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. EMPSA is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and chaired by Søren Mose, the Chairman of the TWINT Board of Directors.
History and future plans European Mobile Payment Systems Association was founded on 3 September 2019.
In January 2022 EMPSA demonstrated a working system where test users of TWINT could pay in selected shops in Austria accepting Bluecode.
Members 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.
Current members include: +ServiceProviderCountryJoinedBancontact PayBancontact Company2019Blue Code International AGWorldwide2019MobilePayVipps MobilePay AS2019MB WAYSIBS2019SwishGetswish AB2019TWINTMonexio AG2019VippsVipps MobilePay AS 2019Bancomat PayBancomat, S.p.A.2020European Association to foster collaboration in mobile payments is growing (9 March 2020)BLIKPolski Standard Płatności S. A2020Blink2021BizumBizum, S.L.2022DIAS Interbanking Systems S.A.2022RoPayTRANSFOND2025KUIKMPAY Sh.p.k2025
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