Standards
Schemes & Rails
Rulebooks, procedures, and implementation guidelines for participation and payment flows across schemes, networks, and rails.
Acceptance & Interfaces
Specifications for interoperable acceptance across terminals, acquiring hosts, contactless devices, QR, and remote checkout.
Security & Authentication
Standards securing data, software, cryptographic keys, credentials, devices, and authentication in physical and digital payments.
Identifiers & Data
Standards for issuer, account, institution, merchant, country, currency, and legal entity codes and identifiers.
Messaging & Data
Standards and profiles defining payment message structure, semantics, and exchange between institutions and infrastructure.
APIs & Open Banking
Security profiles, API frameworks, and local standards for permissioned data sharing, account access, and payment initiation.