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Visa Europe Merchant Agent List Visa Europe Merchant Agent List Effective November 2019 ______________________________________________________________________ Please note: the Merchant Agent Self Registration Programme is now CLOSED and we will not be accepting any further self-registrations. What to do going forward: Visa clients will be required to register their merchant agents via the PRM tool. These changes were communicated in a Visa Business News article to clients, dated 6 June 2019. Merchant Agents will now be registered by the Visa Client as Merchant Servicers through the Program Request Management (PRM) Tool. This will replace the current self-registration process via the Merchant Agent Registration Form (MARF). The current weblisting will be removed 31 December 2019 and Merchant Servicers will be listed on the Visa Global Registry of Service Providers. Please work with your acquirer(s) to register you as a Merchant Servicer. If the acquirer does not register your organization as a client, you will be at risk of not being listed as on the Visa Global Registry of Service Providers. All the Merchant Agents listed below have successfully completed a Merchant Agent Registration Form (MARF). The listed Merchant Agents have validated Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance for the services indicated unless they have confirmed their services are out of scope of PCI DSS (see validation method). 1 The validation date is when the Merchant Agent was last PCI DSS validated. PCI DSS assessments are valid for one year, with the next annual PCI DSS validation due one year from the validation date. PCI DSS revalidations that are 1 to 30 days late are noted in orange, and PCI DSS revalidations that are 31 to 60 days late are noted in red. Merchant Agent with PCI DSS revalidations over 60 days past due will be removed from the list. It is the Merchant’s responsibility to use a PCI DSS compliant Merchant Agent and to follow up with Merchant Agent if there are any questions about their validation status. List of Visa Inc. certified service providers The list of service providers that have been certified by Visa Inc. can be found on its website, via this link: http://usa.visa.com/merchants/risk_management/cisp.html ______________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 17 1 A PCI DSS assessment only represents a ‘snapshot’ of the security in place at the time of the review, and does not guarantee that those security controls remain in place after the review is complete. These reviews do not cover proprietary software solutions that may be used or sold by these service providers. Inclusion on this list indicates that the Merchant Agent successfully completed a Merchant Agent Registration Form (MARF) and where applicable validated their PCI DSS compliance. Visa Europe does not endorse the Merchant Agent or their business processes or practices. Visa Europe has no duty to members, merchants, processors or other third parties to obtain or review PCI DSS validation documents from any party required to submit PCI DSS validation documents, and Visa Europe is not responsible to any party for the timeliness, accuracy or completeness of any these documents. Visa Europe reserves the right to remove a Merchant Agent from this list should there be any questions relating to their PCI DSS compliance. Appearance on this list does not imply that a Merchant Agent is fully compliant and removal from this list does not imply that a Merchant Agent is not compliant or been compromised. 2 The services may have been PCI DSS validated by a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) or confirmed as out of scope of PCI DSS. To determine this, refer to the validation method column. 3 The validation date is the month and year of the most recent PCI DSS SAQ or Report on Compliance (ROC) date. Validati Validation Agent Merchant Agent Services2 on Website Method2 Country date3 1&1 Ionos SE Internet / e-commerce Level 1 May Germany www.ipayment. MOTO / Call Centre 2019 de Payment Gateway / Switch Merchant Services 3C Payment Managed Services: Systems security services Level 1 Decemb Luxembou www.3cpaymen Luxembourg S.A. Managed Services: IT support er 2018 rg t.com Managed Services: IT infrastructure services provided to wholly owned entities: 3C Payment USA Corp and 3C Payment UK Ltd. Payment Processing: POS / card present Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce Payment Gateway/Switch 3C Payment UK Payment Processing: POS / card present Level 1 Decemb United www.3cpaymen Ltd Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce er 2018 Kingdom t.com Payment Gateway/Switch ACI Worldwide Payment Processing: Internet/ E-Commerce Level 1 May Germany https://www.ac (Germany) GmbH Payment Processing: Other: MPOS via e- 2019 iworldwide.com commerce interface MOTO