June 2008

·          No new certification requests granted with the exception of compliance-related certifications

·          EFSnet specification removed from EFSnet website.

Now – March 2009

·          Merchants may continue to send transactions through EFSnet until retirement date.

·          Vendor/TPP/FDC to establish migration path to alternative solution.

·          Vendor/TPP/FDC to migrate impacted merchants from EFSnet to alternative solution.

March 31, 2009

·          EFSnet platform retired; all merchants migrated