RBS WorldPay Back On Visa, MasterCard List Of PCI DSS Validated Service Providers

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PR Newswire -- May 20, 2009 ATLANTA, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the successful completion of its Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) assessment, RBS WorldPay has returned to both Visa's and MasterCard's list of PCI DSS Validated Service Providers. RBS WorldPay has successfully validated its compliance with PCI DSS, conducted by Verizon Business/Cybertrust, one of a select group of companies approved by the PCI Security Standards Council as a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). RBS WorldPay is now certified on PCI DSS version 1.2. The Visa list can be found at www.visa.com/cisp.

About RBS WorldPayUS

RBS WorldPay is a leading, single-source provider of electronic payment processing services - including credit, debit, EBT, checks, gift cards, e-commerce, customer loyalty cards, fleet cards, ATM processing and cash management services.

RBS WorldPay is the US-based payment processing division of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. For more information, please visit www.RBSWorldPay.us.

About The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS)

The RBS Group is a financial services company providing a range of retail and corporate banking, financial markets, consumer finance, insurance, and wealth management services. The RBS Group operates in the Americas, Asia and the Middle East serving more than 40 million customers.

For More Information Contact: Dawn M. Thompson RBS WorldPay US Phone: 678.587.1652 Fax: 678.587.2652 e-mail: [email protected]

www.RBSWorldPay.us