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March 19, 2009
PULSE Relies on Lexcel’s Experience for Diners Club International Member Pre-Certification and Global Deployment
Scottsdale, AZ, March 19, 2009 – Lexcel Solutions, Inc., the only provider of business virtualization software and services for the payment technology industry, announced today the managed distribution of their automated pre-certification solution, Lexcel TestSystem Network – Lexcel TestLab, to Diners Club International (DCI) Members in association with PULSE. With Lexcel TestSystem Network, DCI Members are able to perform automated transaction exchanges and validation between their ATMs and host code to ensure a seamless transition to online certification testing.
PULSE, one of the leading ATM/debit networks in the U.S., serving more than 4,500 banks, credit unions and savings institutions across the country, is utilizing Lexcel for the continuous deployment and support of Lexcel TestSystem Network – PULSE ISO throughout the EMEA, Asia Pacific and South American markets. Lexcel’s solution enables automated network pre-certification testing for seamless integration to the PULSE transaction switching platform.
The decade-long successful usage by the internal PULSE certification team and deployments to PULSE partners made Lexcel the obvious solution for international deployment. In choosing Lexcel to manage deployment to their DCI members, they have reduced costs, freed internal resources, and streamlined implementation activities. PULSE benefits from Lexcel’s experience and professionally managed coordination, administration, and management of the deployment process. In addition, Lexcel creates and maintains a Task Management System for each customer, allowing users to register and create support tickets regarding the Lexcel software. Lexcel also offers direct phone and remote session support.
Each DCI member that utilizes PULSE receives direct benefits in receiving the Lexcel TestSystem Network – PULSE ISO. Lexcel’s software solution includes certification request/response scripts and pre-defined pass/fail test cases to exercise 100% of the Diners Club International certification requirements. The PULSE simulator assists DCI members in initial message format testing and validation with the PULSE network, which ensures pre-certification and a successful migration to the PULSE production environment.
About PULSE
PULSE and its parent company, Discover Financial Services, offer a full range of payment solutions, including ATM network services, PIN and signature debit products, credit products, stored value card programs and PINless bill payment. And all PULSE network participants benefit from the DebitProtect® fraud detection system, the most extensive system of its kind to be implemented at the debit network level.
About Diners Club International:
Diners Club is a premium global brand with a rich heritage as the world’s first charge card and is issued today in more than 200 countries and 70 local currencies. Diners Club is the smart payment choice for mid-to-large corporations, individual business people and professionals. It is the only card/payment solution provider that combines a superior product package, unsurpassed service and award winning rewards with universal acceptance.
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About Lexcel Solutions, Inc.
Doing business in North America, Europe and South America, Lexcel provides end-to-end payment testing software and services to third-party transaction processors, debit and credit networks, financial institutions, retailers, ATM/POS manufacturers and government organizations. The company works with such well-know companies as Heartland Payment Systems®, STAR® Network, Wincor Nixdorf, Mercury Payments®, United States Postal Service®, and WorldPayTM. Lexcel products reduce the time, cost and effort to perform transaction network test scheduling, maintenance and execution, regression and stress testing, and settlement testing for ATM, POS, EFT and EMV transactions. Clients of Lexcel improve the quality of their software development operations and ensure compliance with ISO8583 testing requirements while increasing processing system integrity. More information on Lexcel's end-to-end testing solutions can be found at www.lexcel.com. |
