05 Mar 26 @ 13:53
European Payments Initiative has launched online payment functionality for its Wero digital wallet in Belgium, marking the second European market — after Germany — to enable ecommerce transactions through the... read more
18 Dec 25 @ 11:13
Deutsche Bank has taken a decisive step in Europe’s long-running effort to build a sovereign payments alternative, rolling out the full functionality of the Wero digital payments app to customers... read more
05 Dec 25 @ 13:48
N26 has signed a membership agreement with Wero, the instant-payment digital wallet developed by the European Payments Initiative (EPI), marking a significant step in Europe’s long-running effort to build homegrown... read more
02 Dec 25 @ 15:57
As Europe’s largest economy, what happens in Germany affects the rest of the continent. Perhaps conscious of this responsibility, Germans have historically taken a cautious attitude to how they pay,... read more
06 Nov 25 @ 17:47
Europe’s largest ticketing provider, CTS Eventim, has become the first major e-commerce company in Germany to integrate Wero, the new pan-European digital wallet developed under the European Payments Initiative (EPI).... read more
05 Jun 25 @ 14:45
Worldline is set to introduce Wero, the European Payments Initiative’s (EPI) new instant payments solution, to e-commerce merchants in Germany starting this summer. The rollout will continue in Belgium this... read more
03 Jun 25 @ 17:13
In a significant move toward reinforcing Europe’s financial sovereignty, Revolut has joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI). Becoming the latest major fintech to back the continent’s ambition for a unified,... read more
27 May 25 @ 10:20
The concept of “banking hours” is rapidly becoming obsolete. From late nights to public holidays, payments in Europe are poised to become truly non-stop. By October 2025, the EU’s SEPA... read more
16 May 25 @ 11:57
Nuvei has joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI), in a move that will see the Wero digital wallet integrated into ecommerce checkouts across Europe. This strategic partnership marks a significant... read more
15 May 25 @ 10:46
A coalition of Europe’s largest retailers is calling on the European Commission to clamp down on Visa and Mastercard over what they describe as opaque, inflation-exceeding fees that hinder competition... read more
29 Apr 25 @ 11:14
The European card payments market, processing trillions of euros each year, remains dominated by two American giants: Visa and Mastercard. Despite the sector’s importance to modern commerce, competition has struggled... read more
31 Mar 25 @ 12:39
A landmark stride in European payments infrastructure has been achieved as Italy’s Bancomat, Spain’s Bizum, and Portugal’s MB WAY initiate cross-border mobile transfers under the EuroPA (European Payments Alliance) umbrella.... read more
03 Mar 25 @ 17:11
The digital wallet landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, evolving far beyond its initial role as a tool for electronic payments. As technology, regulation and consumer expectations shift, digital wallets... read more
24 Feb 25 @ 13:50
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is advancing its ambition to create a unified digital payment system across Europe with its Wero wallet. As a mobile-first, instant account-to-account payment solution, Wero... read more
06 Jan 25 @ 13:17
The launch of the Wero digital wallet represents a major milestone in advancing a unified European payment solution – and at Payments Cards & Mobile we covered this initiative a... read more
01 Nov 24 @ 13:33
The French payments scene, particularly in the acquiring space, is shoring up a very stable outlook indeed. In March Credit Agricole and Worldline announced their partnership in creating a new... read more
09 Oct 24 @ 15:51
A new report from FIS argues that the current shift to instant payments – set to total more than one in three transactions by 2030 – represents the start of a... read more
12 Sep 24 @ 12:49
The Capgemini World Payments Report 2025, reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments, predicting instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028... read more
16 May 24 @ 13:24
New data from The Global Payments Report 2024 from Worldpay shows Account-to-Account (A2A) payments thriving in emerging markets – as well as some developed markets. Around the world, A2A payments are... read more
13 May 24 @ 16:08
Real-time or Instant Payments networks operate 24/7 and provide numerous advantages, across flexibility, enhanced security, cost reduction and instantaneity. They also enable almost immediate money transfers between accounts, enhancing transaction... read more
17 Mar 26 @ 15:03
Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more
22 Mar 26 @ 18:30
Visa and Fiserv are extending their long-running partnership in Europe with a new API-driven acceptance offering designed to simplify merchant acquiring and mod... more
17 Mar 26 @ 15:04
Mastercard has agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure specialist BVNK in a deal worth up to $1.8 billion, marking one of the clearest signals yet that majo... more