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FIME ready to test D-PAS contactless chip cards

November 12, 2013

Secure-chip testing provider FIME has established testing infrastructure and conducted laboratory test services for the Discover contactless D-Payment application specification products. The test framework will verify that the products meet security requirements and international industry standards, and that they achieve global market interoperability.

An approved laboratory and test tool provider for the payments industry, FIME prepared a contactless D-PAS test specification for both chip-based payment cards and acceptance terminals, the company said in a news release.

This technical document then formed the basis of FIME's work to develop and launch a customised test plan and test tool, which will be used by FIME's laboratories, product developers and acquiring banks to confirm that Discover contactless products perform as intended once launched.  

"By aligning products to EMV, we can establish a secure-chip infrastructure for innovative payments solutions such as contactless and, in the future, mobile payments," said director and global head of mobile and EMV products at Discover. "Testing solutions in a uniform manner and to the highest standard confirms the integrity of new products entering the market, which is vital to achieving user trust and engagement."

"FIME has worked within the secure-chip payments industry for over a decade, and we are delighted to share our knowledge as it brings EMV contactless payments to market," said Xavier Giandominici, Ddirector at FIME America. "Our end-to-end testing framework effectively delivers a robust program that will inspire stakeholder confidence in the contactless products available. We look forward to continuing to build on this activity with the testing requirements needed to verify the integrity of mobile payment solutions."

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