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EMV Contact Chip supports seamless and secure in-store payments and helps prevent card fraud.

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EMV QR Codes support consistent, efficient and convenient QR code payments.

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EMV SRC simplifies e-commerce checkout to make the payment process quicker, easier and more secure.

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EMV 3DS allows seamless authentication of consumers to prevent card-not-present (CNP) fraud and increase the security of e-commerce payments.

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About Simon Kleine

Simon Kleine is Director of Communications at EMVCo with responsibility for developing and delivering its communications strategy and programme. Simon works with EMVCo’s Board of Managers and across its technical working groups to optimise engagement with existing stakeholders and educate external audiences about the vital role EMVCo plays in payment interoperability and security.

With a corporate communications career that spans more than 30 years, Simon has dedicated over half of this to delivering strategic communication programmes in the global payment sector and has held leadership positions at American Express, Visa and Western Union. Before entering the payments industry, he worked in communications in the retail and consumer goods industries.

Prior to joining EMVCo, Simon managed his own communications and business development consultancy working with banks, payment, fintech and financial services companies. He has also worked in senior roles at global PR consultancies, serving clients across a range of industries.

Simon graduated from Warwick University in England with a BA Hons degree in Politics.

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EMVCo Launches New Podcast Channel

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Talking Payments with EMVCo – How to Realise the Potential of Online Commerce

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Talking Payments with EMVCo – EMV® QR Code™ Payments: Supporting Fast, Touchless Transactions Worldwide

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Talking Payments with EMVCo – EMV® 3DS 2.3: Fighting Fraud and Friction

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Talking Payments with EMVCo – 2021 in review and looking to 2022

Simon Kleine Profile Picture by Simon Kleine | 10 Mar 2022
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Talking Payments with EMVCo – EMV® Chip: Evolution, Security & Approvals

Simon Kleine Profile Picture by Simon Kleine | 4 Aug 2022
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Talking Payments with EMVCo – A Closer Look at the EMV® Contactless Kernel Specification

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