interface for Call /aci-payon Centers Others: 3DS gateway Acquired Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce Level 1 Decemb United https://www.ac Payment Gateway/Switch er 2018 Kingdom quired.com/ ACTOLL Payment Processing: POS/ Card Present Level 1 Novemb France www.actoll.com Managed Services: Software as a Service er 2018 (ACTOLL SMACT) Adelante Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce Level 1 May United www.adelante. Software Ltd Payment Processing:MOTO / Call Center 2019 Kingdom co.uk Payment Gateway/Switch Advam Pty Ltd Payment Processing: POS / card present Level 1 May Australia www.advam.co Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce 2019 m Payment Gateway/Switch Other: Support of car parking solutions AEVI CZ s.r.o. Payment Processing: POS/ Card Present Level 1 March Czech www.aevi.com Payment Gateway/ Switch 2019 Republic Page 2 of 17 AgentCASH Payment Processing: POS / card present Level 1 July United https://www.ag Payment Processing: Internet /e-commerce 2019 Kingdom entcash.com MOTO/Call Centre Clearing and Settlement Merchant Servives Allpay Limited Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce Level 1 March United www.allpay.net Payment Processing: MOTO / Call Center 2019 Kingdom Amadeus IT Hosting Provider: Applications / software Level 1 Decemb Spain www.amadeus. Holding Hosting Provider: Hardware er 2018 com Hosting Provider: Infrastructure / Network Hosting Provider: Web Managed Services: Tokenization Payment Processing: POS / card present Internet / e-commerce MOTO / Call Center Fraud and Chargeback Payment Gateway/Switch Loyalty Programs Clearing and Settlement Services for the travel industry, including secure Reservation, Ticketing, Middle and Back Office systems, Airline passenger services, Security services, PCI DSS Tokenization Solutions, Airport Common Use Service (ACUS) Anderson Zaks Payment Processing: POS / card present Level 1 May United www.andersonz Ltd Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce 2019 Kingdom aks.com Payment Processing: MOTO / Call Center Payment Gateway/ Switch APEXX Fintech Ltd Payment Processing: Internet/ E-commerce Level 1 January United https://www.ap Payment Gateway/ Switch 2019 Kingdom exxfintech.com/ Arise Virtual Payment Processing: Internet/ E-commerce Level 1 May Republic www.arise.com Solutions MOTO/ Call Centre 2019 of Ireland ARTEMIS Payment Gateway N/A January Spain http://www.nec (NECOMPLUS) 2019 omplus.com/ Asperato Payment Gateway/ Switch Level 1 January United https://asperat 2019 Kingdom o.com Auka AS Payment Processing: Internet/ E-Commerce Level 1 Novemb Norway https://auka.io/ Payment Gateway/ Switch er 2018 contact/ Axcess Payment Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce Level 1 August United www.axcessps.c Services Limited Payment Processing: MOTO/ Call Center 2019 Kingdom om Payment Gateway/Switch Baltic Bill N/A Februar Lithuania N/A y 2019 Bambora Payment Processing: Payment Level 1 August Sweden www.bambora. Gateway/Switch 2018 com Clearing and Settlement Barclaycard Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce Level 1 Februar United www.barclaycar Payment Processing: MOTO / Call Center y 2019 Kingdom d.co.uk Payment Gateway/Switch BCH Digital / Payment Processing: MOTO/ Call Centre Level 1 June United http://www.bc Paytel Solutions 2019 Kingdom hgroup.co.uk/ Blue Chip Hosting Provider: Hardware Level 1 June United www.bluechip.c Customer Hosting Provider: Infrastructure / Network 2019 Kingdom o.uk Engineering Ltd Other Hosting: Virtual server environment and secure systems management Managed Services: Physical security Page 3 of 17 BPA Corporate Hosting Provider: Infrastructure / Network Level 1 June United https://bpaqual Facilitation Ltd Hosting Provider: Security services 2019 Kingdom ity.co.uk/ Managed Services: Systems security services Capita Pay360 Payment Processing: POS / card present Level 1 Novemb United www.pay360.co Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce er 2018 Kingdom m Payment Processing: Store and Forward Gateway Transactions acquired over phone via Interactive Voice Response services order (IVR) Payment Gateway/Switch Other: Tokenisation Card Systems Ltd MOTO/Call Centre Level 2 January United cardsys.co.uk Other Processing: Interactive Voice Response 2019 Kingdom (IVR) for card holder not present transactions CardPay Payment Processing: Internet / e-commerce Level 1 October Cyprus www.cardpay.c Fraud and Chargeback 2018 om Merchant Services Payment Gateway/Switch CCV Group, CCV Paymnt Processing: POS/ Card Present Level 1 March Netherlan www.ccv.eu Nederland and Clearing and Settlement 2019 ds CCV Belgium Payment Gateway/ Switch CCV LAB BVBA Payment Processing: POS/ Card Present Level 1 August Belgium www.ccvlab.eu Internet/ E-commerce 2018 Payment Gateway/ Switch Managed Services:
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