The philosophy behind the platform
Meticulously designed and developed, t3 is built upon five dependable pillars – modularity, flexibility, scalability, user centricity and interoperability.
All of which enable innovators to use our platform in line with their exacting terms.
Whether it’s configuring t3 to support a particular payments project or integrating the system with existing technologies within your organisation, testing and certification are simple with Iliad Solutions’ flagship software.
Modularised testing capabilities
t3’s service-oriented architecture leans heavily towards microservices, purposely allowing major functions such as test execution, certification workflows and reporting to be implemented independently.
This means ‘containerised’ services, which support Kubernetes, can be scaled horizontally to handle higher workloads. And updates can be applied incredibly fast without causing frustrating downtime across the entire platform. Microservice components boast capabilities such as user-defined real-time reporting, external device connections, continuous integration and continuous delivery integrations, RESTful API communication and scenario-based transaction modelling.
Flexible configuration
No matter what your specific testing needs are, t3 has it covered. We give innovators the ability to adapt the system, reducing time to market and simplifying ongoing maintenance.
Iliad Solutions’ flexible approach to configuration allows users to define and manage custom test cases, configure APIs and protocols and assign roles and permissions, using granular roles-based access controls.
Importantly, users can continually adapt t3 to meet any evolving requirements without modifying the core codebase.
Highly scalable and available
A key t3 strength is its ability to scale from functional testing at an average rate of 15 transactions per second to 10,000 transactions per second in stress testing mode.
As a multitenancy platform, its architecture supports high availability setups that allow different customers, teams and environments to operate in isolation without harming performance – wherever they are, whenever they want.
User-centric testing technology for payments pioneers
t3 might be capable of great technical feats when it comes to payments testing and certification, but for users its operation is anything but complex.
Because our platform’s interfaces are extremely intuitive, dashboard, entry-point and layout configuration is straightforward. And t3’s real-time operation capabilities ensure superb visibility of test progress, system performance and analytics.
Interoperable tools for seamless integration
Whether your payments technology is one-year-old or 20, t3 can work seamlessly with your tech stack to meet all your testing and certification needs.
We leverage RESTful APIs for seamless inter-platform data exchange, utilising industry-standard formats like JSON, ISO 8583, ISO 20022, XML and others. By incorporating robust messaging protocols through JMS, the t3 platform ensures efficient integration with systems such as IBM MQ, Active MQ, Kafka and other messaging and communication technologies. This enables high-speed, reliable communication and data flow across interconnected environments.
Stable, secure, solid
Underpinning t3’s five pillars is a robust security framework, which adheres to modern best practices on data and transaction protection.
This includes support for user authentication protocols such as SSO, SAML, OAuth and LDAP, and encrypted communication through TLS/MTLS. t3 can also integrate with hardware security modules to enable secure cryptographic operations.
And users can store and export audit logs to external systems for analysis, compliance and monitoring.
Best-case scenarios
t3’s use cases are vast and cover all the testing requirements of today’s payments innovators. Here are five common ways financial institutions deploy the platform.
Developers
With t3, developers can build, test and validate software updates and changes within their integrated development environment, thanks to its ability to connect seamlessly with popular tools.
Developers can also access sandbox environments, which support simulators and configured test plans, to test applications and software, simulate real-world scenarios and validate system behaviours before moving to production.
CI/CD pipelines
t3 plugs directly into continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to enable automated testing at each stage of deployment – and rigorously test any code changes. This reduces risks while improving speed.
Another benefit of CI/CD integration is automated regression testing, which prevents new code changes from causing issues for existing functionality. Users can execute on-demand or scheduled test cases with ease.
Certification projects
Whether it’s sandbox testing or production-ready approval, t3 brings structure to certification project management. The platform’s projects and templates align with test plans to support seamless certification for internal users and external partners.
Support for multiple certification phases include planning, setup, pre-certification, certification and approval. And each step comes with detailed tracking and reporting.
Functional and non-functional testing
To meet functional testing requirements, t3 allows users to validate transactions and workflows. Businesses can also configure test plans to perform simulations of complex, real-world scenarios, ranging from everyday consumer purchases to high-value payments typically seen at an international trade level.
For non-functional testing, such as stress and performance testing, t3 can simulate and validate transaction volumes of up to 10,000 transactions per second and is able to measure API response times under different loads, ensuring scalability and reliability.
Comprehensive test plan management
With t3, users can create, manage and execute test plans in line with their unique requirements, including end-to-end certification workflows. And for regression testing libraries, it’s easy to reuse or expand existing tools, enabling efficient updates and continuous validation.