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, Sofort (DirectPay), 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, Sofort (DirectPay), 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, Sofort, 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.