National FinTech Evaluation Center (NFEC, also well-known as Bank Card Test Center or BCTC) is newly accredited to perform PCI Contactless Payments On COTS (hereinafter referred to as “CPoC”) and PCI Software-based PIN Entry On COTS (hereinafter referred to as“SPoC”) evaluation services for equipment vendors, acquirers, and solution providers.

CPoC Solutions enable contactless payment acceptance on a merchant's consumer device using an embedded NFC (near-field communications) interface. While SPoC Solutions enable EMV contact and contactless transactions with PIN entry on the merchant’s consumer device using a secure PIN entry application in combination with a Secure Card Reader for PIN (SCRP).

BCTC advances testing abilities with new accreditation, providing customers with "one-stop" services, BCTC can now provide PCI QPA, PCI SPoC, PCI CPoC, PCI PTS 6.X on the acquiring side, PCI CPSA on the issuing side, and data security PCI QSA, PCI ASV, PCISSF, and many other evaluation services.