23 results about this entity
Period: 08 Feb 2019 - 29 Apr 2025
News/payments
BNP Paribas is backing attempts by the European Payments Initiative to wrest control of the EU's payments ecosystem away from US card schemes and Big Tech giants and secure the Bloc's sovereignty in payments.
29 April 2025
Nexi is to begin connecting the first German merchants to the Wero wallet from the European Payments Initiative in the third quarter of this year, shortly after the launch of the bank-backed digital wallet for German e-commerce in the summer.
24 February 2025
Company announcement/payments
With its ‘Pay to Drive’ mobility suite, payment service provider (PSP) Computop is bundling payment methods and services for the mobility sector.
14 January 2025
The European Payments Initiative (EPI), a bank-backed venture that was initially set up to build a rival to Mastercard and Visa in Europe, has completed its first e-commerce transactions, paving the way for a full-scale roll out later this year.
07 January 2025
Computop, the leading German payment service provider, known for connecting large retail companies to international payment methods, is entering a new business area with payment processing for acquirers.
11 December 2024
The European Payment Initiative, a bank-backed venture that was initially set up to build a rival to Mastercard and Visa in Europe, has enrolled 14 million users and processed eight million transactions since launch.
25 November 2024
European Payments Initiative (EPI), a a European player committed to offering a sovereign payment alternative to all consumers in the region, today announced the launch of Wero.
30 September 2024
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has launched its mobile-first wallet and instant account-to-account payments system in Germany, with other counties set to follow in the coming months.
03 July 2024
EU payment gateway Computop is calling on merchants to join pilot trials of the bank-backed European Payments Initiative's wero wallet scheme.
26 June 2024
German banks are set shut down their PayPal competitor Giropay/Paydirekt and instead throw their weight behind continent-wide startup the European Payments Initiative (EPI).
11 June 2024
The European Payments Initiative has completed its first account-to-account instant payment transaction in a proof-of-concept between customers from Sparkasse Elbe-Elster in Germany and Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne (Groupe BPCE) in France
18 December 2023
The European Payments Initiative (EPI), a bank-backed venture that was initially set up to build a rival to Mastercard and Visa in Europe, has completed the acquisition of Dutch payment scheme iDeal and Luxembourg's Payconiq.
02 November 2023
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