| | | Latest News | | April 2010 | Updates to the IP listing and port numbers repository | | December 2009 | Updates of certified terminals lists | | July 12th 2007 | Discontinuation of ATEA protocols | | EMV Migration | Credit card terminals accepting transactions on the basis of the mag-stripes and cardholders signature identification will be subject to a major overhaul as smart readers and secure pinpad will have to be fitted. The application supporting the card transactions is much more complex and will require more capacity from the terminal. Commercial documentation often mentions that payment terminals have an EMV Level 1 and / or Level 2 certification. These generic certifications need to be complemented with a specific EPCI certification process to allow operations with the credit card companies migrating to EMV. In doubt, please contact your credit card company or EPCI.  |
| Our Mission | Founded in 1998 and operational since April 1999, the Institute acts as a service provider to card scheme managers and acquirers that are acquiring transactions with the help of payment terminals. In this framework, EPCI has two principal roles: Both processes are described in a contract signed between the vendor and EPCI. Once the vendor has passed the certification procedure, he will be able to offer its products to merchant's community having signed acquiring agreements with the card scheme managers. | Company Profile | The institute is established as a non-profit centre (Association Sans But Lucratif, Vereniging Zonder Winstoogmerk). It is controlled by a board of banks issuing cards from the Bancontact/MisterCash scheme for the domestic debit card and from the Proton scheme for the electronic purse. EPCI is managing the terminal certification process. The actual certification work is done by external labs that have the appropriate accreditation. For the debit card scheme Bancontact-MisterCash and the Purse Card Scheme Proton, the initial funding was brought in by the issuing banks and they still support EPCI. S ince 2001, the terminal certification process is extended to credit card acquirers: Atos Worldline (Bank Card Company), Elavon, Europabank, American Express and Diners Club. This process was further extended to JCB International, Cetelem giee-eesv (Aurora), European Merchant Services BV (NL) and B+S Card Services (DE), Paysquare (NL) and European Payment Solutions (Payfair scheme). |
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