Testing & Certifications

Functional, integration and scheme certification testing for payment systems — planned early, run against real scheme requirements, and evidenced for sign-off.

What you hold at the end

  • Test strategy
  • Test cases and results
  • Certification pack
  • Acceptance sign-off

How the engagement runs

Each phase ends with something you can review before the next one starts.

  1. Phase 1: Test strategy

    Scope, environments, test data and the certifications required, agreed at the start.

    You leave with

    A test strategy and certification plan.

  2. Phase 2: Functional & integration

    Test cases built from the requirements and run across every interface.

    You leave with

    Defects logged, fixed and retested.

  3. Phase 3: Scheme certification

    Preparation and execution of card scheme and network certification test cycles.

    You leave with

    Certification evidence ready for submission.

  4. Phase 4: Acceptance

    User acceptance with the business, and the go-live readiness review.

    You leave with

    Signed acceptance and a go/no-go decision.

What you hold at the end

Test strategy

What will be tested, how and to what standard

Test cases and results

Every case, its outcome and its evidence

Certification pack

The evidence a scheme or network requires

Acceptance sign-off

The business’s formal approval to go live

Questions buyers ask

It depends on scope and starting point. The first phase produces a plan you can hold us to.

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