What changes are being made to The Raisers Edge?
In order to make The Raiser’s Edge compliant with PCI DSS and PA DSS, we have developed the Blackbaud Payment Service (BBPS). BBPS will integrate with The Raiser’s Edge and store credit card and merchant account information in a secure environment. During the update to PA DSS version of The Raiser’s Edge, you will be prompted to choose whether to store your credit cards in BBPS or to delete them. If you choose to use BBPS, credit card numbers will no longer be visible in The Raiser’s Edge and will be replaced with reference tokens; users will see these token as the last four digits of the credit card number. When you process credit card transactions, the reference token in your database will summon the stored credit card number from BBPS to be used in the transaction. Currently, if you choose to use The Raiser’s Edge with BBPS, you can only use IATS or IC Verify to process credit card transactions. Additional processors will be added in the second half of 2009.
