Electronic Protocols Application Software
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EPAS (Electronic Protocols Application Software) was a European non-commercial cooperation initiative which developing a series of data protocols to be applied in a point of sale (POS) environment. This included the protocols used by payment terminals and card payment systems.
In 2024, EPAS was merged with two other organizations to create Nexo Specifications.[1]
The project focused on three protocols; a terminal management protocol, a retailer application protocol and an acquirer protocol.
History
The organization was launched in 2005.
The initiative was structured along three following main phases:
- Phase I : development of technical specifications and issuance of standards (2006 - mid-2007)
- Phase II : development of software and provision of test tools (2007 – 2008)
- Phase III : construction of demonstrators (2008)
Participants
The EPAS Consortium is composed of 24 organisations.
- Ingenico (FR)
- VeriFone (US)
- The Logic Group (UK)
- Amadis (CA)
- ELITT (FR)
- MoneyLine (FR)
- Lyra Network (FR)
- Atos Worldline (DE)
- Wincor Nixdorf (ES)
- GIE – Groupement des Cartes Bancaires "CB" (FR) (Co-ordinator)
- Desjardins (CA)
- Atos Worldline (BE)
- Security Research and Consulting (SRC) GmbH (DE)
- Equens SE (NL)
- Sermepa (ES)
- Cetrel (LU)
- Total (FR)
- Quercia (IT)
- University of Applied Sciences, Cologne (DE)
- Integri (BE)
- PAN Nordic Card Association (PNC) (SE)
- GALITT (FR)
- BP (GB)
- RSC Commercial Services (DE)
- Europay Austria Zahlungsverkehrssysteme GmbH (AT)
- SIBS (PT)
- Thales e-Transactions España (ES)
See also
References
- ^ "Nexo Standards - About us - History". Nexo Standards. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
Sources
- “Standardisierungsarbeiten im europäischen Zahlungsverkehr - Chancen für SEPA” SRC - Security Research & Consulting GmbH, Bonn - Wiesbaden, Germany, 2006, p. 5, 11 (PDF-transparencies)
- William Vanobberghen, „Le Projet EPAS - Sécurité, protection des personnes et des donnée: de nouvelles technologies et des standards pour fiabiliser le contrôle et l’identification“, Groupement des Cartes Bancaires, 27. June 2006 (PPT-transparencies)
- Hans-Rainer Frank, „SEPA aus Sicht eines europäischen Tankstellenbetreibers“, Arbeitskreis ePayment, Brussels, 11.May 2006, p. 11 (PDF-transparencies)
- GROUPEMENT DES CARTES BANCAIRES, „EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS“,
Used to be at: https://web.archive.org/web/20070927174537/http://www.cartes-bancaires.com/en/dossiers/standard.html (dead link as of Okt 2011) - „EPC Card Fraud Prevention & Security Activities“,Cédric Sarazin – Chairman Card Fraud Prevention TF 19. December 2007, FPEG Meeting - Brussels, https://web.archive.org/web/20121024081807/http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/fpeg/docs/sarazin_en.ppt
- "EPAS Members", https://web.archive.org/web/20161220082713/http://nexo-standards.org/members