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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- We've reached a major milestone in the Netherlands - the launch of Wero for e-commerce payments. From today, Dutch consumers will begin to see Wero available in checkout for online payments through participating banks. This achievement demonstrates tangible progress in building a unified European payment solution, creating greater consistency, innovation and choice for consumers and businesses across Europe.
- Hoi Nederland! Wero is now available at checkout online. The transition from iDEAL to Wero has reached another major milestone. From today, Dutch consumers will begin to see Wero available in checkout for online payments through participating banks. After months of preparation with our partner financial institutions, merchants and payment service providers, we have shifted from planning to reality. The technical foundations are in place, and the migration is underway. Today’s launch includes customers of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., ASN Bank,
- Agentic commerce is rapidly moving from discussion to deployment. Ensuring consumers can continue to pay with trusted local payment methods will be essential to creating seamless, secure and widely adopted AI-powered commerce experiences. We look forward to contributing to this important industry initiative.
- Getting local payments ready for the agentic economy. 🚀 We're excited to launch the Local Payments Council for Agentic Commerce alongside founding members BLIK, EPI Company, Bancontact Company and DIASDIAS. As agentic commerce moves from concept to reality, consumers will still expect to pay with the methods they already trust. The council brings the local payments community together to define how that works when an AI agent is doing the buying. Commerce is shifting to AI-driven experiences, and we’re making sure local payments are
- EPI has joined nexo standards, reinforcing our commitment to open standards and interoperability. nexo standards develops common specifications and messaging protocols that help payment terminals, acceptance systems and payment providers communicate with one another. The membership supports our ambition to make Wero practical for merchants to accept across European markets, payment providers and technical environments. As we prepare for the rollout of Wero in-store payments across markets from 2027, the collaboration
- We have moved closer to European payment sovereignty: solutions working together, across borders, at European scale. Together with BANCOMAT, Bizum, SIBS–MB WAY and Vipps MobilePay we have created the 'European Network for Payments' (ENP). This European interoperability entity will connect each solution, a concrete step towards European sovereignty. ENP will connect participating markets across 13 European countries, creating a more connected European payments network serving around 130 million people. For users, the vision
- Two years after Wero's launch for person-to-person payments, it is expanding further into commerce, driven by growing e-commerce adoption and its first selected in-store use cases.
- 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
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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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