Apriva, Metric release EMV-certified unattended parking payment in US

UK ticketing payment solutions supplier Metric has partnered with wireless transaction processing solutions provider Apriva in the US to achieve EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) integration and certification. This has allowed Metric to offer an unattended EMV payment solution in the US through local partner Amano McGann.
April 4, 2017 Read time: 1 min

UK ticketing payment solutions supplier Metric has partnered with wireless transaction processing solutions provider 8613 Apriva in the US to achieve EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) integration and certification. This has allowed Metric  to offer an unattended EMV payment solution in the US through local partner Amano McGann.

The certification spans all major card brands, enabling the use of EMV chip card technology over Apriva’s processor connections, allow parking owners and operators a choice of payment partners.

This solution utilises Globalcom Engineering’s BV1000 ruggedised hardware units, which are designed to withstand extreme weather conditions. The units can include PIN keypads to accept EMV PIN credit cards ahead of their arrival in the US and support the new Globalcom NFC reader.

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