have been able to establish a new form of payment process that does not require physical cash. This payment method is similar to PIC, which allows customers to make purchases without having any money with them. PCI compliance plays an important part in POS interaction with customers as payments made are quick and easy to trace at any time.
Loyalty programs can go a long way to growing any business. More and more customers are likely to show loyalty to your business with the best systems in place. The aim of a loyalty system is to award customers that purchase your products and services frequently and so, it is a very important strategy as it allows loyal customers to be recognized and their efforts awarded. In similarity, PIC compliance ensures that your business continues to reap from the loyalty customers’ show to the business. This is because they feel that their important information is secure and not prone to compromise by fraudsters. Due this sense of security more and more customers will opt to continue doing business with you.
Multi – channels retailing has proved over time to be a very popular module that any business wishing to go into e-commerce could undertake. It revolves around the need to keep track of customers, inventory, products and so much more areas that involve the business. PCI compliance is also aimed at making the multi-channel approach easier for businesses. Multi-channel retailing is a form of business management that allows business leaders to be informed on the progress of their businesses continuously and on a daily basis. This is similar to PCI compliance that helps business owners’ account for the sales made on any one day. Its importance is therefore very vital to your business. Failure to comply with PCI complacencies can lead to lack of knowledge of developing problems facing your business hence making it not to grow like you intend it to.
Finally, PCI compliance is important as it not only prevents your business from facing major fines and penalties, but also allows your business to benefit in numerous ways in ensuring efficiency and that service delivery is your main agenda.
