MINDBODY – Mobile credit card swiper – UNIMAG II (iOS)
Post on: May 19, 2023
What this reader is, and when it still matters The UniMag II is an audio-jack magnetic-stripe reader used with the
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List of CA Public Keys (CAPK): Official Sources and Checksums
Post on: May 19, 2023
A CA public key (CAPK) is a payment network’s root RSA public key. An EMV terminal keeps a small table
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How EMV (Chip & PIN) Works – Transaction Flow Chart
Post on: May 19, 2023
Dear Readers, Process Description EMV Steps NMI’s Kernel Process Card detection and reset needs to be performed by the card interface
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Credit Card Service Code Chart
Post on: May 19, 2023
A card’s service code is the three-digit number stored right after the expiry date in its magnetic-stripe track data. Each
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Static Data Authentication (SDA): What It Proves and What It Cannot
Post on: May 18, 2023
When a chip-card payment terminal cannot or does not go online, it still wants some evidence that the card in
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EMV Liability Shift and Fallback Transactions Explained
Post on: May 18, 2023
A liability shift is a card-network rule that moves the cost of a fraudulent card payment – usually by deciding
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EMV Issuer scripts
Post on: May 18, 2023
Dear Readers, In this blog we are going to learn about EMV Issuer scripts and how do they work. EMV
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EMV Certification in a Nutshell
Post on: May 18, 2023
Dear Readers, EMV Certification in a Nutshell The relevance of EMV certification EMV stands for Europay, Mastercard and Visa, and
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EMV CA | Cryptomathic
Post on: May 18, 2023
Dear Readers, EMV Certificate Authority The Cryptomathic EMV CA is an essential service component for EMV card authentication. The main
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EMV Connection – A Smart Card Alliance Site
Post on: May 18, 2023
Dear Readers, EMV chip payments are here in the US! Consumers are now using secure EMV chip cards to pay
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Compute Card Verification Values (CVV)
Post on: May 17, 2023
Dear Readers, What Does CVV Stand For? CVV stands for card verification value. It’s a three- or four-digit number found
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Implementing Application Selection: Code, APDU Traces and Troubleshooting
Post on: May 17, 2023
This is the hands-on companion to our guide to application discovery and selection. That page explains the concepts; this one
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Payment & Smart-Card BER-TLV Tag Reference
Post on: May 17, 2023
Smart-card and payment data is full of two- and four-digit hex labels such as 5A, 9F02 or 5F20. They are
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Complete list of Application Identifiers (AID)
Post on: May 16, 2023
Dear Readers, below is the Complete list of Application Identifiers (AID) List of AID’s with their description. AID (Application Identifier)
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Chip card transactions faster than a New York minute
Post on: May 16, 2023
Dear Readers, In this blog we are going to learn about “Chip card transactions faster than a New York minute”
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Cardholder Verification in EMV
Post on: May 16, 2023
Dear Readers, This article has been written to provide a brief introduction to cardholder verification with EMV and the challenges
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Card Action Analysis
Post on: May 16, 2023
Dear Readers, In this blog we are going to learn about Card Action Analysis is a cutting-edge approach to understanding
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Authorize.Net mPOS Mobile Application/VPOS v2 Application – Tested Devices
Post on: May 16, 2023
Dear Readers, Below is a list of devices that Authorize.Net has tested and confirmed works with our mPOS Mobile Application/VPOS
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Application Selection on Chip Cards: How Terminals Choose an Application
Post on: May 16, 2023
A single chip card can carry several applications: a debit and a credit application, a domestic and an international one,
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Understanding EMV certification In Public Transportation
Post on: August 28, 2020
Dear Reader, This Week’s blog, we try to answer these questions. When it comes to EMV in transit certifications, it
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