Cardtek USA is easing U.S. into EMV Migration through Cardtek Academy, the company’s MasterCard accredited “Training and Consultancy” product
(June 26, 2014) -- Cardtek USA, the American division of Cardtek Group – the global leader in software for financial transactions and EMV migration, offers EMV Training Courses on Chip & Contactless technologies, through its MasterCard accredited product, Cardtek Academy. The training courses, which can be customized for specific needs, provide a continuous and dynamic development for customers.
“Although it has been the world’s largest market, the U.S. is far behind the European market when it comes to banking and card payment system technologies,” said Cardtek USA President, Gokhan Inonu. “With Cardtek Academy, we are primarily focusing on providing training courses for EMV Personalization Solutions, NFC Mobile Payment Solutions, EMV Based Open-loop Transportation Card Solutions and Fraud Management Solutions to minimize the risks of magnetic stripe-based transactions. Our mission is to provide the easiest, fastest and the most robust solutions while educating the industry on how to best prepare for the fast approaching EMV Migration deadline.”
With the October 2015 milestone fast approaching to complete EMV Migration, the industry prepares to benefit decreasing the total fraud prevention costs, ranging from $6 billion to $2 billion dollars. During this process, Cardtek USA will not only fulfill the solution needs for the transformation of the world’s largest card industry, but will also provide consultancy and training services through Cardtek Academy.
Cardtek Academy offers:
- Introduction to EMV – Provides insight to EMV, contactless and mobile NFC developments
- EMV C-Level Bankers – Designed specifically for banking executives, the course offers a high level review of EMV from a banking perspective
- The Fundamentals – A three-day course, covering key growth areas of the fast-developing payment technologies market
- EMV Chip Training Course – Designed for acquirer and issuers, the course focuses on MChip Contact and Contactless standards
- Contactless Payments – The course explores the details of contactless payments
- Mobile and NFC Payments Course – The one-day course sheds light on to the NFC payment solutions market
- EMV For Journalists – Designed for media members, the course offers an overview of EMV concepts, compliance, implementation, business benefits, market dynamics and opportunities pertaining to the adoption of EMV in Canada and the United States.
- EMV Expert East and West™ – These two-day conferences target banking executives, IT, operational and sales and marketing professionals for the fundamentals
Cardtek USA aims to expand its partner network not only in the U.S., but also in Latin America and the Caribbean to present its most innovative solutions and products. Cardtek Group companies, including Cardtek USA, along with its global business partners, are operating from seven different countries, including Turkey, USA, Canada, Azerbaijan, Poland, United Arab Emirates and Italy. All offices, including the recently announced Milan, Italy office, offer creative solutions with strong emphasis placed on R&D activities and hi-tech products developed in payments systems.
About Cardtek USA
Cardtek USA was founded in 2010 in the United States to serve the group’s global expansion strategies. Cardtek USA provides easily adaptable, effective mobile and digital payment systems and integrated solutions to lead North America’s migration to EMV chip technology.
Cardtek USA’s parent company, SmartSoft, was founded in 2001. After continuous success, SmartSoft was accredited by MasterCard in 2010, making the company one of the first accredited consultancies and training providers for EMV card technologies. In order to offer higher quality products, Cardtek Group founded CordisNetwork and CredoWork in 2009, offering solutions for payment systems, loyalty cards and city banking solutions, processing services, projects for public sector as well as hardware solutions. For more information about Cardtek USA and Cardtek Group, visit Cardtek.com, or learn more on Facebook at Facebook.com/CardtekGroup and Twitter @CardtekGroup.