Visa and PULSE have announced an agreement to enable financial institutions that issue EMV debit cards on both the Visa and PULSE networks to use Visa’s common debit solution.
A common debit solution shared among all participants will help to accelerate EMV chip adoption in the United States.
“It’s important for the industry to work together, especially when it comes to the adoption of EMV chip,” said Bill Sheedy, executive vice president of Corporate Strategy and Government Relations, Visa Inc. “Our common solution is an asset we are making available to the industry free of charge to provide issuers and merchants greater choice among debit networks and enable a streamlined implementation for all parties. The addition of PULSE in Visa’s EMV common debit solution, which now has been adopted by 4 of the top 5 debit networks, provides a level of clarity that we hope will jump start mainstream adoption of EMV technology for debit in the US.”
“Our network has been EMV-capable since October 2013, which will enable us to support transactions using the Visa common AID with minimal updates to our existing specification,” said Judith McGuire, executive vice president, Product Management, PULSE. “With this agreement, merchants and acquirers can develop their systems to support the full range of debit routing options available through PULSE, including PIN, signature and PINless transactions.”
Patricia Hewitt, vice president and managing director of consulting services at Mercator Advisory Group said: “This agreement addresses the uncertainty that has plagued the advancement of EMV for the U.S. debit market and signals that the industry is ready to move forward with the broad adoption of EMV technology among U.S. debit issuers and acquirers.”
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