New test for MCL contactless card reader certification

Last December 2022, Mastercard has published a communique to announce the introduction of a new test required for MCL Level 2 certification.
The new test is mandatory as of April 1st 2023 and will be performed during MCL type approval. The purpose of this test is to ensure that the MCL kernel do not support an AID comparison that causes the rejection of cardholder devices.

American Express specifications sunset

To guarantee that the payment terminals certified to accept ExpressPay contactless payments meet the latest specification enhancements, American Express has recently released a document announcing the progressive sunset of the previous ExpressPay versions.
According to the document, the certification renewal of a terminal supporting ExpressPay version 4.0.2 will no longer be accepted as of October 31st 2023.

Alcineo achieves the certification of Discover payment solution for SoftPOS

Alcineo achieves another milestone with the accreditation of Discover Global Network contactless kernel DPAS Connect for SoftPOS.
The reception of the Letter of Approval from Discover Global Network officially validated the certification of the DPAS Connect Tap on Mobile kernel, after successful testing sessions at CTC Advanced laboratory in Germany.

This important milestone marks the achievement of several years of development to integrate the major payment schemes contactless solutions to our SoftPOS SDK.

DPAS Connect features

DPAS connect is the new specification from Discover Network designed to cover contact, contactless and mobile wallet transactions. It comes with a range of new features and capabilities to improve user experience and facilitate multi-channel payment acceptance.

Test automation during payment terminal certification

What are the benefits of test automation during payment terminal certification ?
Test automation consists in implementing an automatic communication interface between a device under test and a test tool, to check the behavior of a software with minimal human intervention. Major payment schemes such as Visa and Mastercard have published guidelines allowing payment terminal providers to build a communication interface compliant with the test automation requirements.