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FIME cloud-based payment testing tool achieves AmEx accreditation

Monday, February 27, 2017 — 11:43:11 (EST)

Antony, France, Feb. 27, 2017 – FIME is pleased to announce that its Global test tool has achieved AMEX Enabled accreditation* for cloud-based payment mobile application testing. This news expands FIME’s extensive portfolio of laboratory services and test tools for AMEX issuers and payment solution providers.

FIME’s Global tool is now available to mobile payment solution providers and payment issuers for use during the development phase of an ExpressPay host card emulation (HCE) application. This enables them to validate that an application is performing in line with AMEX’s Specifications prior to official certification. The tool is also used by FIME in its role as an accredited AMEX testing laboratory.

“FIME has a long history with AMEX and we’re excited to be the first tool available to test ExpressPay HCE apps. Our labs and tools are already approved to test AMEX secure element-based implementations, cards and terminals. This makes us the only comprehensive partner for AMEX application developers and banks. These tools and services, combined with our consultancy offering, accelerate product time to market by enabling the efficient design, development and launch of mobile payments products and services,” comments Christian Raccuglia, Product and Services Marketing Manager – Mobile Payments, at FIME.

For more information on FIME’s complete mobile payments expertise and services, and to learn how it can support your implementations, please contact your local FIME office.

About FIME

FIME offers comprehensive consulting services, technical training, technology design, test tools and certification testing across the financial services, telecom, transit and identity sectors. Its experts support projects from start to finish, resolving the technical challenges its customers face when implementing a complete portfolio of specifications, standards and multi-brand industry requirements.

FIME speaks the language of its customers and uses its 20+ years of experience to ensure that card and mobile transactions services are implemented efficiently and successfully. It supports a range of technologies including contact, contactless, EMV chip, near field communication (NFC), host card emulation (HCE), tokenization, secure element (SE), machine to machine (M2M), internet of things (IoT) and trusted execution environment (TEE).

Partnering with the international and national payment schemes, and industry bodies, FIME ensures its multi-brand offering is always aligned with the latest market requirements.

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ABOUT AMEX Enabled

AMEX Enabled is an accreditation that signifies a product or service is approved for use on the American Express Global Network based on meeting American Express specifications, security and compliance requirements.

The AMEX Enabled Program is a convenient way for companies to get the information they need to develop a product or service that is compatible with the American Express Network. Once a company’s product/service is fully certified with American Express, it is given the AMEX Enabled badge.

AMEX Enabled products are listed on www.amexenabled.com, allowing issuers (financial institutions that provide cards to consumers) and acquirers (financial institutions that enable merchants to accept payments) to confidently select technology that is compatible with the American Express Network.

* AMEX Enabled accreditation identifies third-party products or services that meet American Express requirements. See www.amexenabled.com for more details. Any listing, designation, approval or certification by American Express does not constitute a guarantee, endorsement, or warranty of a third-party’s product, service or performance. Products or services will require certification in order to be allowed for use by an issuer, acquirer or provider on the American Express Global Network.

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Source: Company press release.