Are there any plans to expand membership beyond just the payment industry?
Ensuring the security of payments is of paramount importance to all stakeholders, not just the payment brands. Therefore, merchants, payment device and services vendors, processors and financial institutions are encouraged to join the PCI Security Standards Council as Participating Organizations. Participating organizations will be able to recommend changes, provide input on future initiatives, nominate representatives for election to the PCI Security Standards Council Advisory Board, and have access to and ability to comment on drafts of potential changes to security standards in advance, as well as influence the direction of the organization overall.
