CardFlight Announces EMV Approval and Certifications via First Data for Mobile Point-of-sale Solution

Provider of mobile POS technology is one of the first mobile EMV chip card acceptance solutions approved in the United States, ahead of October 2015 liability shift

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Sep 30, 2015, 04:16 ET

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CardFlight, a leader in mobile point of sale (POS) technology announced that its suite of mobile solutions has been certified by First Data, a global leader in commerce-enabling technology and solutions, to accept EMV "chip card" payments. This will enable merchants to accept EMV payments on iOS and Android devices ahead of the October 1 liability shift.

The United States market is in the midst of migrating from magnetic stripes to more secure EMV chip cards for retail purchases. Visa recently announced that more than 127 million of its payment cards in the United States already have an EMV chip in them. However, just 295,000 merchants, out of 8 million who accept credit card payments in the United States, are enabled for chip card acceptance. Beginning October 1, merchants who have not upgraded to accept EMV transactions can become liable for counterfeit card fraud losses that occur at their stores with chip-enabled cards.

Mobile payment acceptance is one of the fastest growing areas in payments. Research firm 451 Research reports that over 13 million mobile point of sale systems are in use globally today, a number that will quadruple to more than 59 million devices by 2019.

CardFlight's solution includes an encrypted mobile card reader that supports both EMV chips and magnetic stripes. The hardware is paired with a software development kit that allows developers to easily embed EMV chip card payment acceptance into their own iOS and Android applications. CardFlight also offers a turn-key mobile application called SwipeSimple that is offered through a network of dozens of resellers including leading banks, merchant service providers and independent sales organizations. The solution can be co-branded or white-labeled to feature each reseller's logo and other pertinent details.

As part of today's announcement, CardFlight's PCI-DSS Level 1 compliant gateway has been certified by First Data to accept EMV chip card transactions. First Data is at the forefront of EMV expertise and readiness as the company has been producing EMV-enabled cards and processing EMV transactions for years.

In addition to First Data's certification, the solution has also passed a rigorous set of industry approvals including Visa Acquirer Device Validation Toolkit (ADVT), MasterCard Terminal Integration Process (M-TIP), American Express Integrated Circuit Card Payment Specification (AEIPS), and Discover Payment Application Specification (D-PAS).

CardFlight's focus on iOS and Android based payment solutions has enabled it to be one of the first providers in the US market to bring EMV chip card acceptance to smartphones and tablets.

"The October 1 liability shift is almost here, and merchants are looking for solutions that are capable of accepting EMV chip card payments today," said Derek Webster, Founder and CEO of CardFlight. "We're excited to be fully certified with First Data so that we can begin enabling merchants to accept chip card payments on their mobile devices."

About CardFlight:

CardFlight is a leading provider of tools and technology to help merchants accept in-person credit card payments on iOS and Android devices. They offer developer tools and software developer kits that allow retailers and vertical solution providers to easily build their own custom POS software. Additionally, they offer SwipeSimple, a turnkey mobile application that helps merchant service providers, banks, and other financial institutions offer a mobile point-of-sale solution to their customers, without having to build their own technology from scratch. CardFlight's technology platform also includes encrypted card readers and a PCI Level 1 compliant payment gateway that supports over 20 different processors, to provide clients with complete mobile payments and mobile POS (mPOS) solutions. In 2014, CardFlight was awarded the Technology Innovation Award by the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), the global trade association representing companies than offer electronic transaction processing products and services. For more information on CardFlight, visit https://cardflight.com.

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