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An Exploration of NFC Transactions and Explanation How Apple Pay and Android Pay work

This talk will dive into the techniques and protocols that drive contactless card payments at the Point of Sale. We will explore how Apple Pay works on a technical level and why you are able to ‘clone’ your credit card onto your phone. Building upon previous C3 talks on the topics of EMV and ICC payments, we will learn about different NFC payment options, why legacy will never die and how the individual card brands have specified their payment workflows.

Contactless payments are gaining more momentum every day and even though Apple Pay is not yet available in Germany, you are able to use your new contactless credit card at an increasing number of locations. This trend is not likely to stop anytime soon and it is time to understand what is going on the lower layers.

To jumpstart the discussion, we will first have a look at all the parties involved in a card transaction and where they are placed in the communication and decision chain. From there we are comparing the differences between a chip (ICC) and a contactless (NFC) transaction.

Afterwards we are ready to look at Apple Pay, Android Pay and other card emulations. Even though they provide the same features on first look, they work fundamentally different on the technical level. We will learn about storing sensitive transaction information offline on the device in a Secure Element (SE) or online with your service provider utilizing Hosted Card Emulation (HCE).

In the end, we will take a short look at how contactless payments might influence our future, why legacy is still king and if tokenization might just save your day one time.

Simon Eumes

media.ccc.de
Published on Dec 30, 2017

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Mastercard
Published on Sep 13, 2018


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Published on Sep 12, 2018

Annual Percentage Rate (APR) and effective APR
The difference between APR and effective APR. Created by Sal Khan.
Khan Academy
Published on Sep 28, 2013

Institutional roles in issuing and processing credit cards
The institutions involved in processing your credit credit and how they relate to each other.
Created by Sal Khan.
Khan Academy
Published on Sep 28, 2013

Credit Card Processing 101: Pricing and Best Practices
http://www.merchantlink.com
In this fourth and final course, take a look at merchant services, pricing, and what you can do to better manage your processing costs. Part of Merchant Link’s Payments Education Series: Credit Card Processing 101 for Merchants Including Valuable Best Practices.
MerchantLink
Published on Mar 29, 2012

Credit Card Processing 101: A Closer Look at Interchange
http://www.merchantlink.com
In this third course, take a closer look at interchange and learn about the various ways you can keep costs as low as possible. Part of Merchant Link’s Payments Education Series: Credit Card Processing 101 for Merchants Including Valuable Best Practices.
MerchantLink
Published on Mar 22, 2012

Credit Card Processing 101: Understanding Transaction Fees
http://www.merchantlink.com
In this second course, get insight on the different types of transactions fees and how are they calculated and collected. Part of Merchant Link’s Payments Education Series: Credit Card Processing 101 for Merchants Including Valuable Best Practices.
MerchantLink
Published on Mar 15, 2012

Credit Card Processing 101: Payments & Industry Players
http://www.merchantlink.com
In this first course, its cover the basics on how your transactions travel across the electronic rails to the financial institutions and what players are involved in the process. Part of Merchant Link’s Payments Education Series: Credit Card Processing 101 for Merchants Including Valuable Best Practices.
MerchantLink
Published on Mar 8, 2012

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