Payments Source

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The European Payments Initiative sets up a unified and harmonized pan-European payment solution, providing major benefits to both consumers and merchants, says FIME's Arnaud Crouzet.

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Payments Source

MARCH 11, 2021

EPI could potentially provide a bedrock for future European payments innovation. It arguably does not go far enough, says Icon Solutions' Michel Vaja.

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The Paypers

JUNE 3, 2025

Revolut has joined the European Payments Initiative , aiming to optimise customer experience, as well as expand Wero in Germany, Belgium, and France.

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Finextra

JUNE 23, 2025

The European Payments Alliance (EuroPA) and European Payments Initiative (EPI) are joining forces to explore ways to make it easy for consumers to send and receive payments seamlessly across the continent.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

While open banking FinTech innovation has initially focused on opening up bank account data to third party platforms, there is another component to the initiative with major implications for the payments landscape. A key characteristic of payment initiation under PSD2 is its use of Faster Payments in the U.K.,

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Finextra

JUNE 2, 2025

of our Payment Initiation API standard. Weve reached a major milestone for open banking in Aotearoa New Zealand. Today, the four largest banks ANZ, ASB, BNZ, and Westpac NZ are due to implement version 2.3

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Project mBridge is a major cross-border payments initiative designed to leverage wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) Innovation Hub announced that it has “graduated out” of Project mBridge.

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The Paypers

JULY 2, 2020

Today, a group of 16 major European banks from five countries (Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain) have paved the way for the future launch of the European Payments Initiative (EPI).

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The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Financial and banking technology service provider Celcoin has launched an Initiation of Payment Transaction (ITP) API, according to inforchannel.com.br.

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The Nilson Report

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The post dLocal becomes Certified Payment Initiation Service Provider for Pix appeared first on Nilson Report.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Nexi Germany GmbH, part of leading European PayTech, Nexi Group has signed a contract with Wero operator EPI (European Payments Initiative). As a regulated payment service provider, Nexi now has the licence to connect merchants and service providers for Wero acceptance.

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Finextra

JUNE 26, 2025

Wollette has chosen Ordo to power its seamless payments technology. Ordo was selected for its proven expertise in Open Banking and its market-leading capabilities in advanced payment initiation enabling a smooth and secure funding journey that supports a seamless checkout experience.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

PPRO , the leading local payments platform, has partnered with European Payments Initiative (EPI) to secure Principal Membership of Europes newest payment method, Wero.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 22, 2024

Looking to provide data consolidation and payment initiation services, PayTabs Group , the MENA based paytech has partnered with open banking firm, Fintech Galaxy. The service will initially be rolled out in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and subsequently expand to other MENA markets.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

interactive investor (ii) has rolled out NatWest’s multi award-winning open banking payments solution Payit , to enable their customers to deposit funds onto the investment platform immediately to allow investments to be made. Customers can now use Payit by NatWest to make a payment/a fund deposit online through the ii website and app.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

American Express is expanding into the fast-growing European market for open banking-based payment initiation services with its Pay with Bank transfer platform.

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The Paypers

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Qatar-headquartered multinational telecommunications company Ooredoo and global tech i2c have announced their partnership to launch the first digital payment initiative in Qatar.

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NFCW

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” Juniper forecasts 50% growth in QR mobile payment transactions was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW. ” “This increased competition will be most felt in North America and Europe, where iOS products have the highest market share,” Juniper adds.

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NFCW

JUNE 26, 2025

The two parties to the deal are EPI , the European Payments Initiative, and the European Payments Alliance (EuroPA). EPI is the bank-led organisation responsible for building Wero , a unified mobile payments service for Europe.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 11, 2024

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. EPI (European Payment Initiative), the operator of Wero, relies on acquiring banks for the acceptance of Wero payments.

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The Paypers

AUGUST 2, 2021

UK-based PSR has announced a new initiative to understand potential barriers to the take-up of digital payments and identify potential solutions.

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The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has announced the launch of the Wero instant account-to-account payment service in France.

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Finextra

JUNE 17, 2025

Home News Payments Payments platform Unzer joins EPI for Wero wallet push Editorial This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community.

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Payments Source

JUNE 30, 2019

By turning compatibility into a nonissue, APIs help enable open banking, which has the potential to offer core banking services such as payment initiation or account balances through APIs, writes JPMorgan Chase's Stephen Markwell.

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The Paypers

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Cross-border payments platform dLocal has received certification as a Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) from Brazil's Central Bank.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 11, 2025

Built for CFOs, controllers, and finance teams, MO AI transforms fragmented, multi-entity workflows into a unified, real-time experience, enabling users to retrieve balances, analyse payments, initiate transactions, and generate reports using command-based prompts.

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Finextra

JULY 2, 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.

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The Nilson Report

MARCH 7, 2024

The post Sound Payments Initiates Boarding and Deployment Services for Sound POS appeared first on Nilson Report.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 1, 2025

Tink , A Visa Solution, and Chip , the award-winning wealth app, have today announced a partnership which will see Tink provide its Payment Initiation Services (PIS) to Chip customers. “We’re looking forward to working with the Tink team to promote these payment options, with a few more exciting updates coming soon.”

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 30, 2025

” Removing friction from the complex process of getting new payment initiatives to market quickly, efficiently and at a reasonable cost has never been more important. t3 helps facilitate a dynamic adoption of digital payments through a simplified and automated testing process to the benefit of all.

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The Paypers

JUNE 21, 2023

Brazil-based Nubank has become the 21st institution to fulfil all stages of the payment initiator onboarding process.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 2, 2020

After tests with several banks that established Swift's ability to connect its Global Payments Initiative faster payments rail to domestic networks, the financial and messaging standards organization is activating the service in the U.K.

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The Paypers

JUNE 17, 2025

European Payments Initiative (EPI) has announced that five local banks in Luxembourg are joining forces to launch the Wero wallet along with an instant A2A payment solution.

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Finextra

APRIL 28, 2025

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.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Pelican, a provider of payments and artificial intelligence technology, is supporting Swift's development of a new service for low-cost cross border payments across its Global Payments Initiative and high-speed rails.

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The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Under the new regulations, banks must now allow account information service providers (AISPs) and payment initiation service providers (PISPs) access to account information for legal entities after securing their consent. The new amendments are set to bring legal entities in line with the existing open banking framework.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 26, 2025

Wollette has chosen Ordo to power its seamless payments technology. Ordo was selected for its proven expertise in Open Banking and its market-leading capabilities in advanced payment initiation enabling a smooth and secure funding journey that supports a seamless checkout experience.

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