EMV L1/L2/L3

Discover contact & contactless kernel

Level 2 contact and contactless kernels certified for Discover, ready to drop into a card reader, POS terminal, or SoftPOS app.

What it covers

Our Discover kernels handle both the chip-insert and contactless flows end to end:

Reads and processes Discover-branded contactless cards and mobile wallets
Reads and processes Discover chip cards inserted at the terminal (contact)
Full EMV Level 2 kernel logic — application selection, risk management, cardholder verification
Certified against Discover's own test plan, not just a generic EMV baseline

Discover Contactless (D-PAS). Discover's global contactless brand runs on the D-PAS (Discover/Diners Club Payment Application Specification) — our kernel is certified against it.

SchemeDiscover

Brand nameDiscover Contactless (D-PAS)

Contact (chip) applicationD-PAS

Modes supportedCertified upon online and offline, card and mobile, ZIP mode

Aonax certification statusLevel 2 kernel certified, integrated into card readers, POS terminals, and SoftPOS builds

Chip-insert acceptance runs on our EMV contact kernel, in the same build as the contactless kernel.

Want this kernel in your build?

Tell us your terminal or reader platform and we will scope the integration.

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