EMVCo Associates & Subscribers

Industry stakeholders, including merchants, banks and technology providers, participate as EMVCo Associates and Subscribers to contribute their knowledge and expertise to the development of EMV® Specifications.

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Participation Benefits
Access

Access draft EMV Specifications and documentation prior to publication. Interact with EMVCo technical working groups and task forces.

Input

Submit technical contributions, and comment on draft specifications and other technical documents.

Networking

Attend EMVCo meetings to network and engage with payments industry stakeholders on marketplace challenges and opportunities.

EMVCo Associates

Active engagement and collaboration with the payments industry is key to EMVCo’s proven model for creating, evolving and promoting globally adopted specifications that support innovation and address marketplace needs.

The EMVCo Associates Programme (EAP) was established in 2010 to facilitate this engagement and enable the broader payments community to play an active role in EMVCo’s strategic and technical direction.

Today, close to a hundred organisations participate as EMVCo Associates to contribute their knowledge and expertise to the development of EMV Specifications.

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EMVCo Subscribers

EMVCo Subscribers can receive notice of pending EMV Specification developments and participate in a formal dialogue with EMVCo. Hundreds of organisations and individuals around the world participate as EMVCo Subscribers.

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More than a hundred organisations – including merchants, issuers, acquirers, payment networks, financial institutions, manufacturers, technology providers and testing laboratories – contribute their knowledge and expertise to the development of EMV Specifications.