European Mobile Payment Systems Association
Three of the nine members of EMPSA | |
| Industry | Mobile payments |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 3rd 2019[1] |
| Headquarters | Zurich , |
Area served | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, 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]
History and future plans[edit]
European Mobile Payment Systems Association was founded on September 3 2019.
In January 2022 EMPSA demonstrated a working system where test users of TWINT could pay in selected shops in Austria accepting Bluecode.[4]
Members[edit]
EMPSA was founded by seven mobile payment providers, including the three Scandinavian providers which at that time had more than half their population as users.
Eight more providers have joined, making them 15; they are:
| Provider | Country | Joined |
|---|---|---|
| Bancontact Payconiq Company |  Belgium
|
2019 |
| Bluecode |  Germany  Austria
|
2019 |
| MobilePay |  Denmark  Finland
|
2019 |
| SIBS/MB WAY |  Portugal
|
2019 |
| Swish |  Sweden
|
2019 |
| TWINT |  Switzerland
|
2019 |
| Vipps |  Norway
|
2019 |
| Bancomat Pay |  Italy
|
2020[5] |
| BLIK |  Poland
|
2020 |
| PLICK | Italy  Spain
|
2020[6] |
| Bankart (FLIK) |  Slovenia
|
2020 |
| Bamcard (KVIKO) |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
2020 |
| BORICA AD |  Bulgaria
|
2021 |
| Currence iDEAL |  Netherlands
|
2021 |
| Bizum | Spain
|
2022 |
| DIAS |  Greece
|
2022 |
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Interoperability Production Test from EMPSA on Vimeo
- ^ European Association to foster collaboration in mobile payments is growing (March 9 2020)
- ^ EMPSA is further growing to foster collaboration in mobile payments
