Airwallex Joins EPI as Principal Member and Expands with Wero
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Airwallex has partnered with EPI, and now merchants on the company's platform can offer Wero Wallet as a payment method across Europe.
The FinTech is now a Principal Member of the European Payments Initiative.
The goal here is to make merchants reach more shoppers and streamline transactions across borders securely, reduce reliance on legacy card networks, and provide a future-proof solution aligned with regulatory and security standards set within the EU.
Wero is Europe's first homegrown digital wallet, designed to unify and simplify account-to-account (A2A) payments across the continent, and is currently backed by 16 European banks and payment service providers.
The new Wero Wallet in Airwallex is expected to launch for e-commerce payments in Germany from the end of 2025, followed by France and Belgium in 2026, with point-of-sale (POS) acceptance to follow shortly thereafter.
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