Vanguard offers a sophisticated, fast and certified solution for online purchasing with the authorisation taking, on average, less than two seconds; this means that e-commerce sites can handle high volumes of purchases without fear of transaction delays. The system provides a cost effective and straightforward way of ensuring that no sensitive cardholder data enters or passes through merchant systems, therefore simplifying efforts to achieve and maintain mandatory PCI DSS compliance.

Paul Holliday, Head of Marketing and Customer Proposition at Commidea, says, “Commidea’s PCI DSS Level 1 certified infrastructure takes care of the whole transaction process, giving cardholders a smooth purchase experience while merchants retain complete control of their customer-facing channels. Vanguard provides merchants with a wide choice of payment options and also includes multi-currency transaction capabilities and PayPal integration, simplifying cross-border transactions and ensuring that merchants receive the best functionality available in the market.”

Each time a cardholder makes a payment their data is automatically and securely sent directly to Commidea’s PCI DSS Level 1 certified data centre. Vanguard has also integrated ‘Verified by VISA and MasterCard SecureCode’ into its payment process, which gives the merchant extra reassurance on the security measures employed within the service.

Merchants that use Vanguard are utilising a managed payment service which provides access to both Commidea’s helpdesk and WebCom. Securely accessible from any PC, WebCom is a market-leading and browser-based management information system which enables real time reporting of every transaction that Commidea has processed for the merchant. It enables merchants to update records and search transactions whatever the sales channel and can be customised to suit their specific needs.


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About Commidea
Commidea is part of the Point Group of companies. Point is the leading European provider of electronic payment solutions and supports over 250,000 clients in the Nordics, Baltics and the UK through the provision of innovative and secure card payment solutions. Every day more than 10 million secure card transactions are handled through Point solutions. The Group manages more than 530,000 payment devices and customers range from large high street retail names to small independents, award winning e-commerce sites and many leading mail order companies. Point also operates an installed base of more than 5,000 ATMs in the region. The Group is present in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, France, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania and employs over 800 staff.

Commidea has built an enviable reputation for reliability, innovation and excellence and has developed the Ocius portfolio of Chip and PIN solutions which have been pre-certified by the banking community. Ocius Sentinel was the UK’s first PA-DSS certified solution to offer point-to-point encryption enabling fast and secure processing.

Working with a network of business partners throughout the UK, Commidea delivers a managed, PCI DSS certified, multi-channel payment solution to all sizes of business. Commidea also supports many of the country’s leading specialist distributors and system integrators.


For additional information, contact:
Tanya Pring
Fieldworks Marketing
Tel. (UK) +44 (0)1435 873080
tanya@fieldworksmarketing.co.uk

Matthew Roots
Commidea
Tel. (UK) +44 (0)1233 655441
matthew.roots@commidea.com