European Mobile Payment Systems Association
Four of the seven members of EMPSA | |
| Industry | Mobile payments |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 3rd 2019[1] |
| Headquarters | Zurich , |
Area served | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland |
Key people | Søren Mose, Anna-Lena Wretman, Anton Stadelmann, Bjørn Skjelbred, Christian Pirkner, Mark Majgaard Wraa-Hansen, Nathalie Vandepeute, Tiago Bianchi de Aguiar |
| Products | Mobile applications |
| Members | Bancontact Payconiq Company, Bluecode, MobilePay, SIBS/MB WAY, Swish, Vipps |
| Website | https://empsa.org/ |
The European Mobile Payment Systems Association (EMPSA) is an association that aims to foster collaboration and to enable the use of different mobile payments systems internationally.[2] EMPSA is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and chaired by Søren Mose, the Chairman of the TWINT Board of Directors.[3]
EMPSA is founded by seven mobile payment providers that together have around 25 million registered users and over 1 million acceptance points. Around 350 banks support the systems. The seven providers are:
| Provider | Country |
|---|---|
| Bancontact Payconiq Company |  Belgium
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| Bluecode |  Germany  Austria
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| MobilePay |  Finland  Denmark
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| SIBS/MB WAY |  Portugal
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| Swish |  Sweden
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| TWINT |  Switzerland
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| Vipps |  Norway
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See also
- MobilePay – Danish mobile payment service
- Swish – Swedish mobile payment service
- Vipps – Norwegian mobile payment service
References
- ^ Mobile payment systems in Europe establish association to foster collaboration and international payments
- ^ "Seven European mobile payment systems to found EMPSA". EMPSA (in German). 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
- ^ "Europe forms European Mobile Payment Systems Association (EMPSA)". Payments Cards & Mobile. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
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