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EMV® Specifications are technical requirements for designing payment products to work seamlessly and securely everywhere.

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EMV® Contact Chip

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

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EMV® Contactless Chip

EMV Contactless Chip supports seamless and secure transactions made with contactless chip cards and NFC enabled mobile devices.

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EMV Mobile supports the growing use of mobile devices for secure and convenient payments.

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EMV® Payment Tokenisation

EMV Payment Tokenisation replaces valuable card data with payment tokens to increase the security of mobile and e-commerce transactions.

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EMV® QR Codes

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

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EMV® Secure Remote Commerce

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

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EMV® 3-D Secure

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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EMVCo Long Reads offer in-depth information on EMVCo and EMV® topics.

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EMVCo Annual Report 2022

The 2022 EMVCo Annual Report recaps key 2022 milestones, and previews 2023 technical initiatives and plans.

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EMV® Chip At-a-Glance

EMV® Chip technology makes seamless and secure contact and contactless payments with cards and mobile devices possible anywhere in the world.

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EMVCo Annual Report 2021

EMVCo is the global technical body that facilitates the worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions by managing and evolving the EMV® Specifications and related testing processes.

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EMVCo Annual Report 2020

EMVCo is the global technical body that facilitates the worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions by managing and evolving the EMV® Specifications and related testing processes.

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EMVCo Operating Principles

This document provides an overview of EMVCo’s operating principles, including its governance, operations, and the role of EMV® Specifications in the wider payment community. Audiences reading this material will gain a better understanding of the relationship and distinctions between EMVCo and its member-owners.

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The Role of the EMV® Specifications

This paper shares an insight into the worldwide success and flexibility of the EMV® Specifications

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EMVCo Annual Report 2019

EMVCo is the global technical body that facilitates the worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions by managing and evolving the EMV® Specifications and related testing processes.

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EMVCo Annual Report 2018

EMVCo is the global technical body that facilitates the worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions by managing and evolving the EMV® Specifications and related testing processes.

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