--- title: PCI-Compliant Card Tokenization, Encryption, & Compliance description: Basis Theory's developer-friendly and PCI-compliant cardholder environment provides complete control over your encrypted payment information. image: https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/bt-og-image-generic.avif --- [Skip to content](https://go.basistheory.com/card-tokenization-services#main-content) [![BTLogo (1)](https://go.basistheory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BTLogo%20(1).png?width=100&height=33&name=BTLogo%20(1).png)](https://basistheory.com?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation # Credit Card Tokenization: Every Transaction Secured Cut compliance scope by 93%, skip 300+ PCI requirements, and get certified in days. Collect, store, and route card data to any processor, with the compliance burden handled for you.   Innovative merchants work with the Basis Theory Payment Vault - ![modernlife-white](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/modernlife-white.svg) - ![forage-logo-white](https://go.basistheory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/forage-logo-white.png?width=1200&length=1200&name=forage-logo-white.png) - ![ansa-logo-white](https://go.basistheory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ansa-logo-white.png?width=1200&length=1200&name=ansa-logo-white.png) - ![passes-logo-white](https://go.basistheory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/passes-logo-white.png?width=1200&length=1200&name=passes-logo-white.png) ## Card Tokenization: Empower Your Payment Operations From capture to compliance, Basis Theory offers a holistic approach to payments. Collect, secure, and use payments data without it touching your environment by using Basis Theory's PCI Level 1 infrastructure, developer-friendly services, and flexible tokens. **Basis Theory allows organizations to:** - Collect card and payments data using secure customizable forms you can embed into your application - Secure card data in a PCI Level 1 compliant and SOC2 certified payments vault - Experience seamless transactions and continuous commerce - Build a custom payments stack that's right for YOUR business ### See a Live Demo From Our Payments Experts ![fintech-flows-1](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/fintech-flows-1.png "fintech-flows-1") ## Transact Your Way, Compliantly. Handling or storing card information can put an organization in scope with hundreds of PCI requirements.   Card tokenization *significantly* reduces the time, cost, and reporting scope of your PCI Level 1 certification by replacing sensitive card data in your system with tokens. Basis Theory customers are seeing up to a 95% reduction in the time and effort it takes to become PCI compliant. And, they're able to transact and connect *their* way. ## Tokenize & Encrypt Card Data Faster ### Stand up your vault in as little as 5 minutes - Spin up your own dedicated cardholder data environment (CDE) quickly - Share data with any payment service provider, partner, or endpoint, seamlessly - Convert customers with customizable and universal form elements - Securely vault data with the flexibility to also leverage solutions like Account Updater and network tokens ![ecommerce-image-overview-1](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/ecommerce-image-overview-1.webp "ecommerce-image-overview-1") ## Easily Connect with Your Current PSP A flexible API that connects with *any* existing payment service provider you choose. ![Stripe wordmark - white](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/Stripe%20wordmark%20-%20white.svg) ![DIGITAL-Adyen-white-RGB](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/DIGITAL-Adyen-white-RGB.png) ![Worldpay](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/White%20Hi%20Res.png) ![chase-logo](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/chase-logo.png) ![braintree-logo-white](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/braintree-logo-white.png) ![nuvei-logo-white](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/nuvei-logo-white.webp) ![Amazon-Pay-logo-singlecolor-negative](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/Amazon-Pay-logo-singlecolor-negative.webp) ![ACI Horizontal White + Tagline](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/ACI%20Horizontal%20White%20%2B%20Tagline.webp) ![Screenshot 2024-06-07 at 5.08.51 PM](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-07%20at%205.08.51%20PM.png "Screenshot 2024-06-07 at 5.08.51 PM") ![Screenshot 2024-06-07 at 5.09.03 PM](https://go.basistheory.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-07%20at%205.09.03%20PM.png "Screenshot 2024-06-07 at 5.09.03 PM") > "Basis Theory made us **PCI compliant in a day**, rather than months. The team has been a **delight to work with** and they beat other tokenization platforms on cost." > > > > ![ethan-lacey](https://go.basistheory.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ethan-lacey.webp?width=100&height=100&name=ethan-lacey.webp) > > Ethan Lacey > > CEO at UNION ## How Basis Theory Reduces PCI Compliance Scope ### 1) Securing your data   #### Collect and protect data in Minutes Capture sensitive data without it touching your systems using forms embedded right into your application.   #### Managed encryption services Secure your data automatically with the latest encryption methods and built-in Key Management Services.   #### Compliant hosted environments Eliminate scope with your dedicated CDE within our PCI Level 1 and SOC 2 compliant environment. ### 2) Using your data #### Custom masking Reveal only what's needed with automatically-generated obfuscated text.   #### Sharing your data Send and receive cardholder data with any payment service provider or third-party processor.   #### Searchable Recognize your data with a single value to uniquely identify the contents of a token. ### 3) Managing your data #### Integrated controls Govern and optimize your implementation through our API, or through supported tools — like Terraform.   #### Enforce access policies Meet access control policy requirements and permissions with our RBAC-friendly classifications and impact levels.   #### Ops support Quickly debug, review logs, manage users, and more by connecting Basis Theory to your existing tools.  NEXT STEPS ## Ready to learn more about credit card tokenization with Basis Theory? 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