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.