What You Should Know About PCI Violations
Blog post from Basis Theory
PCI-DSS requires organizations involved in card payments to protect customers’ personally identifiable information, with violations ranging from major data breaches to insecurely stored card details, weak access controls, or unauthorized data removal. Incidents may be disclosed by breached companies or reported by consumers to banks and card networks, which can trigger compliance audits and penalties. Although card networks typically fine payment gateways rather than merchants directly, gateways commonly pass costs on through fees, higher processing rates, reserve requirements, and high-risk classifications. Penalties can begin around $5,000 and recur monthly, potentially growing beyond six figures, while reserve requirements can strain businesses with limited margins. To reduce exposure, the text recommends keeping payment data outside a merchant’s systems through a full-service payment provider or, more flexibly, a third-party tokenization provider that stores card data and gives merchants nonreversible tokens while allowing them to select among payment gateways.
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