Payment Cards

Your cards and embedded secure elements need to comply with the standards defined by the various payments schemes, EMVCo and GlobalPlatform.


As your independent evaluation lab, we perform security evaluations on your cards and embedded secure elements against the highest standards in embedded security. We perform thorough security design vulnerability assessment and rigid penetration tests. We notify you of possible security vulnerabilities in your products that may affect your good name.


We do not rely on third parties and our test reports are recognized by certification authorities as being of the highest standards. As the first lab to perform embedded security, we know our business. With our highly technical staff, extremely refined techniques and our high level of communication and project management with you, we make sure your product is being evaluated accurately and securely.


Our strategy to be accredited for offering security evaluation services to all payment schemes has been demonstrated to be beneficial to our clients. UL is the only laboratory offering all payment cards security services on behalf of EMVCo as well as Payment Schemes, such as American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard and Visa. So that today’s payment card product can be evaluated under one-secure-roof for all services required for mobile payment devices.