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Propel speed to market,

product integrity with

solution testing

liad Solutions Ltd., established as an authorization ISO/MLS contact:
and switching system, went on to become a mar- Mike Packer
ket-leading solution testing provider for financial
I institutions worldwide, the company stated. Iliad's Senior Sales Executive
three founders saw a gap in the quality of payment test-
ing systems and need for expanded market reach in pay- mike.packer@iliad-solutions.com
ments testing solutions. Mobile: +1.912.536.6467

Anthony Walton, CEO of Iliad Solutions, said the primary https://iliad-solutions.com
objective was to get payment systems developed by third-
party service providers to market quickly and safely. To Organizations using Iliad save time, money, and increase
this end, the company works with customers who are the confidence in their core systems, Walton explained,
serious about testing and want to help their partners and citing the following product and service offerings:
technical teams integrate new payment systems with
optimal integrity and quality uncompromised by time • t3 Switch: A flagship enterprise-grade, browser-
constraints. based, digital payments testing platform that
automates testing and simulates any endpoint
The growing company is supported by over 50 team within a single solution.
members in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United
States, Walton noted, and has invested in new technologies • t3 Portal: An optional orchestrated front-end GUI
such as native ISO 20022 real-time payments; open APIs; that can be used for project-based testing, such as
open banking and a back catalog of 150 industry standard pre-certifications/certification for member banks,
interfaces. Iliad works with leading acquiring and open issuers and acquirers.
banking brands, he added, as it continues its global
expansion. • t3 Cert: A portal solution specifically designed
to simplify and accelerate Level3 EMV merchant
Payment-centric testing terminal onboarding and certification, while
guiding merchants and merchant acquirers through
"We are payment people who came into testing, rather the entire EMV certification process.
than testers looking for a niche in payments," Walton
said. "Our success is created by people who understand Partner-centric business model
payments and the challenges of implementing payment
systems. It's all about money being moved around; it has Walton further noted that Iliad works with a variety of
to be very safe and work 100 percent of the time." partners, resellers and sales channels, including PSPs,
ISOs and other payments enterprises. "PSP and emerging
Walton further stated that Iliad Solutions has been payment enterprises generally have a subset of a full-stop
building, implementing and supporting major payment banks capability, which means they can move in a much
solutions for more than 25 years. This experience, he more agile way," Walton said. "Our technology lends itself
pointed out, has fueled the company's development of its to being able to test that subset and also how it interacts
comprehensive, resilient testing platform (t3), a globally with all the touch points in the payment system, which
trusted solution designed to take the risk out of payment is quicker and easier than it would have been using
testing. traditional tools."
By automating payment testing, Iliad helps clients reduce Looking ahead to the near future, Walton expects to focus
project costs; simulate real-world transaction paths with even more on real time payments, specifically around
multiple legs, interfaces and keys (including tokenization); ISO 20022 and adjacent opportunities arising from open
test business flows as opposed to simulating individual banking initiatives that leverage open API technologies.
pieces of the transaction; enable teams to work rapidly, In addition, he said, the company will continue to expand
with more control and greater visibility; forensically its suite of affordable, on-demand subscription services
analyze test results and decrease risk through end-to-end that enable clients with smaller operating budgets to
testing in new deployments—benefits that help protect consume Iliad products as needed without having to
brands from high-profile failures, Walton noted. spend millions of dollars.

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