MasterCard qualifies firms' PVT product for EMV and NFC

Barnes International and FIME, two EMV chip testing providers, have announced that their jointly developed personalization validation tool has achieved official qualification against MasterCard’s latest requirements, version 8.1, according to a press release. The test tool is intended to help international issuers, card manufacturers and personalization bureaus to speed up certification and launch of their contact and contactless EMV card and NFC payments projects, according to the announcement.