ContactlessNews | Collis now offering MasterCard Formal Approval Services worldwide

Friday, November 11, 2011

Collis has announced that its test center at the company’s head office in Leiden, Holland has been accredited by MasterCard Worldwide to provide Card Personalization Validation (CPV) and Terminal Integration Process (TIP & M-TIP) services.

According to Collis, the MasterCard CPV, M-TIP and PayPass TIP services are designed to test whether card and terminal products carrying MasterCard brands or accepting MasterCard branded M/Chip & PayPass cards, meet MasterCard’s quality and interoperability requirements. MasterCard mandates issuers and acquirers introducing a new or modified card or terminal to apply for the CPV or TIP Formal Approval Services in order to detect pre-issuance problems and reduce time-to-market.

Collis has also developed a new EMV Personalization Validation Tool (PVT), which has been qualified by MasterCard for CPV by the issuer in preparation of the formal CPV service. The test tool incorporates the Collis Card Simulator - also qualified by MasterCard - and supports an acquirer in Contact TIP Validation and Contact NIV Validation.

The services are now available to customers at Collis’ Leiden office, plus five additional Collis offices worldwide in the U.S., Singapore, United Arab Emirates, UK and Finland.

Collis acquired by UL

UL, previously known as Underwriters’ Laboroatory, announced the acquisition of Collis, a provider of secure transaction technology and advisory services based in Leiden, Netherlands.

The addition positions UL as a global provider of transaction security, interoperability and conformance evaluation and advisory services for the mobile, payment card, eTicketing and ID management sectors. Collis develops and tests secure transaction technology for banks, governments, mobile network operators and public transport companies.

Collis launches Mobile Mastercard PayPass Test Suite

Collis has announced the availability of its Mobile MasterCard PayPass Test Suite for functional testing of the UICC or Secure Element application based on MasterCard Mobile MasterCard PayPass – M/Chip 4 Technical Specifications.

Collis introduces merchant test suite to North America markets

Collis announced the launch of a complete terminal test suite for the U.S. and Canadian markets, the Collis Merchant Test Suite.

The software modules comprising the Collis Merchant Test Suite – Collis Brand Test Tool and Collis Card Simulator – are combined to offer an all-in-one EMV contact and contactless solution for merchants, processors and acquirers that are involved in the development, testing and deployment of acceptance devices.

Collis launches all-in-one payment test suite

Collis announced the release of the all-in-one Collis Brand Test Tool for a complete EMV contact and contactless solution. The Collis Brand Test Tool has been developed for acquirers, retailers and processors that are involved in the development, testing and deployment of card acceptance devices.

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