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🚀𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀? If you’re attending the Uniti Mobility Payment Forum in Hamburg this week, make sure to meet the EPI team. 📆 15/01 - Save the date and join the 𝘓𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘘𝘙 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 workshop with Fabian Mansfeld and Sven Stottmeier from Hectronic GmbH, where you’ll learn more about Wero payment solution. 📆 16/01 - Join the keynote by CEO Martina Weimert to find out more about how Wero is changing the way Europe pays 🇪🇺 . Want a deeper dive into EPI? Book a meeting with our colleague Markus Fuchs, who will be on-site to share even more about our exciting developments. #MobilityPayments #Innovation #UnitiForum #DigitalPayments 

Martina Weimert, CEO of European Payments Initiative (EPI), explains the motivation behind Wero (https://lnkd.in/dYbctu6R), its standout features, and it's roadmap: In an interview with Payments Cards & Mobile, Weimert highlights the following: Wero is a European solution, offering consumers across multiple countries (Belgium, France and Germany for now, followed by the Netherlands and Luxembourg). The ambition of the Wero digital wallet is to offer a European sovereign unified payment solution to address the needs of consumers, professionals and merchants in all European markets. Furthermore, all our shareholders want to bundle their innovation investment in this area of payments so they can create synergies and become more relevant nationally and internationally against global competitors. The roadmap started with Person-to-Person (P2P) payments, launched in 2024 and will follow in 2025 with the launch of 𝗲-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. Wero conducted a successful proof of concept in Germany in December this year: https://lnkd.in/d882At6N Later in 2026 and 2027, Wero will offer 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 (PoS) payments as well as subscriptions management and value-added services. Read all about it in this complete interview article: https://lnkd.in/de8CSmRM Find this helpful? [ 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 ] Anything to add about this subject? [𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁] Nice story, Marcel. Next! [ 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 ]

𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗘-/𝗠-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝟭. 𝗙𝗖 𝗞𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻: 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀! 🚀 🎯 EPI has hit a key milestone with the deployment of a Proof of Concept (POC) in cooperation with VR Bank Südliche Weinstraße-Wasgau eG, DZ BANK AG, VR Payment GmbH, VR Bank RheinAhrEifel eG and Atruvia AG. 🛒 We completed our first ever end-to-end E-/M-commerce transaction using Wero in the online store of the famous German football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern ⚽ ✅ This successful test is an important step in expanding Wero from peer-to-peer payments to E-Commerce and M-Commerce payments. Starting in 2025, Wero will be available as a European payment solution offering a secure, streamlined payment experience for consumers and merchants, who will enjoy a simple deployment via their usual acquirers. A massive thank you to our amazing team for the continuous support, collaboration, and hard work, as well VR Bank Südliche Weinstraße-Wasgau eG, DZ BANK AG, VR Payment GmbH, VR Bank RheinAhrEifel eG, Atruvia AG, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Together, we are shaping the vision of our future-proof European payment solution!  https://lnkd.in/e89ynehJ #Payments #Merchants #Acquirers #Ecommerce #Mcommerce #DigitalWallet

Fintech Trends Alert for 2025 👀 We’re thrilled to be featured amongst the top 2025 fintech trends in Juniper Research’s latest research. 🙌 2024 represents a key milestone with the launch of Wero in Germany, Belgium and France: our first steps in creating a pan-European digital wallet offering account-to-account payments in less than 10 seconds. 🚀2025 is right around the corner. We cannot wait to deepen our efforts to shape the future of payments. And this is just the start! We’re developing many more use cases to make Wero your best ally for everyday life. 👉 Want to see what 2025 holds for Fintech? Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/gmbxnjvD #payments #fintech

Last week, the EPI Media Summit in Frankfurt am Main completed the press conference series of EPI Company and Wero in France, Belgium and Germany. The summit brought together key voices from Europe’s financial sector to discuss the first results and next steps of Wero in Germany. 🎤 Martina Weimert, CEO of EPI, highlighted Wero’s mission to provide a secure, independent and future-focused payment solution, tailored to Europe’s needs. 💡 Chris Scheuermann shared insights from current trends and the growing demand for instant-payment solutions across Germany and Europe. 🗣️ Banking experts, including representatives from DSGV - Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, DZ BANK AG, Deutsche Bank and ING Deutschland discussed Wero’s next milestones within a panel talk hosted by Annette Weisbach, such as the upcoming standalone app launch for Deutsche Postbank Group customers next week. With nearly 14 million users already on board, Wero is setting the foundation for a unified, seamless payment experience across already three countries – designed for Europe, by Europe. Thank you to all speakers and the press attendees for contributing to today’s inspiring discussion! Find more about Wero and what’s next for European payments: https://lnkd.in/dTHiTsXZ #DSGV #DZBANK #Deutschebank #ING #MediaSummit #EPI #Wero

🇧🇪 Launch of Wero in Belgium! Yesterday, at a press conference, we presented #Wero, the digital payment solution that is transforming the European market. 📌 Martina Weimert and Ralf Hamal presented the European Payments Initiative Wero and its role for Europe and Belgium.  📌 Nathalie Vandepeute highlighted the collaboration between EPI Company and Bancontact Payconiq Company to ensure a smooth transition from Payconiq to Wero  📌 Representatives from the 4 largest banks in Belgium, all EPI shareholders, shared their vision of the future of digital payments and the importance of having a European solution Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eGpMB5WV #Belfius #BNPParibasFortis #Hellobank! #Fintro #INGBelgium #KBC #CBC Ivo De Meersman Amaury Vanthournout Michael Anseeuw Turkan Goktas

10 seconds are not enough to see all of Wero’s takeovers across Germany 🚀 Spot us this month in Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart and Cologne.

What a spectacular evening! Huge thanks to Becom for hosting an incredible themed night, ‘The Greatest Showman.’ Embracing the role of the ‘Strongest Man on Earth,’ I had the honour of presenting the Start-Up of the Year award to Qallo! This dynamic young company is already achieving remarkable milestones on its promising journey, and it was inspiring to witness their well-deserved recognition first-hand. While Wero currently makes peer-to-peer transactions between friends seamless across Belgium, France, and Germany, get ready for 2025! Soon, online transactions will be part of Wero’s offerings—so fast, you’ll be saying, 'I need a Wero' before you know it. #EPI #Qallo #Wero #Becom Greet DekockerRik LageyKatrien MooijaartRalf Hamal

10 seconds were enough for yesterday's Koh Lanta episode 👀 Catch Wero & Denis Brogniart over the next weeks across TF1 TV and replay 📺

📣 We recently hosted a panel of experts in Brussels to discuss the findings from our survey on payment preferences among consumers in Belgium, Germany, and France. The conversation was dynamic and revealed some unexpected insights! 🎯