Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Collis releases card testing tool

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Collis announced the release of the Collis Card Image Editor; a new product designed to support both Issuers and Acquirers with card and terminal testing.

The Collis Card Image Editor is a tool for editing EMV card data. It provides an editing functionality of data from a real EMV Card. It can be used to create and manage profiles and has been designed with issuers and acquirers in mind.


Collis Card Image Editor provides a virtual image of data from the EMV Card that can be saved as a card template for further use in the data preparation system. It can also be saved as a card image for further validation with the Collis Personalization Validation Tool. This is important for issuers and personalization bureaus to reduce the number of iterations required before producing correctly personalized physical cards. In other words, no physical test cards need to be made.

The same card images can be used with the Collis Card Simulator for the testing of payment terminals. This approach can simplify the creation of sets of simulated cards for terminal testing which can be beneficial for acquirers and merchants. [end] 

Collis has announced that its Terminal Function Test Tool (FTT) has been qualified to implement Interac Association’s “Reader Terminal Interoperability and Confidence Test Guide.”

According to Collis, the Terminal FTT incorporates all the tests specified in the guide, which is designed to ensure that a terminal supporting both contact and contactless interfaces is compliant with the Dual Interface (DI) specifications put forth by Interac.

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Collis has announced the launch of its Visa Mobile Payment Specification (VMCPS) Test Suite, enabling the functional testing of UICC or secure element-based contactless mobile payments applications.

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Cetecom ICT Services and Collis have teamed up to develop VDV-KA Test Tools and a VDV-KA Test Lab for VDV-Kernapplikations GmbH & Co. KG’s (VDV KA KG) eTicketing project in Germany.

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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.

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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.

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Collis has announced that its Card Simulator and Brand Test Tool have both been qualified by MasterCard WorldWide for the formal PayPass Terminal Integration Process (TIP).

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