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The Japan-based payment system has recently released several documents to announce the addition of interoperability tests to be performed during the type approval sessions of contactless payment terminals submitted to JCB certification.
The purpose of interoperability tests is to ensure that contactless card readers have the capability to accept different types of cards, ie JCB contactless cards.
The MCL kernel developed by Alcineo now integrates the EMV bulletin 261 optional implementations rules. Although the bulletin is effective since January 2022, the implementation is optional according the latest test plan edited by Mastercard.
Our team chose to integrate the bulletin to our Ma-Kardia kernel, so our customers can integrate the solution to their terminals supporting Mastercard contactless transactions.
The canadian payment scheme Interac Corp has recently released an update to their contactless payment specification Interac flash, v1.9, that POS vendors must integrate to certify their new payment terminals that support Interac dual interface cards.
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.
EMVCo® has released udapted documents for EMV Level 2 Contact Specification 4.3.
As of January 1st 2022, the latest version 4.3k is applicable.
It has become a tradition, most payment schemes edit specifications updates that become mandatory as of the 1st of January.
DPAS Connect brings new capabilities, beyond payment, growing the scope of services to events, transports, loyalty and more.
It allows merchants to strengthen their loyalty program and consumer engagement thanks to the new Data Storage feature.
MCL 3.1.4 now available Mastercard MCL 3.1.4 specifications are now available Mastercard has announced the availability of MCL 3.1.4 specifications for contactless […]