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Emv Enabled Visa Debit Card Transactions Processed Successfully By Co Op Financial Services

EMV-ENABLED VISA DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS PROCESSED SUCCESSFULLY BY CO-OP FINANCIAL SERVICES


PROCESSED SUCCESSFULLY BY CO-OP FINANCIAL SERVICES 
4/22/2013
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (April 22, 2013) - EMV-enabled Visa debit cards functioned successfully in at least six countries for members and staff of Bank-Fund Staff FCU, with online transaction processing performed by CO-OP Financial Services.

CO-OP has passed EMV certification with Visa, based on its work with Bank-Fund Staff FCU as the test credit union. Bank-Fund Staff FCU tested CO-OP's Phase I processing solution of online EMV transactions from a contact EMV card.

"We are extremely pleased that the test EMV cards performed so well for Bank-Fund Staff FCU and to have passed Visa certification for EMV," said Stan Hollen, President/CEO, CO-OP Financial Services. "CO-OP is developing EMV technology in a phased approach and we expect to make our online EMV debit solution generally available to clients later this quarter." 

Bank-Fund Staff FCU (www.bfsfcu.org), Washington, D.C., is the credit union for employees and family members of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. 

"We have members and staff who work, travel and live overseas, so we have a real need to issue EMV(chip) credit and debit cards," said Liang Han, General Manager, Electronic Payments, for Bank-Fund Staff FCU. "We reached out to CO-OP Financial Services and became their beta tester for online EMV transaction processing."

Bank-Fund Staff FCU issued 11 EMV-enabled Visa debit cards to members and staff during the pilot EMV period, which extended from late December to early April. This is the first step in the credit union's overall EMV strategy.

"The timing for the test was perfect as several of the people we issued cards to were heading overseas," said Han. "We had people using the cards in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Romania, Peru and Uruguay." 

For more information, visit www.co-opfs.org, and CO-OP's "Ask the EMV Expert" page at co-opfs.org/EMV.

About CO-OP Financial Services

Based in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and founded in 1981, CO-OP Financial Services is the nation's largest credit union service organization in terms of number of credit unions, assets and members. The company specializes in helping credit unions thrive by providing products and services that make it more convenient for members to do business with them. With a motto of "Be There. Be More," CO-OP's products fall into three business lines, including "Locations," (ATM, shared branching and call center services); "Card Payments" (debit and credit processing) and "Mobile/ Virtual" (mobile, online, check imaging, bill pay services). To learn more visit www.co-opfs.org.