We handle application development, testing, processor coordination and approval support, so one engineering team takes you from requirements toward certification with your Canadian processor. Choose a full build, or managed certification for an application you already have.
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Canadian EMV Level 3 projects usually start in one of three places.
Your application is certified in the US and now needs Canadian processor and Interac coverage. We scope what can be reused and what has to be built or retested.
You are building or replacing a payment application for Canadian merchants and need it certified with the processors your customers use.
You need certification capacity, a white-label option, or an integration built and taken through approval.
Processors do not all use the same stages, terminology, approval paths or prerequisites, so a certification with one does not cover another.
Canada's domestic debit network sits alongside Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Interac requirements are part of scoping from the first conversation, not an afterthought. Which brands and schemes apply depends on your processor and the cards you accept.
A US certification does not carry over to a Canadian processor. Some work can be reused, but each processor has its own specifications, test plans and approval path.
Canadian deployments often need English and French screens and receipts. We confirm the requirement with your processor during scoping.
If one application runs in both countries, we plan which certifications cover which terminals and regions before testing starts.
Most delays come from missing inputs, not missing code. Who supplies each item varies by project and is confirmed in the Statement of Work.
The right engagement depends on whether the payment application already exists and how much of the work your team wants to keep.
Foundry-supported delivery can apply to compatible engagements and is covered below. Compare the options in more depth on the EMV Level 3 hub page and in Managed EMV Certification vs. Full Payment Application Development.
Custom Development → Managed Certification →The stages below are a typical example for a full build. Your Canadian processor may name or order them differently, and some of the work belongs to others.
Validate transaction flows, error handling, receipts and processor-specific requirements.
Exercise terminal-to-host messaging, reversals, settlement, timeouts and production-realistic flows.
Run the card brand and Interac test suites internally before submission.
Manage submission through findings and final approval.
Findings and retesting. Reviewers may report findings. Application fixes follow, then retesting. Who makes the fixes depends on the engagement: Paying.co in a full build, and your team in managed certification unless agreed otherwise. Read the full EMV Level 3 certification process guide.
We do not publish a single timeline or price for Canada, because the factors below change both. After scoping, we quote against a defined scope. Understand the factors in the EMV certification cost and timeline guide, or get a self-serve estimate with Benchmark.
Foundry is our EMV Level 3 framework. The transaction lifecycle is built once, and processor-specific logic sits in thinner adapters. For compatible engagements it can reduce the development work, and recent engagements are showing time and cost savings of roughly 60 to 70%.
For a Canadian processor without an existing adapter, the adapter is built during scoping. Whether Foundry applies, and what that means for your schedule or cost, depends on your processor, hardware and scope, and we confirm it during scoping.
Explore Foundry →The full overview: engagement options, scope, process and examples.
COUNTRYSantander (Getnet México) and Evertec, with local scheme and installment scoping.
COUNTRYFiserv, Evertec and JPMorgan Chase, with ATH scoping.
GUIDE · PROCESSThe stages, owners and handoffs in more depth.
GUIDE · BUDGET AND SCHEDULEUnderstand EMV certification cost and timeline factors.
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