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The Smart Card Alliance Payments Council focuses on facilitating the adoption of chip-enabled payments and payment applications in the U.S. through education programs for consumers, merchants, issuers, acquirers/processors, government regulators, mobile telecommunications providers and payments service providers. The group is bringing together payments industry stakeholders, including payments industry leaders, merchants and suppliers, and is working on projects related to implementing EMV, contactless payments, NFC-enabled payments and applications, mobile payments, and chip-enabled e-commerce. The Council’s primary goal is to inform and educate the market about the value of chip-enabled payments in improving the security of the payments infrastructure and in enhancing the value of payments and payment-related applications for industry stakeholders.

The Payments Council’s projects include web seminars and conference workshops, as well as research projects, white papers, case studies and other educational resources.

Payments Council Resources

EMV

Visit the EMV Connection web site for additional resources on EMV from both the Smart Card Alliance and the EMV Migration Forum and GoChipCard.com for easy-to-use resources on chip cards for consumers, merchants and issuers.

Mobile / NFC

Contactless Payments

U.S. Payments Industry

Other

Council Management

The Council is managed by a steering committee composed of a cross section of the financial payments industry. Council officers are:

Steering committee officers are:

• Chair: Jack Jania, Gemalto
• Vice Chair: Nick Pisarev, Giesecke & Devrient
• Secretary: Ellie Smith, Discover Financial Services