Aberdeen at the IPI

This year's IPI conference in New Orleans is almost upon us.  As ever, AMG will be in attendance including chairing a brilliant session on EMV and Parking including esteemed panelists James Magothlin of 20/20 Parking Consultants, Charls Botes of Mastercard and Tyler Standage of Visa.  This discussion will allow for in depth discussions on EMV in parking as well as getting the latest details first hand from the major credit card companies.  Come join us on Tuesday the 23rd at 10:15am!

Westfield Century City parking goes live!

Earlier last month, the new SKIDATA by Sentry Control parking and revenue control system at Westfield Century City went live.  The new parking system included 50 lanes and 30 Pay on Foot machines.  Thirty of those lanes included License Plate Recognition (LPR) cameras.  Aberdeen Management Group played a central role in successfully managing the complex implementation that went into revenue system on schedule.  Aside from LPR, the new system includes a reserved parking solution where customers can make reservations online using a Chauntry solution.  Additionally, customers will shortly be able to find their car location when paying at the SKIDATA Pay on Foot machines.  

AMG instrumental in newly updated 'EMV and Parking' white paper (version 2.0)

AMG assisted in the development of the updated (version 2.0) white paper from the IPI and the Smart Card Alliance that was recently published on both organizations websites. 

Here's more on the paper...

With the U.S. moving to EMV chip technology for more secure credit and debit card payments, parking industry stakeholders across the payments value chain recognize the need to learn about EMV to plan to migrate their infrastructure effectively. Now that the October 2015 EMV fraud liability shifts are in place, theSmart Card Alliance and the International Parking Institute (IPI) have published an updated white paper, “EMV and Parking,” to provide current information on the technology and refreshed scenarios covering the critical aspects of deploying EMV-compliant solutions within the parking infrastructure.

The transition to chip technology requires infrastructure changes. Parking industry stakeholders need to begin planning and preparation now to avoid complications and elevated fraud costs down the road.  This white paper has the unique perspective of both the Smart Card Alliance members, many of whom are experts in payments, and also IPI members who specialize in parking. This allows the white paper to provide the education and guidance parking stakeholders need to move forward with their chip technology implementations.

The white paper covers the critical aspects of deploying EMV-compliant solutions within the parking infrastructure, and discusses:

  • An overview of relevant EMV chip technology features and key implementation options
  • Key considerations for parking industry stakeholders who want to accept and process chip transactions for both attended and unattended locations
  • The relationship between EMV, contactless payment card transactions and NFC-enabled mobile payments

Here's the link to the v2.0 white paper.