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. 

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...

eftpos kernel 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...

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...

American Express ExpressPay 4.2

American Express has published at the end of 2022 an update to their contactless specification for payment terminals, ExpressPay 4.2...

DPAS Connect update

Discover Financial Services have recently released a new update for their DPAS Connect contactless specification for payment terminals. DPAS Connect...

JCB type approval process

From April 3rd 2023, payment terminal providers submitting their products to JCB contactless terminal IC type approval shall use the latest ICS form...

New interoperability tests for JCB type approval

The Japan-based payment system has recently released several documents to announce the addition of interoperability tests to be performed during the...

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