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'''Wero''' is a European [[mobile payment]] system intended to replace [[Giropay]] in Germany, Paylib in France and to complement [[Payconiq]] in Belgium.<ref name="TestAchats">{{cite web | author=TestAchats | date=2024-09-12 | title=Wero : nouveau système de paiement lancé en Belgique | website=Testachats | url=https://www.test-achats.be/argent/comptes-a-vue/news/wero-nouveau-systeme-de-paiement | language=fr | access-date=2024-09-15}}</ref> The service was launched on 2 July 2024 by the [[European Payments Initiative]].<ref>{{cite web |year=2024 |title=EPI launches wero |url=https://wero-wallet.eu/news/press-release-wero-in-germany |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702110727/https://wero-wallet.eu/news/press-release-wero-in-germany |archive-date=2 July 2024 |publisher=[[European Payments Initiative]]}}</ref> The service intends to compete with [[PayPal]] and similar services, beginning as a real-time payment system and later with extended online payment function.
'''Wero''' is a European [[mobile payment]] system intended to replace [[Giropay]] in Germany, [[Paylib]] in France,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wero set to become Europe's first unified payment solution |url=https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/09/30/wero-set-to-become-europes-first-unified-payment-solution |first=Tina |last=Teng |date=30 September 2024 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref> [[Payconiq]] in Belgium<ref name="TestAchats">{{cite web | date=12 September 2024 | title=Wero : nouveau système de paiement lancé en Belgique | website=TestAchats | url=https://www.test-achats.be/argent/comptes-a-vue/news/wero-nouveau-systeme-de-paiement | language=fr | access-date=2024-09-15}}</ref> and Luxembourg and [[iDEAL]] in The Netherlands. The service was launched on 2 July 2024 by the [[European Payments Initiative]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web | url=https://epicompany.eu/media-insights/epi-ceo-says-europe-ready-for-one-digital-wallet-2 | title=EPI launches Wero, its innovative digital payment wallet in Germany |website=EPI Company SE |language=en |date=2 July 2024}}</ref> The service intends to compete with [[PayPal]] and similar services, beginning as a real-time payment system and later with extended online payment function.


The name is a [[Portmanteau|portmanteau]] made up of the English personal pronoun ''we'' and the European's common currency's name ''Euro'', but is also based on the Italian ''vero'' (true).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neuer europäischer Zahlungsdienst soll 'Wero' heißen |work=Handelsblatt |first=Elisabeth |last=Atzler |access-date=5 November 2024 |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/banken/zahlungsverkehr-neuer-europaeischer-zahlungsdienst-soll-wero-heissen/29405650.html |date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
The name is a [[portmanteau]] made up of the English personal pronoun ''we'' and the European's common currency's name ''Euro'', but is also based on the Italian ''vero'' (true).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neuer europäischer Zahlungsdienst soll 'Wero' heißen |work=Handelsblatt |first=Elisabeth |last=Atzler |access-date=5 November 2024 |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/banken/zahlungsverkehr-neuer-europaeischer-zahlungsdienst-soll-wero-heissen/29405650.html |date=7 September 2023}}</ref>


== Background ==
== History ==
{{Citations needed|date=September 2024}}
Giropay had a market share of 0.4 percent in 2023 and is no longer expected to be profitable due to high fixed costs. It was decided to discontinue the payment service together with the provider Paydirekt at the end of 2024 and to gradually build up the new payment service in several stages.


===Background EPI project===
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The aim of EPI's project is to achieve greater independence from the market power of American payment service providers. According to the management consultancy Capco, Wero's market entry may come too late for many, but the train has "not yet completely left the station, but is already in motion." The Center for Financial Studies believes that the end of 2021 will be the "last opportunity for Europe to establish a payment system that can keep up with global competition" (especially against US competitors).
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{{further|European Payments Initiative}}
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The aim of EPI's project is to achieve greater independence from the market power of American payment service providers. According to the management consultancy Capco, EPI's market entry may come too late for many, but the train has "not yet completely left the station, but is already in motion." The Center for Financial Studies believes that the end of 2021 will be the "last opportunity for Europe to establish a payment system that can keep up with global competition" (especially against US competitors). During 2020 and 2021 several attempts were made to initiate the creation of a European based payment system that could rival card based payment solutions of [[Visa Inc.|Visa]] and [[Mastercard]].


