Release Notes - 2023
Release Notes for 2023.
December 2023
8/12/2023
- ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application update released (for Android) - v5.7.1
- Refactoring and performance improvements
5/12/2023
- ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application update released (for iOS) - v5.4.1
- Rebranding - ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application for iOS
- Improvements on Batch management functionality for ‘Viva.com Terminal’ iOS application.
- Added a toggle button, ‘Only allow transactions’ to batch management (default: off). When enabled, sales can be initiated only if there is an active batch.
November 2023
29/11/2023
- Functionality added to allow upgrades from Profile Accounts to Full Accounts
- The Mobile Banking app has been rebranded to ‘viva.com’ on iOS
28/11/2023
- Online PIN supported on Android in the UK, Ireland, Finland & France - (v5.6.0)
- Online PIN supported on Android for Cartes Bancaires (currently in the pilot phase) - (v5.5.1)
21/11/2023
- Support for AADE Protocol in Greece (for Android devices - previously released for PAX/Paydroid devices)
14/11/2023
- Apple Tap to Pay functionality is now available in France (excluding the Cartes Bancaires payment method)
09/11/2023
- Support for AADE Protocol in Greece (for PAX/Paydroid devices)
07/11/2023
- Diners Club card scheme is now accepted in our Apple Tap to Pay solution for iOS
06/11/2023
- Smart Checkout’s ‘Cancel’ button is now enabled for the Shopify plugin, as default
- Terminal ID is now shown within the iOS Terminal app - already released for Android (More > About > Source Terminal ID)
03/11/2023
- The PrestaShop Smart Checkout plugin now supports multistore functionality
- For the Android app running in unattended mode, the result timeout screens have been reduced from 25-35 seconds to 5 seconds, for the following scenarios:
- Payment approved
- Payment declined
- Transaction aborted
- Transaction cancelled
October 2023
30/10/2023
- Terminal ID is now shown within the Android Terminal app (More > About > Source Terminal ID)
27/10/2023
- IRIS money transfers are now available for personal accounts, business accounts and employees of business accounts in Greece
12/10/2023
- Added Cancel button (‘back’ button) functionality for Smart Checkout
04/10/2023
- Card Verification functionality launched (for e-commerce payments)
September 2023
22/09/2023
- Terminal app v5.2.4 released (for Android), containing a hotfix relating to multimerchant functionality
12/09/2023
- Terminal devices can now be activated from the Viva Banking app (Android & iOS) via OCR & QR code scanning
05/09/2023
- Apple Tap to Pay functionality is now available in the Netherlands
August 2023
[no releases]
July 2023
27/07/2023
- ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application update released (for Android) - v5.0.0:
- The SaF (Store and Forward) functionality is available on Tap On Phone for Visa, Mastercard and Amex schemes.
- Fast refund and rebate features are available on the ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application for Visa, Mastercard, and Maestro cards. These features can be used either in standalone mode or via the inter-app protocol.
- Merchants can perform fast refunds and rebates with API calls.
20/07/2023
- ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application update released (for Android) - v4.24.4:
- For Tap-on-Phone on Android, the CB card scheme (France only) is now available for contact transactions (previously available for contactless transactions only)
June 2023
20/06/2023
- Surcharge functionality available for PAX terminal devices
- Same-day partial refund functionality available for PAX terminal devices (for transactions performed with cards, except for CB network)
- ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application update released (for iOS) - v5.0.0:
- Apple Tap to Pay functionality is now available in the UK. Merchants can accept payments with no additional hardware or payment terminal needed.
