NORTHWIND Partners With Shift4 To Provide Users Secure, Cost-Saving Payment Card Processing
NORTHWIND and Shift4, two players in hospitality software and services, have joined forces to offer hoteliers unparalleled security and the ability to utilize any bank or processor that offers the best rates and service without required programming of the property management system (PMS).
NORTHWIND, provider of Maestro Enterprise Property Management hotel software and reservation software solutions for the hospitality industry, announced today it partnered with Shift4, a developer of enterprise payment solutions, to provide Maestro users with a fully-tokenized interface for payment card processing. Tokenization exceeds the Payment Card Industry's Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) compliance requirements and enables operators to choose any payment processor they like to obtain the lowest fees.
Shift4's integrated tokenization technology means that no cardholder data (CHD) is stored, transmitted or processed at the property. Maestro clients using Shift4's system will exceed the scope of the PCI PA-DSS security requirements because actual guest cardholder data will not be handled by property systems.