A standard or specification endorsed by Mastercard or Visa.
The industry abbreviation for the consortium of three companies who created a joint working group in 1994 (Europay International, MasterCard International, Visa International) jointly sponsoring the global standard for electronic financial transactions. It also refers to the technical specifications produced by that consortium and adopted by all three companies designed to ensure the global interoperability of chip cards, chip terminals, financial messages and related services.
European compliance standard for Europay, MasterCard and Visa Front Office Customer facing processes and channels
The Europay, MasterCard and Visa organisations' common specification for smart-card-based payment applications.
Acronym for Europay, MasterCard, Visa. Usually refers to EMV 96, which is a set of three specifications covering debit/credit cards, terminals and applications. EMV supports applications enabling issuers, retailers and consumers to start using chip cards and terminals with added security. The term 'EMV compatible' is used when referring to terminals which meet level 1 of the EMV 96 specifications.
Europay/Mastercard/Visa - the global payment industry specifications for chip-based payment cards. EMV part 1 corresponds with (and generally conforms with) ISO 7816 parts 1-5. The other parts of this specification cover the details of a standard credit/debit application and the requirements for terminals
Set of specifications describing the physical, electrical, logical features of interoperable payment smart cards (debit and credit) defined by three major international bank operators.
The internationally agreed standards for chip payment cards, originally agreed by Europay, MasterCard and Visa. EMV standards are maintained by EMVCo, an organisation owned and managed by MasterCard and Visa.
Set of specifications defining the main structures for an international debit/credit smart card.
The Europay MasterCard Visa chip specifications are regarded as the industry standard for payment cards in Europe EPC The European Payments Council is a decision-making body that was established by the European banking industry to support and promote the creation of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).
A collaboration between Europay, MasterCard and Visa
The internationally-agreed standard for chip payment cards, originally agreed by Europay, MasterCard and Visa. EMV standards are maintained by EMVCo, an organization owned and managed by MasterCard, Visa and JCB.
Europay MasterCard Visa Association of payment associations providing common set of standards known as EMV standards. (Europay is now MasterCard Europe).
Stands for Europay, MasterCard, Visa, and is the global standard for ensuring that smart card systems can interoperate.
A standard established by the three payment organisations for credit and debit cards using chip cards.
(Europay, MasterCard, Visa) is the global standard that is helping ensure smart cards, terminals and other systems can interoperate. The major card associations have set a January 2006 deadline for Europe-wide migration to EMV cards.