| Industry | Mobile payments |
|---|---|
| Founded | 3 September 2019[1] |
| Headquarters | Zurich , |
Area served | Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Denmark,Finland,Germany,Greece,Italy,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Spain,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 inZurich,Switzerland and chaired by Søren Mose, the Chairman of the TWINT Board of Directors.[3]
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.[4]
EMPSA was founded by sevenmobile payment providers, including the three Scandinavian providers which at that time had more than half their population as users.
Ten more providers have joined, making them 17; they are:
| Provider | Country | Joined |
|---|---|---|
| Bancontact Payconiq Company | 2019 | |
| Bluecode [de] | 2019 | |
| MobilePay | 2019 | |
| SIBS/MB WAY [pt] | 2019 | |
| Swish | 2019 | |
| TWINT | 2019 | |
| Vipps | 2019 | |
| Bancomat Pay | 2020[5] | |
| BLIK | 2020 | |
| PLICK | 2020[6] | |
| Bankart (FLIK) | 2020 | |
| Bamcard (KVIKO) | 2020 | |
| BORICA AD [bg] | 2021 | |
| CurrenceiDEAL | 2021 | |
| Bizum | 2022 | |
| DIAS | 2022 | |
| TRANSFOND [ro] | 2025 |