In June, your account will be charged a mandatory $50 fee for a Visa/Mastercard PCI compliance scan. This fee is mandated by Mastecard and Visa, and is charged automatically by our back end processor, Sage Payments. This fee is for a service that scans our Internet servers for known security issues every 90 days, as required by the new credit card rules...

Finally, a credit card processing option that makes sense for lawyers. Virtual Payment Systems offers a unique solution that lets you accept Mastercard and Visa and collect the full ammount due to you. Unlike expensive traditional credit card processing solutions, the payer pays a convenience fee that covers all transaction costs. The only expense to you is $10 per month and a $100 annual compliance fee. 

We are getting close to the release of Virtual Payment Systems new portal software. The new system makes it easier for our merchants to manage their accounts and makes it easier for payers to take care of business:

• We've replaced the old report system with a new, streamlined payment history screen that allows you to quickly drill down to the information you are looking for.
• A new, ajax powered pament screen that takes two less page loads to complete a payment.
• We've also improved our integration with our upstream payment processor to cut down on payment timeouts.
• When payments don't go though, messages are much more clear. Instead of getting a page of detail, we'll simply tell you exactly what the problem is, for example, "the transaction failed because the payer's credit card is over limit."