Best Practices

EMVCo provides Best Practices documentation for financial institutions, vendors, and other interested parties to help reduce the likelihood and impact of any potential problems or issues that might arise from EMV implementation.

In addition, white papers and information on other general topics is available using the links on the left.

The following Best Practices documents are available for view or download:


Effective DateVersionDescription Download
November 2009 EMV Interoperability Best Practices - 24 November 2009 Download
May 20092.2EMV Issuer and Application Security Guidelines Sign Up Subscribers Only
December 20081.1Recommendations for EMV Processing for Industry-Specific Transaction Types Download
August 20071.0Optimising Contact Chip Transaction Times Sign Up Subscribers Only
June 2006N.A.Guide to EMV Processing for Industry-Specific Transaction Types - Disposition of Comments Sign Up Subscribers Only