Merchant Resources

Below is a list of useful documents for merchants. Please read the short description to get an idea of what is covered in the document and click the title to view a PDF of the document.

Account Data Compromise Recovery (ADCR) Process

What Every Merchant should know about the New Account Data Compromise Recovery Process

PCI Data Standards Update

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards as of 10-25-05

Mastercard Merchant Rules

A document outlining the Mastercard Merchant Rules

Visa Merchant Rules

Rules for Visa Merchants Card Acceptance & Chargeback Management Guidelines

Card Association Fraud Tips

Card Association Fraud Tips document

Understanding and Preventing Chargeback

Understanding and Preventing Chargeback document

Card Acceptance Guide

Guide to properly accept cards at your business

Visa Data Security Workshops

A few workshops to keep the data you accept at your business secure.

Security Privacy Made Simpler

A help document on transaction security.

Security Privacy Information

Guidelines and rules related to data security & privacy

It Pays to Swipe the Stripe

Visa's Pays to Swipe documentation

Improve Profitability

Visa "Eliminate Illegible Sales Drafts" document

Merchant Best Practices for Recurring Transactions

Visa "Eliminate Illegible Sales Drafts" document

How to Accept & Process Visa Cards

Visa "Eliminate Illegible Sales Drafts" document

The Top Five Web Intrusions

MasterCard - "The Top 5 Causes of Website Intrusions"