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Coppernic has announced that they have integrated the Alcineo SoftPOS payment solution into their rugged handheld device ticketing offering for Public Transportation markets. Coppernic is a market leader for handheld ticket inspection devices in France, with installations in 80% of French cities with more than 100K inhabitants. Alcineo is a specialist in the development of EMV payment kernels, contact and contactless and logical security modules. They partner with payment solution providers in a number of market applications, including transit.

Based on EMV® technology, open-loop payment has revolutionized transit fare systems. It is now widely implemented in many public transport networks, enabling commuters to use their payment card to validate their journey. Take our short quiz, measure your level of knowledge and discover if you are an expert in transit payment.

Payment terminal providers must comply with PCI PTS requirements to deploy their products. But with many configurations possible, it can be cumbersome to define the most efficient security features., The PCI SSC released a FAQ, to provide guidance and best practices.

Alcineo will be attending IT Trans 2022, the leading and international conference and exhibition focused on IT solutions for public transport. Specialized on payment software and logical security procurement, Alcineo will present their range of products and solutions dedicated to EMV technology integration to transit fare collection systems. Focus on open- loop payment Based on EMV® technology, open-loop payment offers many benefits for both transport authorities and passengers

Few days ago EMVCo reported the EMV technology priorities, reflecting the trends of the payment landscape in 2022. EMVCo focuses on Chip & PIN card technology and payment interoperability, and constantly evolve specifications in parallel to new technologies’ adoption.

Alcineo will exhibit at the next edition of IT Trans, taking place in Karlsruhe, 10-12 May 2022 IT-TRANS is the leading International Conference and exhibition focused on IT solutions for Public Transport.

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.

What are the benefits of test automation during payment terminal certification ? Test automation consists in implementing an automatic communication interface between a device under test and a test tool, to check the behavior of a software with minimal human intervention. Major payment schemes such as Visa and Mastercard have published guidelines allowing payment terminal providers to build a communication interface compliant with the test automation requirements.

Focus on tokenisation in transit environment. Indeed, the transformation of the card data in Card Number Alias or token enables to connect a card number to an individual card holder or an event. This transformation is performed by cryptography computation. The computation will always generate the same token for the same card if the same algorithm is used. This algorithm is a one way function, so, there’s no possibility to translate from a token to a card number.

International payment and security standards release specifications and test plans for payment terminal certification. These specifications and test plans evolve over time to increase interoperability, performance and security of smartcard transactions.

Since January 1st 2022,  payment devices submitted to EMV level 1 terminal type approval must comply with 3.1a testing requirements. The technical documents required for the certification process have been updated accordingly

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.

In case you haven't already heard or read about what SoftPOS is, the few lines below are a condensed overview of our prior communications around this subject. The generic SDK for SoftPOS developed by Alcineo enables the integration of international and national payment schemes.

Come and meet us next week during Trustech, at our stand 5.2 A036. We will present our payment application for SoftPOS running on the Android powered Inari 8 pay tablet provided by Aava Mobile Oy !

Mastercard modifies implementation options in MCL contactless kernel. The specification changes will apply from January 1st 2022.

Our team will be in Paris for Trustech, the global tradeshow for payment, identification and security. Why don't you join us for exciting and insightful discussions around payment, innovation and data security ?

Our team will welcome you with great pleasure to discuss in-person about our thoughts on digital payment technology, on the advances of SoftPOS innovation or on our logical solution for sensitive data protection.

The development of embedded software is a crucial step in the overall payment terminal manufacturing process. Payment devices can only be deployed when they prove compliance with international payment and security standards. Hence the integration and approval of EMV payment software is at the core of terminal manufacturers' concerns.

Alcineo is proud to announce the certification of their SoftPOS SDK with Pure payment specifications. The implementation of Pure functional library in our SoftPOS SDK allows payment solution providers to reach emerging payment markets relying on a technology compliant with international payment standards.

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.

The new CPACE standard was created by the ECPC to facilitate contactless payments in Europe. The CPACE ( Common Payment Application Contactless Extension) specifications were built on the EMVCo CPA standard for contact transactions, and was extended for contactless and remote payments.

There are many stages in a payment terminal life cycle, and payment solution providers must define their strategy at the earliest stage. Make the right decisions at the right time.

EMV technology is the international standard for secure payment systems and is present in most payment terminals where consumers use their chip & PIN cards or e-wallets to pay for goods or services. Payment terminal providers ought to integrate EMV® compliant payment systems and submit their products to the approval of EMVCo and payment schemes to be officially recognized. They must undergo several certifications at many steps of the device development

According Mastercard®, Tap on Phone allows businesses to accept payments from any contactless card or mobile wallet right from their NFC-enabled device. With no extra hardware required, businesses can take advantage of this on-the-go solution to enable quick and convenient payment options.

Visa approval services have recently made several announcements dedicated to their contactless kernels's updates, and especially the sunset of previous versions.

Automation test versus manual testing campaign : the big deal ! Automation testing uses automation tool to execute tests cases. Few manual involvement is required while executing an automated test suite which handles suitable software to test the program to be delivered to customers.

JCB Contactless is the Japanese JCB-branded contactless payment system that allows customers to shop by simply waving their card over the terminal. In their course of progress, the Japan based payment scheme has recently updated their contactless specification and released an updated version, the 1.6 release.

Earlier this month, Visa has released a specification update for its pilot Tap to phone kernel. The changes include the support of signature parameter, the clarification for “Reader CVM Required Limit Check” parameter

La Ciotat, France, Tuesday 23rd March 2021, Alcineo, a leading provider of secure digital payment and SoftPOS solution, is proud to announce that its SoftPOS SDK has received the certification of American Express ExpressPay contactless payment specification.

Fintech Providers myPOS and Alcineo Join Hands to Offer SMEs a New Way to Accept Payments via Smartphone. At present, payment technologies are developing with such speed that users are hardly managing to keep pace with them.

The Canadian based payment scheme has released in February a new version of their contactless specification, v1.8. The update incorporates the changes listed in the Bulletin #7 issued in May 2020 to reflect transit transaction behavior.

What solutions should payment solution providers integrate to enhance user experience and extend their offer on all markets ?

Visa transforming urban mobility conference takes place on February 25th 2021 Many topics will be discussed with speakers and experts such as mass transit, open-loop contactless payment and the challenges for transport authorities during the Covid crisis.

The EMV Contact Level 2 version 4.3j has been released recently on EMVCo website. Payment solution providers can now submit payment terminals to functional level 2 type approval with the 4.3j version.

SoftPOS, for software Point-of-Sales, is an innovative technology allowing to turn any Android smartphone into contactless card reader, using the NFC capability of the device. Any merchant can then accept contactless transactions on his smartphone without any additional hardware.

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