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This will affect many of your departments, and may involve work for some IT staff. It is also being sent to CASHNet contacts and the Accounting Listserv. To All Units Accepting Credit Cards as a Form of Payment: MSU was recently informed by our bank, Bank of America Merchant Services (BAMS) that we are required to validate MSU's compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) early next year. We have not been asked to provide this information to the bank for a long time, so it is important that we have every unit on campus review their payment card processing methods and security, and submit written documentation to the Cashier's Office by *March 31, 2014*. MSU cannot be considered compliant unless _every_ merchant is compliant. *We are preparing instructions and procedures for collecting this information* *which will be sent to all units in the next few weeks.* According to the bank's policy, we must report on _all_ credit card business being done by every department and unit on campus. We are aware that there are several MSU units accepting credit card payments using methods that are not allowed under the guidelines in the MSU Manual of Business Procedures (http://ctlr.msu.edu/COMBP/mbp17EBS.aspx). We are declaring an official "amnesty" period for those units to report to the Cashier's Office. This will be the time for those units operating outside of the guidelines to come forward and discuss their payment card business with us. Please wait for the instructions on how to report, which will be available soon. If you have related questions in the meantime, please e-mail them to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> and we will respond accordingly. Thank you for your continuing efforts to be compliant, Mary Nelson, Manager Cashier Services and Merchant Support ** *NOTE: You are receiving this email because current records indicate that you are the PCI Steward for your unit or department. If you are no longer the contact person, please respond to this email and if possible, forward it on to the appropriate person(s). Thank you for your attention to this notice.* -- PCI Compliance Office 110 Hannah Administration Bldg 426 Auditorium Rd, Room 110 517-884-4110 More Info: http://ctlr.msu.edu/CreditCard/ *Follow us on Twitter: **@MSUPCI* <https://twitter.com/MSUPCI>** -- Gene Willacker, PCIP, PCI ISA PCI Compliance Officer Controller's Office 110 Administration Building Michigan State University 517-884-4110 *On Twitter: *@MSUPCI* <https://twitter.com/MSUPCI>** *