- Same-day partial refund functionality is available for iOS terminal devices (for transactions performed with cards, except for CB network)
15/06/2023
- For Smart Checkout:
- Name is now optional for the following payment methods: EPS, giropay, BLIK, P24, PayU, Trustly, WeChat Pay, BitPay, MobilePay Online, MB WAY & Pay by Bank
- Email is now optional for the following payment methods: EPS, giropay, BLIK, PayU, Trustly, WeChat Pay, BitPay, MobilePay Online, MB WAY & Pay by Bank
- The following payment methods are now available in Croatia: MobilePay Online, MB Way, MB Ref, Bancontact QR, BitPay, EPS, giropay, iDEAL, MULTIBANCO, Trustly & PayPal
May 2023
19/05/2023
- ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application update released (for iOS) - v4.22.0:
- Ability to adjust sleep timeout setting for Mini Card Reader and Pocket Card Terminal through app settings
- Rebranding - “Viva.com Terminal’ application’
- Support Chat, About and Update features have been moved outside of PIN protection, for easy access at all times
- New Alternative Payment Method (for Smart Checkout) - MobilePay Online
- Klarna is now available for merchants in Romania
12/05/2023
- ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application update released (for Android) - v4.22.0:
- Ability to adjust sleep timeout setting for Mini Card Reader and Pocket Card Terminal through app settings
- Floating PIN pad functionality for larger-screen devices
- Same-day partial refund functionality available for Android devices and e-Commerce (for transactions performed with cards, except for CB network)
April 2023
27/04/2023
- Rollout of the new “Viva.com Terminal’ application’ began (for Android), with the following changes compared with the previously-titled ‘POS App’:
- Updated Android App name to “‘Viva.com Terminal’ application”
- Updated brand colours, app icon and various UI elements
- Demo mode, allowing users to perform dummy transactions while payment acceptance capability is disabled
- Account status indicator added, prompting users to verify their account when needed (redirecting to the Web Banking interface)
12/04/2023
- POS (Terminal) app updated for Android (v4.20.0)
- Navigation bar is now hidden (can be displayed with a swipe-up from the bottom of the screen)
- The ‘About’, ‘Update’ & ‘Send Logs’ options have been moved outside of PIN protection, for easy access at all times
- Printer support has been added for Sunmi V2S and V2S Plus devices
- Support has been added to the Cloud Terminal API to allow ISV payments with Alternative Payment Methods
- Systemic reversals and related sales are now excluded from batches
- General bug fixes
11/04/2023
- POS (Terminal) app updated for iOS (v4.19.1)
- General bug fixes
March 2023
27/03/2023
- For iOS, added refund support for ISV & multi-merchant integrations using Cloud Terminal API
20/03/2023
- For Android, added refund support for ISV & multi-merchant integrations using Cloud Terminal API
- Kiosk Mode released for Android card terminals, including Tap-on-Phone
- Support added for Sunmi devices:
- Sunmi P2 Mini - Chip & NFC
- Sunmi P2 Pro - Chip & NFC & Printer
17/03/2023
- New Marketplace solution released
02/03/2023
- For iOS, added multi-merchant support to ISV transactions on the inter-app protocol
- For iOS and Android, added support for ISV & multimerchant sale functionality within Cloud Terminal API
- For iOS and Android, added support for ISV payments with Alternative Payment Methods. Applicable to both inter-app and Cloud Terminal API
- MB Way & Ref MB (MULTIBANCO) have now launched as new payment methods in Smart Checkout
- Klarna (for POS) is now also available in Poland & Portugal, as well as for additional MCCs
February 2023
28/02/2023
- The email and name fields within Smart Checkout are now optional for the iDEAL & Payconiq payment methods
17/02/2023
- Auto launch app toggle added for PAX/Paydroid terminals - provides the ability to disable auto-start of the Viva POS (Terminal) application
- Pre-auth and Capture Pre-auth functionality added for PAX/Paydroid terminals using inter-app integration
10/02/2023
- Ability to specify the desired pre-selected payment method for Android inter-app integrations
- Shopify plugin: Smart Checkout’s expiration time has been reduced from 2 days to 30 minutes
January 2023
31/01/2023
- Viva POS (Terminal) iOS app (v4.16.0) released - (please note these features have already been released for the Android app)
- Two new requests supported (Pre-auth & Capture Pre-auth)
- When Bancontact scheme is unavailable (for any reason), POS transactions will be routed through Maestro & Visa schemes for 10 minutes (once 10 minutes lapses, POS switches back to the Bancontact scheme until the next failure, and so on)
- Pinpad has been un-unscrambled for every view in which PIN card input is required
25/01/2023
- Updated PrestaShop Smart Checkout plugin - Version 1.7.8 > 1.7.9.
- Extra check in configuration page if SSL is enabled in checkout
- Optimization of the way redirection and webhook URLs are created
- Abort installation process if Multistore feature is enabled
- Fix: when the order and the payment amount does not match the order will have an error status
- Fix: installation process for older prestashop versions (1.7.0 to 1.7.5)
- Extra check in configuration page if SSL is enabled in checkout
24/01/2023
- Updated WooCommerce Smart Checkout plugin - Version 3.6.7 > 3.6.8.
- Security improvements
16/01/2023
- Surcharge on Terminals (ToP) (currently only in Denmark). Offers the capability for the merchant to forward the cost of business and Non-European (EEU) cards to the cardholder, when paying on the POS.
- Android / Viva POS (Terminal) app for Elo Touch m60. Combines Viva POS (Terminal) app with the non GMS Elo Touch m60 non-PCI version.
- Prestashop Smart Checkout Install check for MultiStore feature. Not compatible with Multistore feature.
04/01/2023
- Pre-auth, Capture preauth, refund preauth features were added to Android VW POS (Terminal) app inter-app protocol.