EPCI was established in 1998 as a a certification institute for Bancontact/MisterCash (BC/MC) & Proton terminals that implemented specific BC/MC & Proton terminal specifications published as of 1999. For more info, please refer to EPCI While the original mandate for EPCI came from the issuers of BC/MC cards, EPCI started to operate a terminal certification for additional specification that were instrumental for a group of acquirers, with an initial focus on credit cards. The motivation was straightforward: many terminals accepted both the BC/MC or Proton cards next to credit cards. In addition credit card terminals needed to provide seamless interoperability with multiple acquirers. | As of 2001, multiple terminal specifications were certified for this domain of activity:
Given the international success of C-TAP, it was decided in 2010 to consolidate the C-TAP specification in Acquiris. The transfer was organised in 2011. |
The following certificates were provided by EPCI to vendors having certified C-TAP terminals according to these specifications.
Those certificates become all obsolete per 31 October 2019 and the C-TAP Acquirers have the obligation to take these obsolete terminals out of the market before 31 October 2019.
Certificates are contractual documents between terminal vendors and Acquiris. This page only represents a list of certificates and it is possible that not all certificates are included in this list. The final proof is the certificate itself.
The certificates are for following reasons no longer valid :
· Specification version is no longer supported
· EMVCo and/or PCI SSC preliminary certifications no longer valid
· Certificate was limited in time
- Atos Worldline acquired Banksys on 7 December 2006
- Thales became an Hypercom and later Verifone brand