Lighthouse Software Releases PCI Merchant Management as a Service or Platform

Franklin, TN, September 07, 2010 --(PR.com)-- PCI Merchant Management was born from a requirement that all Merchants must be Certified under PCI Guidelines. Lighthouse Software designed and developed a system to provide a method where merchants have information readily available that is understandable to complete the required Self Assessment Questionnaire and have access other related information and documentation that may be required. To insure total compliance Lighthouse Software provides secured storage of information and documents and scanning is provided through a partnership agreement with BHI Advanced Internet Inc, a Certified ASV. Lighthouse has an internal staff that is trained and knowledgeable in requirements and remediation if required. If a merchant service provider wishes to perform their own management, they can access the portal through a Software As A Service agreement.

According to Howard Falcon, a Partner at Lighthouse Software, “This product reinforces our commitment to provide value to our clients and the bankcard industry. We have implemented a system that is easy to understand and use by merchants, is priced so that providers obtain value without having to over fee the merchant and complies with all industry rules and guidelines. Since we are not an ISO or Acquirer we provide an environment of trust since there is never a conflict of interest; we don’t up-sell services or products. We can refer qualified services such as scanning, auditing, and breach insurance, but we do so as a convenience, we never receive any income from referrals or leads. We are dedicated to our clients and their needs and never provide their information to a third party.”

Lighthouse Software Development, Inc is a premier Custom Software provider for the Merchant Processing Industry, ISO's, Agents, and Acquirers and the Credit Card Processing Industry. They have been providing Enterprise Software Solutions to the industry for over 20 years. Lighthouse Software has always been in the forefront of Back Office Systems with a full complement of products that are modularized and totally customized to meet the immediate and growing needs as more functions are moved from outsourcing to in house.

Based around the Beacon MS SQL Database, Data Entry, Customer Service, Residual Reporting and Fraud Management comprise the basic system functions. Standard interfaces to Credit Bureaus and Databases for ID Verification provide “Know Your Client” to reduce your Fraud Exposure. With interfaces to many processors including American Express, various front ends and a direct feed to your Terminal Build Services, “World Class Single Point of Entry” is not wishful thinking.

Management Team -

Ruth Brent, Partner – Ms. Brent has twenty years in software development in the Bankcard and data communications technology. Ms. Brent lead the development of the Nova Eclipse Back Office and the PMT Iris Back Office System. Ms. Brent co-founded Lighthouse Software in October of 1998. Before entering the payment industry, Ms. Brent designed and developed the BIOS for several PC’s and Laptops at Phoenix Technologies and printer drivers for Lotus Development spreadsheet products.

Howard Falcon, Partner - Mr. Falcon has twenty years of software development in Bankcard industry. He started his Merchant Services career as a Director of IS at Nova 1993. In 1996 Mr. Falcon was recruited by PMT to take over its IT organization and revitalize their back office services. Mr. Falcon co-founded Lighthouse Software in October of 1998. Before entering the Bankcard industry, he managed worldwide technical support for Raytheon Data Systems, ISV Relations and QA at Lotus Development and OS Development at Delphax, Inc.

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