Payment industry updates

We aim at keeping you informed of the latest updates in the payment industry.

We continuously focus on the improvements and evolutions of payment standards to deliver best-in-class payment software, responding to the latest EMV payment specifications. 

Mastercard latest specification update MCL 4.0

Alcinéo implements Mastercard specification MCL 4.0 Earlier this year, Mastercard made available their latest specification for contactless card...

JCB introduces paper approval for derivative products

JCB has introduced a new process for derivative products, allowing payment terminal providers to request approval for new products based on the same...

Specific approval rules for EMV Contact level 2 kernels

Specific approval rules for EMV® Contact Level 2 kernels Specific approval rules when submitting additional configurations or when renewing already...

Visa’s timeline to comply with transaction date requirements

Visa Approval Services have announced a timeline for the integration of EMV specification bulletin 272 to Visa contactless kernels. The EMV...

Alcinéo SoftPOS SDK now enabled for fare collection with Visa

Alcinéo has received LoC from Visa for the implementation of VRTPKS 1.2 into our SoftPOS SDK. The latest version of the tap to phone specification...

eftpos kernel for SoftPOS

Alcinéo has developed eftpos contactless kernel in compliance with the eftpos contactless reader Level 2 specification, and successfully passed the...

Update your payment solution with Interac Flash 1.10

Few weeks ago the Canadian payment brand Interac has released a new version of their contactless specification for smart payment terminals. The...

Updated documents for certification of JCB 1.6 contactless

The payment scheme has released an update of several documents necessary to perform the certification of contactless payment terminals, to be in line...

EMV Contact level 2 documents updated

Further to the introduction last December of new type approval bulletins related to EMV Contact Level 2 specification version 4.4, EMVCo has released...

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