Certification Process

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PayCert provides an objective recognition of a product compliance with standards, via a certification process wich is always the same, whatever the product or system is.

PayCert can deliver a certification letter on different types of products: cards, terminals, kernels, HCE SDK, acquiring host systems…

The process of PayCert certification is described below :

Stakeholders

Submission form:
request, ICS, scope...

Vendor

Incomplete form

Vendor

Registration notification

Vendor

Test Report and
technical opinion

Test Lab

Certification Report

Vendor

Certification Letter

Vendor

Competent authority for Approval

Paycert

Vendor form
reception

Form complete ?

Registration

planning the product or system evaluation phase in order to have all necessary conditions and elements ready,

identifying the resources and skills needed for the task accordingly to the scope of the certification,

being in possession of the corresponding Test Report and its Technical Advice from the test laboratory regarding the product to be evaluated.

Identifying additional elements that may be mandatory to the product evaluation, depending on the certification’s scope of the evaluation.

Evaluation
preparation

Evaluation
(Conformance evaluation)

A complete identification of the product, scope, specifications and certification conditions (resources, certification evaluation date…)

Details on the evaluation conclusions and details on all encountered discrepancies that must be eliminated in order to meet the certification criteria,

If necessary, proposition of corrections and additional tests and evaluations to plan in order to meet the certification criteria.

Certification report
redaction

Certification
(Certification committee)

Certification granted ?

Certification Letter
issuance