The Outsourced Illusion: Why Even “Cardless” E-Commerce Merchants Now Face PCI DSS Scans
The New Compliance Curveball: Scanning the “Cardless” Merchant Picture this: a small online shop, never storing or seeing a customer’s credit card number, relying entirely on a trusted payment processor. For years, these merchants, classified as SAQ A, enjoyed the lightest compliance load. No card data on their servers, no heavy security checklist. Suddenly, PCI DSS v4.x lands, and with it, a…

















