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. 

New test plans available for Visa Contactless Approval

New test plans available for Visa Contactless approval Visa Approval Services announced the availability of new contactless reader test plans, that...

EMV Contactless Level 1 new test suite

EMV Contactless Level 1 test plan 3.2a EMV Contactless Level 1 test planWhat changes in the new test suite version 3.2a ?...

Updated documents for JCB contactless certification now available

JCB contactless documentation update now available JCB has released updates to the certification forms and processes to be used by terminal vendors...

EMV Contact type approval documentation update

EMV® Contact L2 Type Approval documentation update New documents are available on EMVCo website for vendors who plan to perform the certification...

Mastercard latest specification update MCL 4.0

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...

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...

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