FIME to Deliver D-PAS Terminal Certification Services for Discover

Fintech Investing

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Discover has accredited FIME, a leader in payments consultancy, to provide formal approval services for terminal end-to-end certification of Discover Network and Diners Club International acceptance systems using D-Payment Application Specifications (D-PAS).  As a Discover-approved certification services provider, FIME also offers specialist consulting services to acquirers …

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Discover has accredited FIME, a leader in payments consultancy, to provide formal approval services for terminal end-to-end certification of Discover Network and Diners Club International acceptance systems using D-Payment Application Specifications (D-PAS).  As a Discover-approved certification services provider, FIME also offers specialist consulting services to acquirers preparing their systems for end-to-end certification.

“Card acquiring banks and direct-connect merchants need to certify that their Discover and Diners Club acceptance infrastructure can receive and support EMV chip cards,” explains Xavier Giandominici, Vice President – Financial Services at FIME. “We have the knowledge, tools and capacity to enable Discover acquirers and merchants to complete this step successfully.”
FIME provides a complete pre-certification consulting offer alongside a range of test tool products, certification services and training workshops that are flexible to the needs of acquirers and direct-connect merchants. Pre-certification consulting provides test set-up, testing and fault diagnosis support, efficiently conducted on-site or remotely by EMV acquiring specialists. FIME’s high-capacity, no-lead time D-PAS end-to-end certification service complements the pre-certification consulting to provide acquirers with a fast, seamless route to achieve certification.
“FIME can now provide certification services to acquirers and merchants with Discover and Diners Club enabled contact and contactless D-PAS terminals,” said Ellie Smith, Head of Chip Center of Excellence at Discover.  “These services help to streamline certification and deployment processes globally for EMV, which will benefit merchants and acquirers by reducing time to market.”
To find out more about FIME’s implementation support for acquirers visit https://www.fime.com/emv-consulting.html.
About FIME
FIME offers comprehensive consulting services, technical training, technology design, test tools and certification testing across the financial services, telecom, transit and identity sectors. Its experts support projects from start to finish, resolving the technical challenges its customers face when implementing a complete portfolio of specifications, standards and multi-brand industry requirements.
FIME speaks the language of its customers and uses its 20+ years of experience to ensure that card and mobile transactions services are implemented efficiently and successfully. It supports a range of technologies including contact, contactless, EMV chip, near field communication (NFC), host card emulation (HCE), tokenization, secure element (SE), machine to machine (M2M), internet of things (IoT) and trusted execution environment (TEE).
Partnering with the international and national payment schemes, and industry bodies, FIME ensures its multi-brand offering is always aligned with the latest market requirements.

Co. infographic | All over the world | References | Accreditations | Memberships | Partners | Distributors

FIME. One Action. A billion transactions.

www.fime.com | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube

Contact:
Adrian Riley
Montner Tech PR
203-226-9290
ariley@montner.com
The Conversation (0)
×