ETA Leaders Elected to PCI Board of Directors
1-24-2019
January 24, 2019 – Washington, D.C. – The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) today announced that the organization was elected to serve as one of 29 board members on the 2019-2020 PCI Security Standards Council Board of Advisors. Jason Oxman, CEO of ETA, and Amy Zirkle, Vice President of Industry Affairs, will represent ETA on the Board of Advisors which represents PCI SSC Participating Organizations worldwide to ensure global industry involvement in the development of PCI Security Standards and programs.
“Keeping payments data secure is crucial, and ETA’s member companies have invested billions in developing and deploying next-gen solutions that protect consumer data and deliver seamless payments experiences,” said Oxman. “We are excited to represent them and their diligent work during our term on the PCI SSC Board of Advisors. I look forward to working with my colleagues on the board to further grow payments security across the world.”
As strategic partners, board members bring industry, geographical and technical insight to PCI SSC plans and projects.
“The Board of Advisors provides industry expertise and perspectives that influence and shape the development of PCI Security Standards and programs. We look forward to working with ETA in our efforts to help organizations secure payment data globally.” said PCI SSC Executive Director Lance J. Johnson.
“ETA is honored to have the opportunity to serve on the PCI Board of Advisors,” said Zirkle. “We look forward to representing our member companies as we contribute to the development of rigorous industry security standards to reduce risk, maximize fraud prevention and ensure long-term global growth of a healthy payments ecosystem for the benefit of all customers.”
About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the global trade association representing more than 500 payments and technology companies. ETA members make commerce possible by processing more than $7 trillion in purchases in North America and deploying payments innovations to merchants and consumers.
About the PCI Security Standards Council
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) leads a global, cross-industry effort to increase payment security by providing industry-driven, flexible and effective data security standards and programs that help businesses detect, mitigate and prevent cyberattacks and breaches.
About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the world’s leading advocacy and trade association for the payments industry. Our members span the breadth of significant payments and fintech companies, from the largest incumbent players to the emerging disruptors in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries around the world. ETA members make commerce possible by processing approximately $56.75 trillion annually in purchases and P2P payments worldwide and deploying payments innovation to merchants and consumers.
ETAs membership spans the breadth of the payments industry to include independent sales organizations (ISOs), payments networks, financial institutions, transaction processors, mobile payments products and services, payments technologies, and software providers (ISV) and hardware suppliers. For more information, visit electran.org.