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Validation and Certification

Work with your payment technology provider (PTP) to allocate time to complete the message-level validation (MLV) and EMV Level 3 certification with your EV charging processing system. You must pass MLV before beginning EMV Level 3 certification. You must complete validation and certification before your system can go live. For more information, see Prerequisites.

Message-Level Validation

Message-level validation (MLV) is a script-based, field-level validation against Cybersource specifications.

Your PTP uses amount-based test triggers to send transactions to a test environment and the Visa Certification Management System for decryption. The test results are XML or RESTful output, Business Center test transactions, and log prints.

Cybersource uses these tests to validate the results:

Cross-edit checks

Data element validation

Interchange compliance

Data mapping validation

EMV Level 3 Certification

This topic is an overview of the Level 3 certification with Cybersource and Visa Platform Connect. For details on how to design an EMV Level 3 certified payment application, see EMV Book 3 on the EMVCo website: https://www.emvco.com.

Certification
is a formal process that for validating the device and application compliance with card scheme acceptance requirements. The certification team uses a brand test tool and simulator. The process includes these elements:

Using a card simulator such as ICC or Fime.

Failed case analysis and resolution.

For Mastercard certification, your PTP submits results to Mastercard and pays the costs for approved partners that Mastercard uses.

For Visa certification, Cybersource submits results to Visa.

Waivers from the card schemes for exceptions.

Card scheme responses or Letter of Approval (LOA) to signify acceptance and Level 3 certification.

Although the processes and support for Global Card Present Connect projects and direct merchant and acquirer projects are different, the timelines are essentially the same.