(02/06/08) Accelya UK gains PCI-DSS Compliance for its ‘CardClear’ service

Accelya is delighted to announce that its centralised credit card processing service ‘CardClear’ has been certified as a compliant organisation to meet the exacting standards of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

PCI-DSS applies to all members, merchants and service providers that store, process or transmit cardholder data – so our airline customers can use the CardClear service in complete confidence, knowing that our service is safe and secure.

The programme is validated by Visa, Mastercard, and American Express amongst others.

CardClear helps the Airlines’ treasury department by centralizing all its credit card transactions in a single location and settling them in the Airline’s chosen currency.

As a result, 100 Airlines now trust Accelya CardClear services in more than 110 countries.

With over 700 employees worldwide, Accelya (formerly known as ADP Clearing) is a leading BPO service provider with more than 30 years of expertise in processing critical business transactions. An average of 70.000 business entities connect daily to our international solutions.

In the airline industry, Accelya is the biggest IATA BSP Data Processing Center, processing more than 80 BSPs in the world. Accelya also powers IATA BSPLink and is one of the leading companies in ticket auditing services worldwide.

Accelya was one of the first companies to join the IATA Strategic Partners group in 1991.

For more information regarding our services, please contact us at info@accelya.com.