ENABLING
GLOBAL INTEROPERABILITY
IN PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE

Increasing payments efficiency

Providing the building blocks
for standardization in payments acceptance

nexo promotes the widespread acceptance of protocols, a series of standards to ensure interoperability among payment acceptance and acquiring solutions, retail payment solutions, and terminal management systems.

ISO 20022
Protocols

nexo designs, develops and maintains payment and cash withdrawal standards that follow a universal ISO standardization process

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PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE SOLUTION HARMONIZATION 

nexo is a specification provider. Its member-based payment experts  work collaboratively in developing standardized EMV terminal payment application specifications.

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TOWARDS COMMON IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATIONS

nexo provides specifications to harmonize payment acceptance. Obtain our specifications and enter the world of interoperability

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NEXO STANDARDS ANNUAL REPORT 2024

nexo standards has released its fifth annual report, showcasing the organization's collective achievements from the past year and highlighting current and upcoming priorities , as we work to simplify payment acceptance implementation globally.

This year’s report outlines our continued ambition to create a collaborative payment ecosystem between retailers, acquirers, payment service providers, acceptors, processors, and vendors.

The report reveals key successes for...

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NEXO STANDARDS ANNUAL REPORT 2023

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NEXO STANDARDS ANNUAL REPORT 2022

NEXO BRINGS TOGETHER THE PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE ECOSYSTEM EXPERTS

  • ACCEPTORS
  • PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS
  • CARD SCHEMES
  • VENDORS
  • PROCESSORS

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