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Payment terminal providers can currently submit their new products to terminal type approval with MCL 3.1.4 or MCL 4.0.
Our team has implemented Mastercard specification MCL 4.0 to our Kardia software suite
JCB has introduced a new process for derivative products, allowing payment terminal providers to request approval for new products based on the same platform initially approved. To submit a derivative product to JCB approval, the vendor must send the ICS for the product, with the ICS and LoA of the initial product.
Specific approval rules for EMV® Contact Level 2 kernels Specific approval rules when submitting additional configurations or when renewing already approved EMV® […]
Visa Approval Services have announced a timeline for the integration of EMV specification bulletin 272 to Visa contactless kernels.
The EMV specification bulletin SB 272 describes how new payment terminals should support an updated value for transaction date, using only the 2 digit years as 20yy.
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 from Visa introduces options to convert SoftPOS for fare collection.
Alcinéo has developed eftpos contactless kernel in compliance with the eftpos contactless reader Level 2 specification, and successfully passed the Level 2 type approval for our SoftPOS SDK
Eftpos is the payment card brand used by Australian citizens for the purchase of goods and services.
Few weeks ago the Canadian payment brand Interac has released a new version of their contactless specification for smart payment terminals.
The update of the contactless specification comes with new documents to be submitted for the certification of new contactless card readers.
The payment scheme has released an update of several documents necessary to perform the certification of contactless payment terminals, to be in line with the application of the latest specification bulletins issued since March 2023.
Further to the introduction last December of new type approval bulletins related to EMV Contact Level 2 specification version 4.4, EMVCo has released an update of the test plan and a new ICS, version 4.4 b.
EMVCo has recently released Type Approval Bulletins announcing test cases updates for the EMV® Level 2 Contact Terminal Type Approval. These new test cases will be applicable as of January 1st 2024 to all new payment terminals submitted to EMV Contact Level 2 certification, version 4.4a.