TripTick certified as Visa Ready

Reading, UK – June, 2020: Access-IS is excited to announce that its TripTick^® device has been certified as Visa Ready for contactless payments. The 3-in-1 device now reads barcodes, NFC/RFID devices and takes cEMV contactless payments; all from a single point of presentation.

TripTick offers EMV Level 2 certification, allowing for applications where contactless payments are required. It offers PCI and SRED compliance for contactless payments using Visa, MasterCard, AMEX and Discover schemes. In addition, it also offers the reading of 1D/2D barcodes and RFID/NFC tickets and tokens from mobile phones, tablets, wearables, contactless cards and paper in any orientation.

With vast experience making ticket readers the team at Access-IS understand the need for a truly intuitive customer experience. This is where TripTick excels, unlike other solutions there is a single customer touchpoint for all media; Passengers no longer need to search for the correct place to scan a ticket, present their travel card or offer their mobile device for payment. Not only does this make the customer journey more pleasurable it speeds up passenger throughput.

With installations currently underway in capital cities and regional transport authorities TripTick is becoming the device of choice for operators who want to offer flexibility and the ability to safeguard for future developments in ticketing.

Talking about the certification, Cliff Hunter, Head of transport sales at Access-IS said “We’ve designed TripTick to have a small footprint and low profile for easy integration into kiosks, ticket machines, turnstiles and access gates.” He continued “becoming Visa Ready marks the final step to delivering the complete solution.”

About Access-IS

Access-IS is at the forefront of the development of innovative electronic systems, specialising in image processing, RFID/NFC and contactless EMV payment technology, barcode reading and specialist keyboards. Access-IS is dedicated to manufacturing products designed to accurately capture and transfer information into electronic systems.

Operating in over 72 countries around the globe in three highly specialised verticals; Airline/Airport, ID & Security and Transport Ticketing

• Found in over 35 of the world’s largest airports, Access-IS is a world leader in the design and manufacture of technology for reading barcodes, RFID/NFC & passports/ID cards for a range of applications from check-in to boarding.
• Access-IS ID & Security products are designed to read e-Passport, e-ID and e-DL for governmental and commercial applications. From the world’s smallest OEM OCR reader to our advanced full-page passport reader, we have a product for every application; Border control, Immigration, Document Issuance, Law Enforcement, Banking, Retail, Data Capture, KYC or Anti-Money Laundering and Age Verification.
• Our Transport Ticketing products are designed with the customer experience at their heart. Access-IS has pioneered ticket readers and validators which can quickly and easily read tickets of all media types, including paper barcode, mobile barcode, smartcard, contactless bank cards, mobile payments, NFC, all from a single point of presentation. Our unique TripTick® devices now add contactless EMV payments to that same, single point of presentation. Our trusted products are installed; on trains, trams and buses; at ticket offices, gate lines and ticket vending machines; in offices, car parks and stadia to name but a few.

Accredited to ISO9001:2015 and with a track record stretching back 30 years, Access-IS continues to guarantee the highest standards of design and quality with its dedicated Research and Development team based in the UK and the vast majority of its products manufactured in the UK with only the highest quality materials and techniques.