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Newland Payment Technology achieves GIE Cartes Bancaires FRV6.3.1 certification
WHAT HAPPENED
Newland NPT says France's domestic Cartes Bancaires scheme approved the standalone payment application used by its Android terminal portfolio under the FRV6.3.1 standard. The company says ELITT tested the terminal, chip and acquirer-network interactions; the specification supports a multi-scheme environment and includes CB2A 1.6.3 communications, accessibility requirements, digital receipts, pre-authorisation and online PIN for contactless payments above EUR 50.
PUBLISHED September 10, 2026SOURCE Finextra — PaymentsLANE Payment infrastructure
KEY FIGURES
contactless payments above EUR 50
Online-PIN threshold cited by Newland
CB2A 1.6.3
Acquirer communication specification
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# Newland Payment Technology achieves GIE Cartes Bancaires FRV6.3.1 certification
> Evidence tier: B2
> Evidence type: Newland NPT company announcement republished by Finextra and checked against the canonical Newland release
> Source: [Finextra — Payments](https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110862/newland-payment-technology-achieves-gie-cartes-bancaires-frv631-certification)
> Published: 2026-09-10
> Captured: 2026-09-10T12:45:12.762Z
## Source summary
Newland NPT says France's domestic Cartes Bancaires scheme approved the standalone payment application used by its Android terminal portfolio under the FRV6.3.1 standard. The company says ELITT tested the terminal, chip and acquirer-network interactions; the specification supports a multi-scheme environment and includes CB2A 1.6.3 communications, accessibility requirements, digital receipts, pre-authorisation and online PIN for contactless payments above EUR 50.
## Why it matters
The approval removes a local certification barrier for deploying Newland's Android acceptance software in France and covers several international card schemes alongside Cartes Bancaires. It does not prove that banks, acquirers or merchants have deployed the application, that all named features are available on every terminal, or that transactions are faster or safer in production. Deployment speed and market-position claims come from Newland and have no disclosed benchmark or independent performance result.
## Key numbers
- **Online-PIN threshold cited by Newland:** contactless payments above EUR 50
- **Acquirer communication specification:** CB2A 1.6.3
## Topics and entities
- Industry lane: Payment infrastructure
- Entities: Newland NPT / Cartes Bancaires / ELITT
- Payment infrastructure
- Cross-border payments
## Evidence and credibility note
Company announcement republished by Finextra and checked against Newland NPT's canonical release. The approval and technical scope are company-confirmed; merchant adoption and performance effects are not disclosed or independently verified.
Date evidence: Finextra RSS and article metadata show September 10, 2026 at 09:27 GMT; Newland NPT's canonical release is dated September 9, 2026
## First-party corroboration
- [https://www.newlandnpt.com/news-detail/45.html](/en/items/https://www.newlandnpt.com/news-detail/45.html)
## Original-source traceback
[Open the original Finextra — Payments report](https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110862/newland-payment-technology-achieves-gie-cartes-bancaires-frv631-certification)
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