Bristol, Avon -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/06/2010 -- SmartCard-Service, the leading integrated solutions provider for payment and banking systems in Russia, is incorporating CreditCall's EMV kernel across 35,000 ATM machines and self-service kiosks in Russia and CIS, upgrading the Chip and PIN acceptance across the country.
SmartCard-Service (http://www.scserv.ru) provides payment systems, installation and technical support for both software and hardware to Russia's major banks including Sberbank, Russia's largest credit institution with over 20,000 nationwide branches.
CreditCall (http://www.creditcall.com) was approached to provide an EMV Kernel (http://www.emvx.co.uk/) primarily for ATM applications which was straightforward to integrate within Smart-Card's existing hardware and applications. The CreditCall EMV.LIB solution underwent in-house pre-certification testing and then gained certification by passing the EMVCo test lab's 4,000 tests first time, allowing almost immediate deployment in Russia.
Vladimir Evtushenko SmartCard-Service's CEO said "We are delighted working together with CreditCall on our Chip and PIN integration across Russia which could have been a time consuming and very complex process. CreditCall was able to provide an EMV Kernel which was easy to integrate and certify combined with a responsive and highly skilled level of technical support."
About SmartCard-Service
SmartCard-Service (http://www.scserv.ru) is a Russian based system integrator, which has focused on self-service banking and retail since 1997. Its clients include the biggest banks and commercial banks in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia. Its main product TellME (Teller Machine Explorer), a cross-platform multifunctional solution, is installed on a wide range of ATMs (Automated Teller Machines including Diebold, NCR, Wincor) and a variety of banking self-service kiosks.
SmartCard-Service has over 45,000 installations across Russia and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
About CreditCall
CreditCall Ltd. (http://www.creditcall.com) is a specialist payment services provider and transaction gateway with global recognition for innovation in credit card acceptance. The company provides ultra-high reliability card payment solutions. These are deployed for e-Commerce, Mail Order, Call Centres, and virtually any kind of unattended terminal, including parking and ticketing machines, and self-service kiosks. Its mainstay product, the CardEaseXML payment protocol allows developers unprecedented ease in providing card payment on new and existing systems. Most recently CreditCall has developed CardEase Mobile (http://www.cardeasemobile.com) the world's first Chip and PIN payment app soon available on BlackBerry and other smartphones