Overview
EPI is built by European payment industry leaders including banks and payment service providers to create Wero, a digital wallet offering peer-to-peer transfers with plans to expand to e-commerce and point-of-sale payments. The company aims to strengthen the Single Market and European digital agenda through unified payment innovation.
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- Leading French fintech HiPay has joined EPI Company as a principal member. Specialising in multi-local payments across Europe, HiPay brings deep expertise in account-to-account payments, digital wallets and local payment schemes. Their experience helping merchants navigate Europe's diverse payments landscape makes them a strong addition to the growing Wero ecosystem. Together, HiPay and Wero share a common ambition: to make payments across Europe simpler, more interoperable and more convenient for both merchants and consumers. With
- A warm Wero welcome to 🇱🇺Luxembourg! Wero has officially entered its fourth market. Starting 1st September Wero will become progressively available to customers and businesses who bank with Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL), BGL BNP Paribas, Banque Raiffeisen, POST Luxembourg and Spuerkeess through the month. Luxembourg marks another important milestone as it is the first large-scale transition from an established local payment solution to Wero, and for the first time the transition will enable a broad range of everyday
- Today, dm-drogerie markt Deutschland launched Wero in its online checkout. As the Wero acceptance network continues to grow, partnerships with leading merchants such as dm help turn our European payments vision into an everyday reality.
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- Viva.com, Europe's first tech bank for businesses, has joined EPI. Their expertise and reach will help accelerate the growth of Wero as we build a stronger, more innovative European payments ecosystem.
- With Wero now available on Airwallex, merchants on the platform can offer a seamless European payment option to their customers, helping millions more shoppers pay quickly, securely, and with confidence.
- Two of Austria’s leading banking groups, Erste Bank and Raiffeisen Banks, are joining EPI as shareholders. This marks a significant development for Wero as it begins its expansion into Austria 🇦🇹, a key growth market with around 9 million people. It is also an expression Wero’s strong European momentum. Our digital payment solution already has more than 55 million users across Belgium, France and Germany, with further expansion underway across multiple markets including the Netherlands and Luxembourg. As Martina Weimert,
- BoursoBank has joined the Wero journey! This is a key milestone for Wero. "As a pioneer in instant payments and France’s leading online bank, it was only natural for us to join forces to go further and beyond national borders together. With BoursoBank joining Wero, our coverage of the French market will be complete. Consumer enthusiasm remains strong, and this new partnership will further reinforce this momentum," says Martina Weimert, CEO, European Payments Initiative. Boursorama #DigitalPayments #EuropeanPayments
Alumni
Daniel MontagnaCEO Office, Consultant to the CEO→Head of Strategic Projects at ING Belgium
Gerry PelgrimsChief Market Roll Out Officer | Member of the Management Committee
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