SecurityMetrics Helps Security BankCard Hit 94% Merchant PCI Compliance

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NORMAN, Okla. and SALT LAKE CITY, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Oklahoma-based payment card services provider Security BankCard Center, Inc., announced today that 94% of the 4,300 merchants in its portfolio have validated their compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and 100% are enrolled in the firm's PCI compliance program. The firm achieved this unusually high level of compliance using SecurityMetrics as its PCI compliance services vendor.

Security BankCard launched its portfolio-wide PCI compliance program in conjunction with SecurityMetrics in September 2008, following three years of using SecurityMetrics as its PCI vendor for e-commerce merchants. The program expansion was triggered by new PCI Security Council initiatives to require Level