Miami, FL / Toronto, ON (February 26, 2026)
Datatel, a leader in IVR Payments and secure payment automation, announced today the release of a new video podcast, Voice AI and PCI Compliance drawing the Line That Protects Innovation. In this episode, Datatel Co-CEO Barnard Crespi explores the evolving role of Voice AI in payment environments and the critical intersection with PCI compliance, drawing the line that protects innovation while safeguarding cardholder data.
As Voice AI adoption accelerates across customer service and ordering environments, enterprises are encountering a new compliance challenge. Payment architecture that once removed humans from card data is now being tested by conversational systems participating in live calls.
According to industry analysis, PCI scope is expanding not by design, but by exposure. When Voice AI systems are present during payment moments, voice streams, transcripts, and metadata can all fall within regulated environments.
“Organizations often assume that if a system is only listening, it is not in scope,” said Crespi. “That assumption does not survive audit scrutiny. Exposure defines responsibility.”
Many Voice AI initiatives are driven by innovation teams under pressure to move quickly. Security and PCI teams are often engaged late, resulting in rework, delayed launches, and unexpected risk.
Some enterprises are responding with deliberate architectural separation. Voice AI systems handle conversational flow, while payment capture is routed through secure IVR Payment environments. Card data is tokenized and returned without exposing the AI platform to regulated data.
This approach has proven to reduce PCI scope, clarify ownership, and improve development velocity.
As AI becomes a permanent fixture in customer interactions, governance models must evolve alongside it. The question facing executives is no longer whether to deploy Voice AI, but how to prevent it from inheriting unnecessary payment risk.
Watch the Presentation Here:
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