What is PCI compliance, and do I need it?

Q: Does Velocity help with the paperwork?

Yes — we guide you through the annual self-assessment questionnaire and make sure your hardware meets the standard.

Q: Who needs to be PCI compliant?

Every business that accepts cards, regardless of size or volume.

PCI compliance is a set of security standards every business that accepts cards must follow to protect cardholder data. Yes, you need it — and Velocity helps you meet it with secure hardware, encryption, and a simple annual self-assessment.

PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is the rulebook for handling card data safely. Any business that accepts cards is required to comply, regardless of size.

In practice, compliance means using secure, encrypted hardware, not storing card numbers you shouldn't, and completing an annual self-assessment questionnaire. Modern terminals and tokenization do most of the heavy lifting by keeping raw card data out of your systems entirely.

Velocity sets you up with PCI-ready equipment, end-to-end encryption, and support through the self-assessment so compliance is a checkbox, not a burden.