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UL adds mobile payment module to test tool

The UL Mobile Payments Module simulates the behavior of payment terminals with wallet features such as fingerprint ID, mobile PIN and payment card selection.

March 25, 2016

UL has announced the release of a mobile payments module for the UL Brand Test Tool. In a press release, UL said the product is intended for anyone in the payment industry — i.e., acquirers, processors, merchants and terminal vendors — who wants to ensure that their payment infrastructure is ready to accept mobile wallets.

The UL Mobile Payments Module simulates the behavior of mobile payment wallets.

One of its main features is the ability to test cases such as how a terminal behaves in combination with the fingerprint ID on the mobile phone, with a mobile PIN, or when the card is not yet selected in a wallet, UL said in a press release.

It also allows tests that can determine whether a terminal correctly processes mobile transactions by payment applications of major brands, such as American Express, Discover, MasterCard, UnionPay and Visa.

The new module supports simulation of the most popular mobile wallets and makes the UL Brand Test Tool the first in the market to offer automated testing of a payment terminal for both mobile applications and traditional contact, contactless and mag stripe payment cards, the company said.