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Building a terminal without the right test cards is like writing code without a debugger.

You'll find the issues, just at the worst possible time.

As a terminal OEM, you carry a different kind of complexity. Multiple models in parallel development. Distributed engineering teams across time zones.

Brand approval timelines are fixed.

The right Merchant Card Set closes that gap.

When anything fails, the card log viewer will show exactly what happened, so your team can debug faster.

It's time to fix your terminal UAT with a faster alternative.

Learn more about our Merchant EMV Test Cards ⏩ https://lnkd.in/gCwgjqzq

𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀.

It isn't a trend to watch.

Its infrastructure is being built right now.

Some of the leading payment entities and fintechs have launched production-ready agentic commerce programs in the last 18 months.

Open protocols are being donated to standards bodies.

Regulators across the US, EU, UK, and India are actively writing the rules.

And most payment and fintech teams are still treating this as something to plan for later.

Our latest whitepaper, authored by Sabapathy Narayanan and Praveenkumar, covers what's actually happening:

✅ How agentic transactions are technically architected

✅ Who the key players are and how their approaches differ

✅ The upcoming protocols and which ones are actually getting traction

✅ Where does the compliance framework exist today, and where are the gaps

✅ How guardrails are keeping autonomous transactions safe and secure for consumers

And one question the payments industry hasn't fully answered yet: if 3DS secures three domains: acquiring bank, issuing bank, and interoperability domain, what happens when the agent becomes the fourth? We call it 𝟰𝗗𝗦, and it's the authentication challenge no one is talking about yet.

If your organization is in the commerce value chain, payments, retail, fintech, or financial services, this white paper is worth reading before the mandates move into implementation.

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Host certification has a reputation for being slow.

You wait for a network test slot. And if something fails, you debug, fix, and resubmit and wait again.

Weeks go quietly.

So do the deployment timelines.

The issue is rarely the certification itself.

It is the process around it.

▸Manual debugging cycles

▸No real-time visibility

▸Test environments unavailable when needed

▸Failed iterations

Lithos is here to change that.

A cloud-based host simulator for acquirer, issuer, and network environments.

With pre-integrated test cases, automated validation, and real-time issue identification.

Teams can test in parallel from anywhere.

Without waiting for shared environments.

The goal is not just faster certification.

It is getting through in one iteration instead of three.

If your team is heading into host certification, the important conversation happens before the network/ lab slot is booked.

Learn more about Lithos ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ghZnEvC7