Merchant Account for CiviCRM?

We are working on building our new website with Joomla using CiviCRM. I have to select a Merchant Account company. I bank with RBC Centura who I have been very happy with. It has been strongly recommended that I not limit myself to only paypal or google. Therefore, I am considering Moneris who is who RBC recommended. They also offer a monthly bank or CC draw which is very appealing for a new non profit that needs recurring monthly revenues from its donors. I am curious if anyone else has experience or an opinion about Moneris. If you would prefer to email me directly, feel free. I can be reached at diane.moore@striving4more.org. ~ Thanks! ~ Diane

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DIane

The first thing I would do is contact those you are considering and get written confirmation that the providers are offering you services that are PCI-DSS compliant. (PCI=Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard). Preferably , they should either be DSS 1.2 or guarantee they are about to reach 1.2 compliance.

If those directing you to other sources do not understand the infomation above, download the document  and have them read it. Hand it to your tech folks and expect to hear. OMG, OMG, OMG this is nearly impossible and extremely expensive to be compliant. 

I also feel it is worth checking the following link to see if the provider is listed by ViSA as a PCI-DSS Validated Service Provider. http://usa.visa.com/download/merchants/cisp-list-of-pcidss-compliant-service-providers.pdf