Press Release: EMVCo, FIDO Alliance, and W3C Form Interest Group to Enhance Security and Interoperability of Web Payments

Dear Friends of W3C,

Today the EMVCo, the FIDO Alliance, and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) formed a new interest group for organizations to collaborate on a vision for Web payment security and interoperability. The three consortia that launched the interest group already collaborate in a variety of ways to help ensure interoperability among their respective technical specifications. This new interest group will operate at a more strategic level, to build shared understanding of priority use cases, and to identity areas where new standards could further enhance payment security on the Web.
 
We have issued a joint press release (see text version below):
   https://www.w3.org/2019/04/pressrelease-wps.html
 
The press release includes contact information for the three founding consortia.   Please contact me to learn more or to schedule an interview.
 
Thank you. 

best,
Amy van der Hiel
W3C Media Relations Coordinator



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   [1]W3C  [2] EMVCo  [3] FIDO Alliance D

      [1] 
https://www.w3.org/

      [2] 
http://www.emvco.com/

      [3] 
http://fidoalliance.org/


 EMVCo, FIDO Alliance, and W3C Form Interest Group to Enhance Security
                  and Interoperability of Web Payments
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   [6]
https://www.w3.org/
 — 17 April 2019 — The FIDO Alliance,
   EMVCo, and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced today
   the creation of a new Interest Group for organizations to
   collaborate on a vision for Web payment security and
   interoperability. Participants in the [7]Web Payment Security
   Interest Group will define areas of collaboration and identify
   gaps between existing technical specifications in order to
   increase compatibility among different technologies.

      [6] 
https://www.w3.org/

      [7] 
https://www.w3.org/securepay/


Industry Demand for Interoperability

   "FIDO Alliance, W3C, and EMVCo develop complementary
   technologies that can enhance the security and convenience of
   web payments," said Karteek Patel, Chair of the EMVCo Executive
   Committee. "This group has been created to better understand
   and shape the future of secure web-based payments, and ensure
   alignment on the work of the three technical bodies. EMVCo
   looks forward to productive discussions and ultimately,
   increased interoperability for web payments."

   "FIDO standards for simpler, stronger authentication can help
   secure user interactions specified in domain-specific standards
   developed in other technical bodies," added Brett McDowell,
   executive director, FIDO Alliance. "We are pleased to be
   working with our payment industry partners on how FIDO
   authentication and authenticator metadata can support their
   transactio
n authorization goals. This interest group will help
   to streamline coordination and requirements sharing with EMVCo
   and W3C."

   The Web Payment Security Interest Group complements existing
   specification-level discussions around EMV® Secure Remote
   Commerce (SRC) and EMV 3-D Secure (3DS), FIDO Alliance's FIDO2
   specifications, and W3C's Web Authentication and Payment
   Request APIs. The group also provides the foundation for
   collaboration around future technical specifications.

Deliverables: Vision and Analysis

   The [8]Web Payment Security Interest Group charter defines a
   scope of activities that includes formulation of a vision for
   web payment security, development of use cases, gap analysis,
   liaisons with other organizations, and identification of
   standardization opportunities for each organization. The
   Interest Group does not publish specifications. Technical work
   is carried out in other groups within each organization, such
   as the FIDO2 Technology Working Group, the W3C Web Payments
   Working Group, or one of EMVCo's working groups.

      [8] 
https://www.w3.org/securepay/charter.html


   "W3C's authentication and payments standards are part of the
   bigger story of the transformation of the payments industry,"
   said Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. "The transformation will continue in
   unpredictable ways as the web adds new services such as
   streaming video, real-time communications, and augmented
   reality. This Interest Group will help ensure that new payment
   models for these services will have security as a fundamental
   requirement."

Call for Participation

   EMVCo, FIDO Alliance, and W3C encourage their respective
   members to join the Interest Group. For more information about
   how to join the group, please see the [9]Web Payment Security
   Interest Group home page.

