SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading payments consultancy, FIME has been accredited to perform Discover Payment Application Specification (D-PAS) card personalization validation (CPV) on behalf of Discover, for both Discover and Diners Club International card issuers. FIME will support issuers in achieving compliance to Discover's EMV® requirements, as part of the payment network's EMV migration activity.
FIME has been selected by Discover to provide validation of D-PAS EMV cards prior to market launch. Xavier Giandominici, Director at FIME America, explains: "FIME has been working with Discover since 2006 and this accreditation expands FIME's portfolio to ensure banks have successful, cost-effective and efficient D-PAS implementations."
Ellie Smith, Global Head of Chip Payments at Discover, adds: "As joint owners of EMVCo, Discover continues to drive the adoption of chip payments globally. Discover maintains high standards for our chip program, and FIME's EMV expertise has allowed us to streamline processes to ensure efficient issuance of D-PAS around the globe."
FIME works closely with industry participants and is a technical associate of EMVCo. It provides customized, practical consulting to payment card issuers and acquirers to implement EMV chip payments in any marketplace.
Xavier continues: "We are focused on delivering the most comprehensive range of services to support our customers' EMV projects. Our D-PAS CPV service provides access to highly-qualified EMV experts and has been built to ensure issuing banks can complete their card personalization quickly and in conformance with the market rules. This accreditation from Discover is yet another step for us in offering a one-stop-shop to issuers to qualify products successfully and efficiently."
About FIME
FIME is a trusted provider of consulting services, certification and tools. It enables customers to bring seamless card and mobile transactions services to market effectively and confidently using secure chip or cloud-based solutions.
Working with the payment, telecom, transit and identity sectors, FIME is an implementation services partner for customers using contact and contactless EMV, near-field-communication (NFC), trusted service manager (TSM), trusted execution environment (TEE) and host card emulation (HCE) technologies. FIME supports customers from project initiation to completion by advising on technical requirements, consulting on industry regulations certification authority implementation and streamlining testing and certification activity.
With 12 offices around the world, serving more than 3,000 clients in 13 languages, FIME's customers benefit from a combination of global expertise and local knowledge through a single point of contact. FIME's dedicated team uses its expertise to create and actively contribute to the advancement and simplification of certification processes. Its service capacity also provides resource scalability to adapt to individual customer needs.
FIME currently has operations across America (Canada and the United States), Asia (Japan, South Korea and Taiwan), Europe (France), India and the Middle East (Dubai).
FIME partners with leading payment schemes and industry bodies to provide consultancy and certification services for: American Express, Calypso Networks Association, China UnionPay, Discover, eftpos, EMVCo, EMV Migration Forum, First Data, Global Certification Forum (GCF), GlobalPlatform, GSMA, Interac, JCB, MasterCard, Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS), NFC Forum, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), National Standard for Chip Card Specification (NSICC), OSCar Consortium, Softcard and Visa.