ICC Solutions Limited was incorporated in late 1996, as an independent Company and remains 100% owned by the current and founding Directors.

The initial vision of the Company remains the core business activity of today – to provide simple-to-use yet powerful and comprehensive test tools to facilitate testing on chip cards and chip terminals, which now also embraces contactless technology.

Previous experience gained by individuals working in a Banking environment ensured a fundamental business ethos was instilled in the Company – to provide test tools that would be suitable for use in all aspects of the Payment Systems Industry and that were clearly positioned to enable formal certification, type approval and acceptance testing, in addition to supporting development and internal quality assurance testing.  Using formally qualified and recognised test tools for certifications and type approvals is essential for maximum efficiency.

Today, ICC Solutions Limited is recognised as the global provider of unique contact and contactless test solutions with offices in the UK and North America.  The ICCSim portfolio is used world-wide by the Payment Schemes, Terminal and Card Vendors, Test Laboratories, Acquiring Banks and Merchants.  The ICCSim portfolio comprises an extensive range of industry recognised test solutions fully approved for certification and type approvals covering the functional and application level testing of contact and contactless Cards and Devices (POS and ATM) plus customised Acquirer - Merchant Certification packages.

ICC Solutions Limited is the only test tool provider able to offer a complete set of fully qualified test scripts for all formal Payment Association certifications (INTERAC, TIP for MasterCard, Visa ADVT and ADVT qVSDC Device Module) in addition to EMV Level 2 type approval.

The Company has been independently assessed and previously been the winner of the Trade Partners UK International Corporate Exporter of the Year Award.  In terms of Payment Systems Industry activity, we have been awarded “Visa Smart Star” status, This award acknowledges ICC Solutions' significant contributions towards Visa International's EMV chip implementation and deployment goals, helping enable successful migration and adoption of EMV technology.  We are also participants of the MasterCard Vendor Program and a member of ACT Canada.

The team at ICC Solutions has extensive experience of industry test plans relating to chip and contactless testing for cards and devices, which can be beneficial when organisations are implementing their own certification strategy.  As an example, ICC Solutions assisted Interac Association in Canada with the development of requirements for test tools for the testing and certification of IDP (INTERAC Direct Payment) and SCD (Shared Cash Dispensing) terminal applications, and integrated circuit cards.  Additionally, ICC Solutions assisted with the further definition of testing and certification processes for Interac Association.

From our Head Office in Cheshire, in the north-west of England, we serve our global client base, with a reputation for providing high quality solutions with excellent customer service and technical support, of which we are extremely proud.  Our Canadian office, in the heart of Toronto’s financial district, enables us to comprehensively serve our North American clients, both in Canada and the USA.