      [9] 
https://www.w3.org/securepay/


About the FIDO Alliance

   The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance, [10]fidoalliance.org,
   was formed in July 2012 to address the lack of interoperability
   among [11]strong authentication technologies, and remedy the
   problems users face with creating and remembering multiple
   usernames and passwords. The FIDO Alliance is changing the
   nature of authentication with standards for simpler, stronger
   authentication that define an open, scalable, interoperable set
   of mechanisms that reduce reliance on passwords. FIDO
   authentication is stronger, private, and easier to use when
   authenticating to online services.

     [10] 
https://fidoalliance.org/

     [11] 
https://fidoalliance.org/specifications/


About EMVCo

   EMVCo is the global technical body that facilitates the
   worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment
   transactions by managing and evolving the EMV Specifications
   and related testing processes. EMV is a technology toolbox that
   enables globally interoperable secure payments across
   face-to-face and remote environments. Adoption of EMV
   Specifications and associated approval and certification
   processes promotes a unified international payments framework,
   which supports an advancing range of payment methods,
   technologies and acceptance environments. The specifications
   are available royalty free, designed to be flexible, and can be
   adapted regionally to meet national payment requirements and
   accommodate local regulations.

   EMVCo is collectively owned by American Express, Discover, JCB,
   Mastercard, UnionPay and Visa, and focuses on the technical
   advancement of the EMV Specifications. To provide all payment
   stakeholders with a platform to engage in its strategic and
   technical direction, EMVCo operates an [12]Associates Programme
   and encourages all interested parties to get involved.

     [12] 
https://www.emvco.com/get-involved/technical-associates/


   EMV® is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries
   and an unregistered trademark elsewhere. The EMV trademark is
   owned by EMVCo, LLC. Visit [13]
www.emvco.com
 for further
   information and join [14]EMVCo on LinkedIn.

     [13] 
https://www.emvco.com/

     [14] 
http://www.linkedin.com/company/emvco/


About the World Wide Web Consortium

   The mission of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C),
   [15]
www.w3.org,
 is to lead the Web to its full potential by
   creating technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the
   Web remains open, accessible, and interoperable for everyone
   around the globe. W3C develops well known specifications such
   as HTML5, CSS, and the Open Web Platform as well as work on
   security and privacy, all created in the open and provided for
   free and under the unique W3C Patent Policy. For its work to
   make online videos more accessible with captions and subtitles,
   W3C received a 2016 Emmy Award.

     [15] 
https://www.w3.org/


   W3C's vision for "One Web" brings together thousands of
   dedicated technologists representing nearly 500 [16]Member
   organizations and dozens of industry sectors. W3C is jointly
   hosted by the [17]MIT Computer Science and Artificial
   Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) in the United States, the
   [18]European Research Consortium for Informatics and
   Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France, [19]Keio
   University in Japan and [20]Beihang University in China. For
   more information see [21]
https://www.w3.org/.


     [16] 
https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List

     [17] 
https://www.csail.mit.edu/

     [18] 
https://www.ercim.eu/

     [19] 
https://www.keio.ac.jp/

     [20] 
http://ev.buaa.edu.cn/

     [21] 
https://www.w3.org/


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FIDO Alliance PR Contacts

   Megan Shamas
   Montner Tech PR
   +1 203-226-9290
   press@fidoalliance.org

EMVCo PR Contacts

   For further EMVCo media information, please contact:
   Kirsty Blackburn / David Amos – Tel: +44 113 3501922 or email:
   [22]kirsty@iseepr.co.uk / [23]david@iseepr.co.uk

     [22] mailto:kirsty@iseepr.co.uk
     [23] mailto:david@iseepr.co.uk

W3C PR Contact

   Amy van der Hiel, W3C Media Relations Coordinator
   <[24]w3t-pr@w3.org>
  mailto:w3t-pr@w3.org

   +1.617.253.5628 (US, Eastern Time)
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Received on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 14:01:26 UTC