Soft Space has joined EMVCo’s Associate Programme that will give Soft Space the opportunity to provide input and receive feedback on detailed technical and operational issues connected to the EMV Specifications and related processes.

Currently, there are 42 organisations which contribute to EMVCo as Business Associates, and 38 which participate as Technical Associates.

The EMVCo Associates Programme allows payment industry stakeholders worldwide to play an active role in providing input to the strategic and technical direction of EMVCo, the global technical body which is collectively owned by American Express, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, UnionPay and Visa. Through this programme, interested organisations, including payment card issuers, acquirers, merchants, merchant aggregators, processors, card and terminal vendors, mobile network operators, networks and their representative associations, are given the opportunity to provide input into the evolution of current and new EMV Specifications for payment technologies.

EMV stakeholders can join the programme under one, or both, of the following participation categories:

• Business Associate – participation at this level enables organisations to provide EMVCo with input on strategic business and implementation issues related to the use of the EMV Specifications. To be eligible, an organisation must have a direct business responsibility for an EMV transaction (at any point in the transaction lifecycle).
• Technical Associate – participation at this level enables organisations to provide input and receive feedback on detailed technical and operational issues connected to the EMV Specifications and related processes. Technical Associates engage with all nine of EMVCo’s technical Working Groups to receive updates/provide input on their activities.

To complement the Associates Programme, EMVCo also offers a subscriber service, which provides advance notice of pending developments and changes, as well as an opportunity to participate in a more regular and formal dialogue with EMVCo.

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