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Teresa Mesquita Elected Chairperson of EMPSA: EMPSA Reinforces Commitment to Digital Payment Sovereignty in Europe

Brussels, October 23, 2025 The European Mobile Payment Systems Association (EMPSA) has elected Teresa Mesquita as its new President, following a unanimous vote by its members.  In her new role, [...]
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EMPSA Conference highlights interoperability as key to an innovative and sovereign European Payments’ ecosystem

Brussels, April 23, 2025 The European Mobile Payment Systems Association (EMPSA) convened a high-level conference in Brussels, marking a pivotal step toward advancing European payment sovereignty. The event brought together [...]
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Leading European mobile payment solutions BANCOMAT, BIZUM and MB WAY pioneer interoperability launching first instant transactions

Lisbon, November 13, 2024 With the aim of enabling pan-European and cross-border payments, and fostering interoperability, BANCOMAT (Italy), Bizum (Spain and Andorra), and MB WAY/SIBS (Portugal) have enabled interoperability between [...]
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European payment systems cooperate and launch “Payment Roaming” in Germany, Austria and Italy

Lachen (Switzerland) / Rome (Italy) / Munich (Germany) / Vienna (Austria)  Bluecode and Bancomat, both members of EMPSA (European Mobile Payment Systems Association), are enabling users of their payment systems [...]
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European Mobile Payment Interoperability Continues to Grow: Greek DIAS S.A. Joins EMPSA

DIAS S.A. of Greece is joining the European Mobile Payment Systems Association as its 16th member, further bolstering the association’s growth. Zurich/Athens, December 20, 2022 – The European Mobile Payment [...]
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Spanish Payment App Bizum Joins EMPSA, Driving European Payment Interoperability and Sovereignty

Leading Spanish payment app provider Bizum joins EMPSA as the organisation’s 15th member. With the Spanish mobile payment leader added, EMPSA’s reach grows to over 90 million users. Zurich/Madrid, June [...]
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EMPSA Wins P19 Payment Pioneer Award

The award honours achievements that drive Europe’s payment sector forward. EMPSA is awarded the first place of the category “Technology & Crypto”
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EMPSA: Bluecode CEO Christian Pirkner Elected as Chairman

As pan-European platform, EMPSA aims to enable interoperability between European payment systems to drive Europe’s innovation and sovereignty in the payment sector
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Join our webinar: EMPSA reaches milestone, friends&family launch imminent!

Payment interoperability is the ability for any European consumer to use their domestic mobile payment solution at all merchants all over Europe. The aim is to provide a seamless payment [...]
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Leading Mobile Payment Systems in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Norway and Sweden move further towards interoperability

BANCOMAT S.p.A. (Italy), Twint (Switzerland) and Bluecode (Austria and Germany) signed a memorandum on a proof of concept for interoperability. Aim is to connect BANCOMAT Pay® and its neighbouring mobile [...]
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EMPSA welcomes CURRENCE iDEAL as a new member

European Association to foster collaboration in mobile payments is growing The Netherland’s “CURRENCE iDEAL” joins the European Mobile Payment Systems Association (EMPSA) EMPSA is pleased to welcome the Netherlands’s mobile [...]
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European Association to foster collaboration in mobile payments is growing

Zurich, 27.05.2021 European Association to foster collaboration in mobile payments is growing Bulgaria’s “BORICA AD” join the European Mobile Payment Systems Association (EMPSA) EMPSA is pleased to welcome Bulgaria’s mobile [...]