American Payment Systems, a provider of credit card processing services, has joined forces with ControlScan, to help its merchants meet mandatory requirements set forth by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC).

American Payment Systems’ merchants will now have access to ControlScan’s PCI 1-2-3 compliance solution, available online via a web-based merchant portal – myControlScan.com. It provides merchants with tools and support necessary to analyze, remediate and validate PCI compliance.

Steven Cartwright, COO, American Payment Systems, said: “American Payment Systems has partnered with ControlScan to help our merchants achieve PCI compliance and maintain long term security for their businesses. Not only is ControlScan’s program easy for us to implement, but we can now provide our merchants with an easy-to-use solution, backed by a personal level of service, to help them achieve PCI compliance and protect their customers’ sensitive information.”

Jethro Felton, EVP of sales and business development, ControlScan, commented: “This relationship allows American Payment Systems to offer their merchants a comprehensive and easy-to-use PCI compliance solution. By utilizing ControlScan’s PCI 1-2-3 compliance solution as part of their overall offering, American Payment Systems will help their merchant community become secure, thereby ensuring that they meet all private and public regulatory requirements for protecting cardholder data.”

Atlanta-based ControlScan is a provider of PCI compliance and security solutions, exclusively focused on small-to-medium-sized merchants.