EP2

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EFT POS 2000
(EP2)
purpose Standardization of cashless payment transactions in Switzerland
Chair: Daniel Andermatt, PostFinance
Establishment date: 2003
Number of members: 13
Number of employees: 2
Seat : miles
Website: www.ep2.ch

EFT POS 2000 , EP2 for short , is the specification standard for processing and setting up EFT transaction payments in cashless payments. EP2 ensures that a uniform, modern communication standard is created and adhered to for all cardholders in the Swiss market. Every manufacturer of EFT terminals must undergo an EP2 test if they want to work with Switzerland-specific EP2 cards in the Swiss market. These include the PostFinance card, REKA, SBB cards, gift cards, lunch check cards and customer loyalty cards, as well as mobile payment payments. Anyone who wants to operate an EFT POS terminal in Switzerland according to Swiss standards must have it certified and approved by EP2.

Technical Cooperation ep2 was founded on April 12, 2007. With this establishment, the productive 11-year cooperation between the Swiss acquirers and the Association of Electronic Payment Transactions (VEZ) took on its legal form.

Permanent members

history

In February 1996, PostFinance, Telekurs and the Association of Electronic Payments (VEZ) laid the foundation stone for cooperation in the development of the ep2 system generation. The ep2 project defined the future EFT / POS infrastructure for Switzerland. The aim was to standardize card payments, including all procedures, functions and interfaces, on the basis of international standards. The ep2 partners developed a comprehensive ep2 specification, which was continuously improved and implemented over the course of six versions. Today the entire terminal population in Switzerland consists of ep2 devices.

With the establishment of the Association Technical Cooperation ep2 (TeCo ep2) on April 12, 2007, this cooperation was given an appropriate legal form.

Today the organization comprises ten acquirers, two terminal manufacturers, the VEZ and seven licensees. With ep2, the EFT / POS system Switzerland was largely standardized, taking into account all international standards (EMV, PCI, ISO and Card Schemes). This is a concept that is SEPA and PCI-DSS compatible and is also widely recognized in Europe.

EP2 life cycle

version Released End of life Generations & Remarks
V.1.0.0 04/11/2002 2006 1st generation
V.2.0.1 07/22/2003 10/31/2014 2nd generation (non-PCI generation)

Note: SW upgrade certifications to V.5.3.0 are only possible from 4.0.0. As of November 2014, these versions are no longer supported by the acquirer (put out of operation)

V.3.0.0 10/31/2004
V.3.1.0 10/31/2005
V.4.0.0 10/31/2006
V.4.1.0 10/31/2007
V.5.0.1 10/31/2008 October 31, 2018 3rd generation PCI DSS I Compliant 
PCI DSS Version 1 Lifecycle
V.5.1.0 October 31, 2009
V.5.2.0 10/31/2010
V.5.3.0 October 31, 2011
V.6.0 October 31, 2012 10/31/2022 4th generation PCI DSS II compliant 
PCI DSS Version 2 Lifecycle
V.7.0 10/31/2013
V.7.1.0 10/31/2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TeCo Board. Retrieved July 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c About EP2. Retrieved October 13, 2018 .
  3. ↑ PayTec - PayTec AG. Retrieved February 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Michael Heim: Credit Cards: International costs are higher than stated. In: handelszeitung.ch . January 17, 2019, accessed January 21, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b TECHNICAL COOPERATION: ep2. Retrieved October 13, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Information on ep2 lifecycle management. May 10, 2013, accessed October 13, 2018 .