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GLOBAL INTEROPERABILITY
IN PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE

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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
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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 signs agreement with the European Central Bank to facilitate digital euro payments

Why it matters:

The agreement will see digital euro payment acceptance added to nexo standards’ broader ISO 20022-based payments framework to support digital euro payment acceptance in Europe.

nexo standards has signed an agreement with the European Central Bank (ECB), alongside leading European standard-setting organisations – such as the European Card Payment Cooperation (ECPC) and Berlin Group – to facilitate digital euro payments.

The agreement allows ECB to...

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nexo standards and the Berlin Group team up to support digital euro standards

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