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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

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...

eftpos level 2 kernel certified for SoftPOS

Alcinéo has developed eftpos contactless kernel in compliance with the eftpos contactless reader Level 2 specification, and successfully passed the...

Update your payment solution with Interac Flash 1.10

Few weeks ago the Canadian payment brand Interac has released a new version of their contactless specification for smart payment terminals. The...

Updated documents for certification of JCB 1.6 contactless

The payment scheme has released an update of several documents necessary to perform the certification of contactless payment terminals, to be in line...

EMV Contact level 2 documents updated

Further to the introduction last December of new type approval bulletins related to EMV Contact Level 2 specification version 4.4, EMVCo has released...

New EMV Contact Level 2 test cases updates

EMVCo has recently released Type Approval Bulletins announcing test cases updates for the EMV® Level 2 Contact Terminal Type Approval. These new test...

Alcinéo’s kernel for Mastercard MCL acceptance on Softpos renewed

Our functional contactless kernel Mastercard MCL developed for SoftPOS, has successfully passed the official testing sessions for a 3-years' extension...

DPAS Connect 2.0 sunset

A recent communication released by Discover global network has defined the sunset date for DPAS Connect2.0, as below : Submission of new contactless...

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