The Asia Pacific edition of our Transact newsletter for the Payments industry is now available. Read about our new card scheme gateway with UnionPay, the Global Wireless Access roaming SIM solution and our forthcoming presence at the Cards & Payments event in Australia, as well as much more.

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Welcome to Transact
Welcome to another bumper issue of
Transact. We have a lot of great things to
update you on, which is a testament to our
growing business in the Asia Pacific region
and our extensive coverage which now
includes 13 countries across Asia and
Australasia.
I am looking forward to visiting the region in
May and hope that I will have the opportunity
to meet many of you personally at the Cards &
Payments event where I will be participating in
a panel session. Until then, I trust that you will
enjoy this issue of our newsletter. If there is
anything you require further information on or
if you would like to put forward a topic for a
future edition please email solutions@tnsi.com
Lisa
New TNS Card Scheme Gateway
TNS has launched a new global card scheme
gateway which will enable merchants and
banks to quickly and easily connect with
UnionPay for authorisation and processing of
in-store payment transactions.
Banks, processors and merchants wishing to
accept UnionPay cards will be able to use the
TNS Scheme Gateway to access UnionPay’s processing hub in Hong Kong, removing the
need for self-managed complex and costly bespoke connections.
Read more

2. TNS Launches Multi-Carrier
Wireless Roaming Solution
Acquirers and processors across Asia
and Australasia can now benefit from
TNS' expertise in GPRS and 3G
roaming for point-of-sale terminals
thanks to the expansion of its Global
Wireless Access product across the
region.
Global Wireless Access (GWA) is a
multi-carrier, domestic roaming SIM
solution optimised for wireless payment
terminals. Designed to meet the needs
of the payments industry, GWA
provides secure and reliable payment-
specific wireless connectivity in over
150 countries around the world. Helping
to mitigate single carrier blackspots,
GWA adds much needed reliability to
wireless terminal deployments,
enhancing the operation and
management of terminal fleets for
processors and acquirers.
Read more
Asian ATM Market Boosted
by New 4G Network Support
TNS is launching 4G LTE support for
its PCI DSS compliant TNSLink product
portfolio, which includes a secure and
fully managed network for use with
ATMs and kiosks.
Across Asia and Australasia,
TNSLink for ATMs enables ATM
operators to use next generation,
bandwidth hungry applications.
The addition of 4G LTE support will help
protect investments in ATM networks as
telecommunications operators rapidly
migrate from 2G to 3G and 4G
networks.
TNSLink currently connects tens of
thousands of ATMs across the world,
using 2G and 3G carriage, and is now
also able to support 4G as each market
goes live with LTE.
Read more

3. Data Breaches Highlight Retail
Weaknesses
TNS has published two new infographics. The
first highlights some crucial data breach
findings identified by industry research and the
second reviews TNS’ PCI DSS credentials.
Data Breach Key Points:
 The assets most frequently
compromised are servers and user
devices
 11% of DDoS attacks last for more
than a week
 Breaches are typically discovered by
law enforcement and third parties
rather than internally
PCI DSS Key Points
 TNS holds 7 PCI DSS certifications around the world
 TNS is preparing for PCI DSS version 3.0
View the full infographics here
Information at Your
Fingertips
TNS is launching a new corporate
website to make it easier for you to
browse and locate information of
interest. Among a wealth of new
features, the TNS website will allow
geographic location identification which
streamlines the content to ensure users
EFTPOS New Zealand
Appoints TNS
Multi-channel payments solution
provider EFTPOS New Zealand has
migrated its Dial POS network to TNS.
The agreement enables EFTPOS New
Zealand, which was acquired by
Verifone in 2013, to support the

4. only see the information relevant to their
region.
Jo Moorwood, TNS’ Global Marketing
Communications Director, explains:
“Our previous website had been in use
for more than seven years and as it had
grown it had become congested. While
the information it contained was in-
depth and regularly maintained, the
functionality behind the site had become
less efficient. We want to improve the
user experience and ensure the
technology is responsive to the different
devices that people use to access the
internet.”
Read more
changing technology mix for payment
acceptance in New Zealand and more
quickly rollout its next generation of
payment technologies.
Peter Hansen, General Manager at
EFTPOS New Zealand, said: “We are
delighted to be using TNS and its
resilient, managed payment network
service to handle our Dial payments
transactions in New Zealand. The
switch has been exceptionally easy for
us thanks to the talented team at TNS
who has exceeded our expectations
at every turn.”
Read the full press release here
TNS to Take Starring Role at
Cards & Payments Event
TNS is taking centre stage at the Cards &
Payments Conference in Melbourne next
month when it showcases its latest two new
payments solutions and Lisa Shipley plays a
major role in the conference agenda.
Delegates will be able to learn more about TNS’ new Global Wireless Access product and
TNSLink, a portfolio of retail, kiosk and ATM solutions which has recently been enhanced
to include 4G/LTE network support across Asia and Australasia.
“We’re delighted to be taking such an active role in this year’s event,” said Lisa Shipley,
Executive Vice President and General Manager of TNS’ Payment Network Solutions, who
will be speaking on the Identity, Payment Security and Fraud in the Digital World panel at
12:20pm on Tuesday 20th May. “This is a great forum, bringing together important players
from across the industry to participate in valuable discussions which will help us to
advance the payments infrastructure across this important market.”
Sign up to attend

5. Partner Spotlight:
Cybersoft
Founded in 2000, Taiwan’s CyberSoft
specialises in IT outsourcing services
and system integration, such as helping
with IBM mainframe systems, open
system implementation and operation,
application systems development and
maintenance, IT staffing and information
security consulting, as well as
parametric and modularised financial
software packages.
CyberSoft also offers credit card core
billing and authorisation systems, a
clearing payment card acquirer system
and a collection management package.
TNS' solutions, including dial, Global
Wireless Access, SSL, carrier-neutral
acquirer and card scheme connectivity
options, can be bundled with
CyberSoft's services.
If you would like to know more please
visit www.cybersoft4u.com/eng.
TNS Attracts Interest at
ATMIA Event
The TNS teams from Thailand and
Australia recently attended the
Southeast Asia ATMs event in Jakarta,
with TNS’ new 4G LTE network support
for TNSLink being the main talking
point.
Ganesh Satkunalingam, TNS Country
Manager for Thailand and Malaysia
said: “We were delighted with the
response from delegates to our newly
enhanced TNSLink network support. As
individual Asian countries go live with
4G LTE, we can ensure ATM operators
and deployers have the latest
technology available to capitalise on the
benefits this brings. In addition, our
customer MEPS were the stars of the
show, discussing their ground-breaking
business model for Malaysia white label
ATMs, which use TNSLink Wireless for
ATMs."
If you would like to know more please
email solutions@tnsi.com

6. Poodle Bug Update
POODLE, or Padding Oracle on Downgraded Legacy Encryption, is a SSL V3 vulnerability
stemming from a design flaw in the way the technology handles block cipher mode
padding. This potentially can allow a ‘man-in-the-middle’ attacker to decrypt secure HTTP
cookies, using techniques from an existing, older vulnerability called BEAST (Browser
Exploit Against SSL/TLS).
TNS has limited systems running on SSL V3 and is actively working on migrating away
from this cryptographic protocol. Precautionary measures, such as scanning our devices
globally for the POODLE vulnerability and deploying POODLE vulnerability IDS signatures
on all of our sensors around the world, have been completed. All customers impacted by
this work have been contacted and are working closely with their sales representative to
ensure, if necessary, migration steps are taken to reduce the risk associated with this
vulnerability.
Read our customer communications and FAQs
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