Following
successes in extending the reach of card issuers such as Diners and China's
Union Pay, Trionis has now been contracted to provide a European Gateway for
JCB International. Another example of Trionis' approach to providing any-to-any
protocol connectivity, the Press Release sets out the purpose of the agreement
in more detail:
"JCB
recently announced that Trionis, the pan-European inter-bank processing
network, will build a gateway to JCB to enable JCB merchant acquirers across
Europe to easily connect with the JCB payment network.
"The
Trionis gateway will function as an easy access point and a message format
conversion. The JCB licensed acquirers can route JCB transactions without
having to develop the JCB proprietary message format by working through
Trionis. "
In fact,
any licensed acquirer will be able to use one of a variety of supported
protocols, including Trionis' own proprietary format, to forward ATM cash
withdrawal and POS transactions to JCB International. This represents a
significant coup for Trionis, as CEO Ernst Verbeek explains:
“We’re very
pleased to be able to add a brand as prestigious as JCB to our multi-brand
portfolio of services to issuers and acquirers and we look forward to becoming
actively involved in expanding the use and acceptance of this important
card."
JCB
indicated that the choice may well have been at least partly made on the basis
of Trionis' approach to completing interconnectivity projects - concentrating
on lower delivery times and costs - as well as a high level of flexibility:
“We are pleased to work with Trionis who
provide professional and high quality services. I am sure that this gateway
will enable JCB to provide our partners with a quick and easy solution when
they implement JCB card acquiring services.” Ryuji Shinzawa, Executive Vice
President, Head of Sales and Marketing Headquarters / Americas and EMEA of JCBI
This is yet
another good example of the trend among issuers and acquirers to become
multi-brand and offer as many payment schemes as possible to both merchants and
cardholders. Rather than requiring separate connections, across different
protocols, systems and even connectivity methods, Trionis delivers a single
connection to all participating partners.
To find out
how Trionis can become your single connection gateway to the world of cash
withdrawal, ATM services and payment transactions, please visit the Trionis web site.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_protocol#Protocols_and_programming_languages
