REDWOOD CITY, CA (May 7, 2025) |
As the payments industry evolves, manual EMV testing processes have proven to be costly and time-consuming. Automated testing, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices offer a great alternative, enabling faster implementation cycles and more robust payment flows. The U.S. Payments Forum seeks to educate the industry on these solutions with its new white paper, "Optimizing EMV Testing and Certification: Automation Strategies for Streamlining Payment Acceptance."
The white paper is available for download, free of charge, on the Forum’s website. It provides an in-depth analysis of automation's role in payment testing to reduce manual workloads, expand test coverage and facilitate more robust and repeatable testing processes.
Additional insights include:
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) in Testing – Best practices for integrating automated testing into development pipelines, ensuring early issue detection, faster software releases and greater stability.
- Implementing the Robot Framework for Test Automation – An overview of keyword-driven testing methodologies, flexible test scripting and integration with various hardware and software environments to streamline regression and stress testing.
- Addressing Common Testing Challenges – Strategies to mitigate issues such as inconsistent test server availability, limited test coverage and maintaining security compliance.
- Optimizing EMV and Contactless Payment Certification – Approaches to automating Level 3 EMV certification processes and accelerating time-to-market for payment acceptance solutions.
"Rapid advancements in technology, such as SoftPOS and artificial intelligence, are making the payments ecosystem increasingly complex. At this point, automation is no longer a luxury—it is a necessity," said Christina Hulka, executive director of the Secure Technology Alliance. "By streamlining testing and certification, automation helps the industry keep pace with innovation while maintaining the reliability and security that consumers expect. We hope this new resource will give stakeholders the confidence to leverage the full breadth of tools available to them."
Organizations, associations, government agencies and individuals interested in participating in upcoming Forum projects can visit the Secure Technology Alliance’s website to learn how to become a member. By joining the Secure Technology Alliance, members will have access to activities within the U.S. Payments Forum and additional Alliance-affiliated organizations.