Posts Tagged ‘EMV Kernel’
EMV 4.2c Updates
From November 1st 2010, the new EMVCo 4.2c test cases have come into effect. These contain new and updated tests for all the EMV specification changes that have been introduced by EMVCo bulletins over the past year, covering the following topics: EMVCo Specification Bulletin 75 This bulletin clarifies how the terminal should populate the Application…
EMV becoming global payment standard
EMVCo have released an interesting press release that details the number of EMV cards and terminals, and the extent of EMV migration, in each geographic region of the world. According to their figures there are now more than 1 billion EMV cards in circulation worldwide and almost two-thirds of all terminals outside the United States…
Release of EMVCo Level 2 4.2b Spec.
The much anticipated release of the latest EMV Level 2 test specification happened on the 5th February, and already CreditCall is working through the documents to identify changes that need to be made to its widely certified EMV software Kernel. In addition to the test case updates to validate the implementations of all the EMV…
EMV Unattended Payments
Although much of the publicity surrounding EMV “Chip and PIN” migration has related to its use in retail outlets, another market sector that has benefitted from EMV migration is Unattended Payment Terminals (UPT). Unattended payments, where a customer uses an unsupervised terminal to pay for goods or services such as parking and vending machines or…
Application Selection – Name Display
EMVCo have finally corrected one of the longest standing anomalies in the EMV specifications, with the release of EMVCo Specification Update Bulletin No. 71. When there are multiple payment applications present on an EMV card, or the card configuration requires cardholder confirmation, payment terminals will display the list of applications to the cardholder to allow…