Formed in 1991, the aim of our company is to serve the needs of the smart card world. Utilising our specialist knowledge on smart cards and EMV migration, we are now a leading International supplier of EMV chip and magnetic stripe test equipment and software.
Smart Card Testing & Analysis Tools which are ISO, EMV, CQM and Payment Scheme accredited
Solutions that enable our customers to provide proven and certified payment cards, devices and mobile applications; and tickets to their customers
Used for successful technical development, failure analysis, compliance verification, and for manufacturing quality assurance
Barnes Smart Solutions develops, enhances and promotes the P3 card issuance system
Maintain the highest standards in card personalisation quality control
EMV personalisation validation testing enables issuers and card bureaus to validate and pre-certify their cards against the latest payment scheme specifications, as well as the issuer’s business requirements. This prevents the costly production of invalid EMV cards and delays in the formal card certification process.
Essential for card and payment application development and certification testing
To ensure new EMV products comply with the chosen payment scheme’s personalisation requirements, test laboratories can perform pre-certification checks using Barnes approved tools. This speeds up the formal payment scheme card approval process and reduces laboratory-testing costs.
Card manufacturers and payment schemes
Payment application developers
Financial institutions, banks and card issuers
Test laboratories
Personalisation bureaus or TSMs
EMV chip and magnetic stripe personalisation data validation
EMV migration
Product development
Payment scheme certification
Improves manufacturing quality assurance
Reduces laboratory testing costs
Speeds up formal payment scheme card approval process
EMV Personalisation Validation Tool CPT 3000v3CL: Speeds up development and payment scheme certification and enables quality control for issuing valid EMV cards
To achieve payment scheme certification, card issuers must ensure their cards comply with their chosen payment scheme’s personalisation requirements.
To prevent the costly production of invalid EMV cards and delays in the formal card personalisation process required by the payment schemes, the Barnes EMV Personalisation Validation Tool enables issuers to validate and pre-certify their cards against the latest payment scheme requirements, as we l as their own business requirements.
• With a simple card insertion, performs quick and accurate tests of personalisation data in single or multiple applications on the EMV chip and magnetic stripe to ensure data is correct and valid according to issuer templates/ card profiles and all major payment scheme specifications and standard profiles.• Test results include Pass / Fail data displays and detailed test result logs with hyperlinks to the EMV and payment scheme specifications to allow the user to quickly identify and resolve problems.• Supports all EMV payment applications: --CPT 3000v3CL: personalisation validation of contact, contactless and dual interface EMV cards to ensure cards contain consistent information over both contact and magnetic stripe interfaces and personalisation complies with Visa (VIS), Mastercard M/Chip, Amex AEIPS, JCB, Discover/ Diners, UnionPay/ PBOC and National payment scheme rules such as GIE CB, Interac, RuPay, mada, JetCo, plus mobile NFC and compliance with Visa payWave and Mastercard PayPass™ / Advance, Amex ExpressPay, J/Speedy and many others. --CPT 3000v3ML mobile payment validation over SWP interfaces. Test scripts validate against Visa VMCPS, Mobile MasterCard PayPass and Amex ExpressPay Mobile.• Developed in collaboration with Visa, Mastercard, Amex and other payment schemes; used by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, major banks and card bureaus globally.• Barnes customers benefit from regular test scripts updates made available via the Barnes website.
Ensure you deliver the highest quality magnetic media, cards and tickets
Companies who aim to deliver the highest quality magnetic media products to their clients choose Barnes Magnetic Stripe Analysers. Magnetic stripe producers, card and ticket manufacturers and bureaus use them for ISO and CQM testing, production quality control, encoding equipment maintenance and development.
Reduce costs and risks of issuing invalid EMV chip cards, magnetic stripe media and all types of magnetic tickets.
ISO and/or CQM quality control testing of magnetic stripe media and encoded magnetic stripes is required by all companies involved in the manufacture, personalisation and issuance of EMV chip cards to ensure the global interoperability of chip card and payment devices.
Tape and card manufacturers
Test laboratories
Personalisation bureaus
QC testing in production and pre-certification testing of EMV cards
Chip vendor quality control
Reduce the costs and risks of issuing invalid EMV chips cards
Improve inward quality control and supply chain management of chip vendors
Magnetic Stripe Tester REVO(Mag-Tester REVO): Tests, analyses and delivers certification standard measurement accuracy for a wide range of magnetic media.
The Mag-Tester Revo is the most accurate magnetic stripe analyser available today for testing media of a l types, shapes, sizes and thicknesses including cards, tickets, ATBs and bank-books. Certification standard measurement accuracy is achieved through a linear optical encoder, automated operations and powerful data analysis tools, making the Mag-Tester Revo the first choice of Certification Laboratories worldwide, as we l as manufacturing QC.
• High precision testing of unencoded and encoded HiCo, LoCo and 650 Oersted mag-stripes to ISO, CQM and other standards.
• Suitable for a l types and sizes of magnetic stripe media (tape or on laminate), including cards, powered cards, tickets, ATB, Edmundson tickets, bank passbooks and other documents.
• Achieves certification standard levels of test measurement accuracy with the use of a Linear Optical Encoder.
• Perfect for any magnetic stripe manufacturing, bureaus or QC environment.
Magnetic Stripe Tester MT-3000E(Mag-Tester 3000E): Quick, accurate and reliable magnetic stripe testing of HiCo and LoCo encoded cards and tickets.
The Mag-Tester 3000E is a powerful magnetic stripe quality control analyser for encoded magnetic media - HiCo, LoCo and 650 Oersted. It is used by magnetic stripe card/ticket manufacturers and bureaus for testing, QC, encoding equipment maintenance and development. It provides quick, accurate and reliable testing, and the multi-level user interface makes it the ideal choice for production QC as we l as laboratory analysis.
• High precision testing of encoded HiCo, LoCo and 650 Oersted mag-stripes to ISO, CQM and other standards
• Suitable for ISO ID-1 and CR80 magnetic stripe cards and tickets
• Automatic analysis on all three tracks-regardless of location – with fast test cycle times
• Widely used by magnetic stripe card and ticket issuers and manufacturers internationally
Magnetic Stripe Tester MT-3000(Mag-Tester 3000): Quick, accurate and reliable magnetic stripe testing of HiCo and LoCo encoded and unencoded cards and tickets.
The Mag-Tester 3000 is a powerful magnetic stripe quality control analyser for encoded and unencoded magnetic media - HiCo, LoCo and 650 Oersted. It is used by magnetic stripe card/ticket manufacturers and bureaus for testing, QC, encoding equipment maintenance and development. It provides quick, accurate and reliable testing, and the multi-level user interface makes it the ideal choice for production QC as we l as laboratory analysis.
• High precision testing of unencoded and encoded HiCo, LoCo and 650 Oersted mag-stripes to ISO, CQM and other standards
• Suitable for ISO ID-1 and CR80 magnetic stripe cards and tickets
• Automatic analysis on all three tracks-regardless of location – with fast test cycle times
• Widely used by magnetic stripe card and ticket issuers and manufacturers internationally
