EPAS

EPAS (Electronic Protocols Application Software) is a non-commercial cooperation initiative launched in Europe which aims at developing a series of data protocols to be applied in a point of interaction (POI) environment.

The project intends to address the three following protocols; a terminal management protocol, a retailer application protocol and an acquirer protocol.

## Contents

* 1 Project Development
* 2 Participants
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Sources
* 6 References

## Project Development

The proposed initiative was structured along the three following main phases  :

* Phase I : development of technical specifications and issuance of standards (2006 - mid-2007)
* Phase II : development of software and provision of test tools (2007 – 2008)
* Phase III : construction of demonstrators (2008)

## Participants

The EPAS Consortium is composed of 24 organisations.

* Ingenico (FR)
* VeriFone (US)
* The Logic Group (UK)
* Amadis (CA)
* ELITT (FR)
* MoneyLine (FR)
* Lyra Network (FR)
* Atos Worldline (DE)
* Wincor Nixdorf (ES)
* GIE – Groupement des Cartes Bancaires "CB" (FR) (Co-ordinator)
* Desjardins (CA)
* Atos Worldline (BE)
* Security Research and Consulting (SRC) GmbH (DE)
* Equens SE (NL)
* Sermepa (ES)
* Cetrel (LU)
* Total (FR)
* Quercia (IT)
* University of Applied Sciences, Cologne (DE)
* Integri (BE)
* PAN Nordic Card Association (PNC) (SE)
* GALITT (FR)
* BP (GB)
* RSC Commercial Services (DE)
* Europay Austria Zahlungsverkehrssysteme GmbH (AT)
* SIBS (PT)
* Thales e-Transactions España (ES)

## See also

* EFTPOS
* Open Payment Initiative
* Wire transfer
* Electronic funds transfer
* ERIDANE

## External links

* Official Web site

## Sources

* “Standardisierungsarbeiten im europäischen Zahlungsverkehr - Chancen für SEPA” SRC - Security Research & Consulting GmbH, Bonn - Wiesbaden, Germany, 2006, p. 5, 11 (PDF-transparencies)
* William Vanobberghen, „Le Projet EPAS - Sécurité, protection des personnes et des donnée: de nouvelles technologies et des standards pour fiabiliser le contrôle et l’identification“, Groupement des Cartes Bancaires, 27. June 2006 (PPT-transparencies)
* Hans-Rainer Frank, „SEPA aus Sicht eines europäischen Tankstellenbetreibers“, Arbeitskreis ePayment, Brussels, 11.May 2006, p. 11 (PDF-transparencies)
* GROUPEMENT DES CARTES BANCAIRES, „EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS“,
Used to be at: https://web.archive.org/web/20070927174537/http://www.cartes-bancaires.com/en/dossiers/standard.html (dead link as of Okt 2011)
* „EPC Card Fraud Prevention & Security Activities“,Cédric Sarazin – Chairman Card Fraud Prevention TF 19. December 2007, FPEG Meeting - Brussels, https://web.archive.org/web/20121024081807/http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/fpeg/docs/sarazin_en.ppt
* "EPAS Members", https://web.archive.org/web/20161220082713/http://nexo-standards.org/members

## References

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