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The European Payments Initiative makes two big strategic acquisitions
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is in the news for three reasons: first launch of a pilot phase offer, a...
European Payments Initiative hits troubles as majority of Banks leave
In late December troubling reports emerged surrounding the European Payments Initiative (EPI) as some European lenders were holding off their...
The reason Europe’s banks want EPI to end US dominance in payments
The last time the banks and infrastructure providers in the European payments market tried to build a payments network capable...
Nets and Worldline join EPI as first 3rd party acquirer as deployment gathers pace
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has entered its next phase and has announced Worldline and Nets as shareholders of the...
EuroCommerce and ECPA respond to EU retail payments strategy
In a recent statement, EuroCommerce – the European retailers’ association – has welcomed the EU’s retail payments strategy (RPS) and...
Europe is building EPI – an alternative to Visa and Mastercard – might it work?
Last year the European Central Bank said that it welcomed the European Payments Initiative (EPI), an initiative by some of...
Major Eurozone banks begin implementation of the European Payments Initiative (EPI)
A group of 16 major European banks from five countries (Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain) paved the way...