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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.
Our functional contactless kernel Mastercard MCL developed for SoftPOS, has successfully passed the official testing sessions for a 3-years’ extension of validity. This certification enables integrators to build on a reliable SDK to develop and certify MTIP application for Mastercard acceptance.
American Express has published at the end of 2022 an update to their contactless specification for payment terminals, ExpressPay 4.2.
Discover Financial Services have recently released a new update for their DPAS Connect contactless specification for payment terminals.
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From April 3rd 2023, payment terminal providers submitting their products to JCB contactless terminal IC type approval shall use the latest ICS form relating to the updated test program.
To be accredited with JCB, payment solution providers must register to JCB testing program and obtain a registration number.
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.
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.