It’s no secret that pcAmerica has long been committed to providing its retail and restaurant operator customers with a level of data security that goes above and beyond satisfying PCI compliance requirements set forth in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). In another move to demonstrate this commitment, we have cooperated with MagTek, Inc. to certify our Cash Register Express and Restaurant Pro Express point of sale solutions to work on the MagTek IPAD ® SC hand-held point of sale terminal.

The most comprehensive end-to-end security solution available today, the IPAD ® SC helps merchants and restaurateurs prevent personal cardholder data breaches, without compromising the speed and convenience of customer transactions. Here’s how: Cardholder data is immediately encrypted when cards are swiped, keeping it from being accessible by hackers even for a millisecond and eliminating the risk of interception. A digital identifier component called MagnePrint ® authenticates customers’ ATM, debit, credit, gift and other cards; any counterfeit or cloned card presented at the point of sale becomes entirely useless.

Why does using Cash Register Express or Restaurant Pro Express with the IPAD allow our retailer and restaurant operator customers to exceed PCI DSS compliance requirements, while relying on encrypted magnetic stripe readers (MSRs) would not offer this advantage? Easy! MSRs encrypt only card swipes, so they can only be utilized solely to execute credit card transactions. However, with the IPAD, we bring to customers the same added security for all credit card transactions– swiped and hand-keyed–as well as for PIN debit transactions. We also give them the convenience of electronic signature capture on the same point of sale device, reducing paper usage and making storage more organized.

To learn more visit www.pcamerica.com.