BORICA joins the Berlin Group Bulgarian interbank processor BORICA has confirmed its active participation to the Berlin Group. BORICA was established in 1993 by Bulgarian National Bank with the main objective to build a national infrastructure for card payments in the country. BORICA is owned by Bulgarian National Bank and 22 local banks and as…
Giro Bankcard cPlc. joins the Berlin Group Giro Bankcard cPlc. (GBC) was founded 15 years ago to build and operate IT systems supporting Hungarian domestic bankcard issuing and acquiring as well as settlement of transactions. GBC has been acquired by Societa per i Servizi Bancari S.p.A. (SSB) in January 2007 and it operates as a…
MBU, the Croatian interbank processor, has confirmed its active participation in the Berlin Group MBU Ltd. was established at the initiative of Croatian banks in 1994 in purpose to provide comprehensive support in card business and electronic payments through its infrastructure – MB/NET/, based on state of the art technology and solutions implemented and certified…
Version 2.0 of IP VPN Requirements and Self-Certification Requirements published Based on the experiences from implementation projects the IP VPN Requirements have been revised and a complete set of documents for self-certification has been developed. Following the revision of the IP VPN Specifications by the IP VPN Task Force of the Berlin Group, Version 2.0…
Version 2.0 of the Clearing Specification published During 2006 the first European card processors have implemented the Berlin Group Interfaces. The implementation projects showed that some optimizations and clarifications within the clearing specifications would be suitable. These change requests have been taken into account during the preparation of the newly published version 2.0 of the…
BKM joins the Berlin Group In December BKM, the Interbank Card Center of 28 banks and financial institutions in Turkey, has confirmed its active participation in the work of the Berlin Group. BKM participates already since September 2006 in the meetings of the Berlin Group. BKM was established in 1990 with the partnership of 13…
Laser Card Services Ltd. joins the Berlin Group Laser Card Services Ltd., the company behind the only debit card scheme operating in the Republic of Ireland currently, has announced its decision to become a member of the Berlin Group. The choice to join the Berlin Group as a participant was made by the Laser Board…
