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EMV L3 Certification & Testing

Level 3 certification is where payment projects most often stall — especially once you're queued behind someone else's lab. We run UL Brand Test Tool and FIME toolsets in-house, so the timeline is ours to control.

Why Deazitech

The Timeline Is Ours to Control

Most integrators rent time on a UL or FIME lab, or subcontract the whole L3 campaign to a third-party test house — then queue behind every other client on that lab's calendar. We run UL Brand Test Tool and FIME toolsets in-house, so your campaign runs on our schedule, with full visibility into every test as it executes and same-day retests when a fix lands. Our certification team has taken terminal deployments through this exact process for tier-1 banks worldwide.

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Tooling

UL Brand Test ToolFIME Test ToolsHost SimulatorsCard Simulators

Scope

Contact EMVContactlessMagstripe FallbackOnline / Offline PINRefunds & Reversals

Deliverables

Executed Test PlansLog EvidenceDefect ReportsSubmission Packages
How It Works

An L3 Campaign, Start to Certificate

01

Scope

Scheme, terminal platform, kernel/app version, switch integration status and target certification level defined together.

02

Execute

UL BTT and FIME test plans run in-house across contact, contactless, fallback and PIN scenarios — on our schedule, not a queued lab slot.

03

Analyze

Field 55 deep dives, TVR/TSI interpretation and root-cause isolation on every failed case.

04

Fix & Retest

Defects triaged and reproduced; if the app is ours — or handed to us — we fix and rerun in the same cycle. No vendor ping-pong.

05

Submit

Evidence packages assembled and carried through formal scheme submission, with regression packs ready when kernels or apps change later.

Coverage

Schemes & Terminal Platforms

Certification campaigns run against Visa, Mastercard and Amex, across the terminal platforms we build payment applications for.

Ingenico DX4000PAXSunmi P2Sunmi P2 SESunmi P2 Lite SESunmi P3 MixKozen P3Kozen P5Kozen P10Dspread QPOS MiniDspread D20FeitianUrovoNexgoBBPOS
Why Deazitech

Testers Who Are Also Builders

We Read Logs Like Code

Our testers are payment engineers — when a case fails, you get the why, not just the red cross.

Fix-and-Retest Loop

If the defect is in an app we built — or one you hand us — the same team fixes it and re-runs the cases. No vendor ping-pong.

Flexible Engagement

Full managed certification, extra hands mid-campaign, or recurring regression support — we fit the shape of your project.

FAQ

L3 Certification, Explained

What's the difference between EMV L1, L2 and L3 certification?
Level 1 certifies the terminal's physical and electromechanical interface. Level 2 certifies the EMV kernel software itself. Level 3 certifies the complete solution — kernel, application and host connectivity together — against a specific payment scheme's brand requirements. L3 is the certification that lets a terminal actually go live on that scheme.
Why does it matter that your L3 test tools are in-house?
Most integrators rent time on a UL or FIME lab, or subcontract the campaign to a third-party test house — and queue behind every other client on that lab's calendar. We run UL Brand Test Tool and FIME toolsets ourselves, so your campaign runs on our schedule, with full visibility into every test as it executes and same-day retests when a fix lands.
Which schemes and terminal platforms do you certify against?
Visa, Mastercard and Amex, across the terminal platforms we build payment applications for — including Ingenico, PAX, Sunmi, Kozen, Dspread, Feitian, Urovo, Nexgo and BBPOS.
Can you take over a campaign that's already stalled with another lab?
Yes. We regularly plug into an existing L3 campaign to clear a backlog, re-run failed cases and carry it through to submission, rather than starting from zero.
What happens when our kernel or app changes after certification?
We keep regression packs ready so re-certification, when a kernel, parameter set or application changes, is a re-run rather than a full campaign from scratch.

Certification Deadline Approaching?

Tell us your scheme, terminal and timeline — we'll tell you honestly whether it's achievable and what it will take.

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