ep2 Innovation Process and Release Overview
23. March 2021
In order to simplify and support internal and external communication about ep2 for all stakeholders, the association Technical Cooperation ep2
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Supplementation of PostFinance Card with Debit Mastercard
26. February 2021
Due to misleading media coverage rumours arose regarding the future acquiring strategy of PostFinance. Therefore PostFinance issued an official statement
ep2 Version 7.4.0 released
24. February 2021
The association Technical Cooperation ep2 (TeCo ep2) has published the ep2 Specification Version 7.4.0. The most important features are: ASRPD
ep2 Freeze Zone 2020-2021
3. July 2020
The ep2 freeze zone starts on 14. december 2020 and ends on 11. january 2021. Within this period no activities
ASRPD ID 0003 registered
28. January 2020
Due to the introduction of new debit cards by the card schemes using the same AID as in their credit
ep2 Version 7.3.0 released
12. December 2019
The association Technical Cooperation ep2 (TeCo ep2) has published the ep2 Specification Version 7.3.0. The most important features & changes
About ep2
In order to push and to develop the chip based EMV payment method in the Swiss market, the mentioned companies above combined their forces and developed the standard ep2 for card present and distance payment. With this ep2 standard the current eft/pos infrastructure of credit and debit terminals, as well for vending machines in Switzerland is defined. The result is an open system based on international standards and recommendations. The ep2 standard has been introduced in May 31, 2003 and fulfills all needs of a modern cashless payment instrument.
Request for ep2-specifications
For registration, please download the registration form and mail it back to the ep2 Registration Authority. Once your are registered, you will get access to download specification releases.
Certification Authority
For certification or testsystem access, please download the registration form and mail it back to the ep2 Certification Authority.
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