CRE Secure Now Integrated Into Electronic Merchant Systems Gateway

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CRE Secure, the industry’s first cloud-based, elegantly designed, secure payment solution for online merchants, announced today the successful integration of its PCI-compliant payment acceptance service into Electronic Merchant Systems’ (EMS) product offering.

“Our patented technology gives retailers the ability to comply with PCI DSS without having to incur the costs and burdens traditionally associated with obtaining PCI certification. This partnership affords EMS’ users an efficient and elegant means of protecting their customers at the point of payment through a fully compliant service.”

“We selected CRE for our eCommerce offering as they understood the issues around protecting cardholder data, developed a secure solution, and are seamless to the customer,” said Dan Neistadt, President/CEO of EMS. “Further, we are developing a suite of industry leading products for select vertical markets with CRE Secure to process internet payments for select, high value vertical markets such as state and local government payments.”

Online customers of CRE Secure-enabled merchants are redirected to CRE Secure’s hosted payment platform (based on patented HTML clone design) through a window that seamlessly mirrors the merchant’s web site. Visually, consumers feel secure within their merchant’s site, which enables merchants to better ensure branding continuity and protect the investment that they have made in their online commerce sites.

Additionally, merchants utilizing CRE Secure’s service achieve full PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) compliance relative to their processing of card payments online. These standards were enacted by the world's major credit card companies in response to the growing number of expensive data breaches. Beginning Oct. 1, 2010, new online retailers will no longer be allowed to host credit card transactions in non PCI-approved environments, and those that are not compliant can be fined, have their transaction fees raised, or have their merchant accounts frozen.

“Customer protection against theft at the point of payment is a significant industry issue, especially among merchants that rely on card not present transactions,” said Greg McGraw, CEO of CRE Secure Payments, LLC. “Our patented technology gives retailers the ability to comply with PCI DSS without having to incur the costs and burdens traditionally associated with obtaining PCI certification. This partnership affords EMS’ users an efficient and elegant means of protecting their customers at the point of payment through a fully compliant service.”

About Electronic Merchant Systems

Since 1987, Electronic Merchant Systems has grown to become a leading provider of merchant processing services and electronic transactions, driving the payment processing industry through a vast array of customized services and innovative products. EMS processes and safeguards many types of electronic payment transactions including all major credit cards, electronic check services, loyalty and gift solutions, web services, and much more. For more info, visit www.emscorporate.com or call [phone].

About CRE Secure

CRE Secure Payments is a cloud-based Internet payment security company. CRE Secure enables leading ecommerce shopping carts and payment software systems distributed worldwide with secure PCI compliant hosted, payment processing solutions using patent pending technology and through its partnerships with top global payment gateways. CRE Secure is a level one PCI DSS certified service provider and a contributing member of the PCI Security Standards Council. For more info, visit www.cresecure.com or call [phone].