Barnes International, a company which develops chip card test tools and magnetic stripe analysers, has announced the qualification of its MasterCard Card Personalization Test Module (CPV module) for MasterCard Worldwide to the latest CPV Personalization Validation Tool (PVT) Requirements version 3.3.

The new CPV 3.3 module provides card validation prior to submission to MasterCard Worldwide for approval. This is part of the ongoing development program for the CPT3000v3 and CAT3000v3 Card Personalisation Validation Tools in use by payment schemes, banks, card manufacturers, personalisation bureaux and test laboratories worldwide.

The module is qualified to validate card personalization to M/Chip, M/Chip Personalization Data Specifications and Profiles, PayPass Personalization Data Specifications v 1.5, One Smart Pre-Authorisation, M/Chip Card Personalization Standard Profiles and M/Chip Card Personalization Standard Profiles Including PayPass.