Finance:EPAS

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EPAS (Electronic Protocols Application Software) is a non-commercial cooperation initiative launched in Europe which aims at developing a series of data protocols to be applied in a point of interaction (POI) environment.

The project intends to address the three following protocols; a terminal management protocol, a retailer application protocol and an acquirer protocol.

Project Development

The proposed initiative was structured along the three following main phases  :

  • Phase I : development of technical specifications and issuance of standards (2006 - mid-2007)
  • Phase II : development of software and provision of test tools (2007 – 2008)
  • Phase III : construction of demonstrators (2008)

Participants

The EPAS Consortium is composed of 24 organisations.

  • Ingenico (FR)
  • VeriFone (US)
  • The Logic Group (UK)
  • Amadis (CA)
  • ELITT (FR)
  • MoneyLine (FR)
  • Lyra Network (FR)
  • Atos Worldline (DE)
  • Wincor Nixdorf (ES)
  • GIE – Groupement des Cartes Bancaires "CB" (FR) (Co-ordinator)
  • Desjardins (CA)
  • Atos Worldline (BE)
  • Security Research and Consulting (SRC) GmbH (DE)
  • Equens SE (NL)
  • Sermepa (ES)
  • Cetrel (LU)
  • Total (FR)
  • Quercia (IT)
  • University of Applied Sciences, Cologne (DE)
  • Integri (BE)
  • PAN Nordic Card Association (PNC) (SE)
  • GALITT (FR)
  • BP (GB)
  • RSC Commercial Services (DE)
  • Europay Austria Zahlungsverkehrssysteme GmbH (AT)
  • SIBS (PT)
  • Thales e-Transactions España (ES)

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