Cardholder Verification Method (CVM) Technical Term Cardholder Verification Method (CVM) In the context of a transaction, the method used to authenticate that the person presenting the card is the valid cardholder. EMV supports four CVMs: offline personal identification number (PIN) (offline enciphered & plain text) online encrypted PIN signature verification No CVM The issuer decides which CVM methods are supported by the card and the merchant chooses which CVMs are supported by the terminal. The issuer sets a prioritized list of methods on the chip for verification of the cardholder.
Why are chip card transactions more secure? EMV Fact Why are chip card transactions more secure? Chip card transactions offer you advanced security in-store and at the ATM by making every transaction unique. And, your chip card is more difficult to counterfeit or copy. If the card data and the one-time code are stolen, the information cannot be used to create counterfeit cards and commit fraud. Source: www.gochipcard.com
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Company Announcements In July, we successfully installed about 50 TransactionLink™ devices! 2 TransactionLink™ appliances & 12 lanes for Applebee’s locations 3 TransactionLink™ appliances & 9 lanes for IHOP Locations 41 TransactionLink™ appliances & 77 lanes for Xanterra locations 1 TransactionLink™ appliances & 6 lanes at a Ruth’s Chris location
Company Announcements On August 29th we completed our Amex Ingenico iWL250 contactless certification. Our 1st contactless certification!!!
Company Announcements Our VAR Integration team has been busy certifying new VARs to Merchant Link EMV Completed in August: MSI NiteVision PMS MSI CloudPM PMS Infor HMS PMS Infor epitome.net PMS Squirrel POS Biggby POS Ariane Lodging Kiosk LTV
Company Announcements Our VAR Integration team has been busy certifying new VARs to Merchant Link Several more are on deck for September: MSI WINPM PMS Agilysys InfoGenesis POS EMV Arian Lodging Kiosk EMV Arian Ecommerce NEC US Retail POS EMV NEC Canada Retail POS EMV Advantage Reserve Ecommerce B4Checkin Ecommerce Unique Vacations Ecommerce Ryatta Ecommerce IJWS EMV
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