Amadis partners PayPlug for maiden worldwide nexo standards-based SoftPOS application

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 -- PayPlug has selected Amadis, a global payment software editor, to deploy its nexo based payment acceptance application, on an array of traditional payment terminals and Android SoftPOS devices, via a standardised payment acceptance approach, independent of EMV® Level 2 card processing frameworks.

According to a statement, PayPlug is part of the Payment activities of Groupe BPCE.

This drastically reduces deployment times, maintenance costs, and provides PayPlug with ownership over its card acceptance solutions. The alliance builds on the long-standing partnership between Amadis and PayPlug.

“The new PayPlug application represents a new era for payments acceptance, and we are excited to be a part of their solution,” said Amadis Chief Executive Officer (CEO),  Emmanuel Haydont.

“With nexo protocols a reality for customers, Amadis simplifies nexo deployments and reduces costs, while helping enterprises accelerate deployments and access to multiple countries.”

Meanwhile, PayPlug CEO, Antoine Grimaud said: “Amadis provided us with an effective way to offer our SME customers with innovative, new ways to accept card-present payments. 

“We expect the solution to drive new revenue opportunities for our customers, while generating new points of payment acceptance in multiple countries, and enhancing the customer experience.”

PayPlug’s new application enables every store associate to bring the check out experience to the customer, the POI (point of interaction), wherever the consumer needs it to be, by enabling Android NFC COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) devices, such as smartphones, tablets or professional dedicated instruments.

PayPlug’s new application includes all components of Amadis One (Amadis’ SoftPOS solution), in particular OLA (Open Level 2 API).

OLA is an abstraction layer that allows an enterprise to run a payment application with the EMV Level 2 stack of any terminal manufacturer or SoftPOS - allowing enterprises to be fully payment device agnostic, independent of ecosystem, hardware and operating system.

To make the solution more interoperable, PayPlug’s application needed to effectively integrate with nexo payment standards. Amadis simplified implementation with its open, standards-based off-the-shelf framework that is nexo compliant.

More details at www.amadis.ca.

-- BERNAMA