===2022===
== Planned functions ==
After 20 banks from Poland, Spain, German and Finland had withdrew from the project end of 2021, the remaining 13 banks pivoted the project towards a payment solution based on a digital wallet.<ref>{{cite web | first=Philip |last=Benton | date=2022-03-25 | title=European Payments Initiative project pivots after 20 banks depart | website=Omdia | url=https://omdia.tech.informa.com/om022317/european-payments-initiative-project-pivots-after-20-banks-depart | language=en | access-date=2024-12-06}}</ref>
{{Citations needed|date=September 2024}}
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Wero will initially enable person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-professional (P2Pro) payments, followed by online and mobile shopping payments and then point-of-sale payments. A comprehensive range of transaction types will be supported, including one-off payments, subscriptions, installments, payments upon delivery and reservations. Additionally, value-added services will be incorporated into the solution over time, including responsible 'Buy Now, Pay Later' (BNPL) financing, digital identity features and integration of merchant loyalty programmes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-25 |title=EPI Company announces acquisitions, additional shareholders and the coming launch of its new instant payment solution - Société Générale |url=https://www.societegenerale.com/en/news/press-release/epi-company-announces-acquisitions-additional-shareholders-and-coming-launch-its-new-instant-payment |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.societegenerale.com |language=en}}</ref>


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EPI announced it wanted to start the "digital wallet" with mobile-to-mobile payments in Belgium, Germany and France and offer its own app so that, according to the provider, almost all bank customers in these countries will most likely be able to use wero. It should be comparable to Twint (Switzerland) and [[MobilePay]] (Denmark).
One flaw of the old payment service was the complicated and time-consuming setup for customers and merchants alike. Wero is supposed to be linked to the user's current account and can be used immediately without setup.


===2023===
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EPI, to which 16 of the original 32 financial service providers still belong, launched a pilot operation between Sparkasse Elbe-Elster and the French Banque Populaire in December 2023 based on the fully developed SCT-Inst SEPA payment solution. Paydirekt accounts are to be terminated at the end of 2024.
On 25 april, EPI announced that its shareholders confirmed the development (and launch) of the wallet based payment solution.<ref name=":4">{{cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425060845/https://www.epicompany.eu/epi-company-announces-acquisitions-additional-shareholders-and-the-coming-launch-of-its-new-instant-payment-solution/ | title=EPI Company announces acquisitions, additional shareholders and the coming launch of its new instant payment solution |website=EPI Company SE |language=en |date=25 April 2023}}</ref> Several European institutions, under which the European Central Bank, announced they welcomed the initiative.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/intro/news/html/ecb.mipnews230425.en.html | title=ECB welcomes the EPI’s progress on building a European payment solution|website=European Central Bank|date=25 April 2023}}</ref>


On 21 september 2023, EPI it selected the name 'Wero' for it's upcoming payment service.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://epicompany.eu/media-insights/epi-selects-wero-as-commercial-name-for-its-innovative-digital-wallet | title=EPI selects “Wero” as commercial name for its innovative digital wallet |website=EPI Company SE |language=en |date=21 September 2023}}</ref>
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EPI wants to start the "digital wallet" wero with mobile-to-mobile payments in Belgium, Germany and France and offer its own app so that, according to the provider, almost all bank customers in these countries will most likely be able to use wero. It should be comparable to Twint (Switzerland) and [[MobilePay]] (Denmark).


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In December 2023 EPI, launched a pilot operation between German [[Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe|Sparkasse Elbe-Elster]] and the French [[Banque Populaire]] based on the fully developed SCT-Inst SEPA payment solution.
In Germany, Sparkassen, Postbank, Deutsche Bank and ING want to make a start. EPI member banks also want to implement the services in their own apps based on SEPA and on the basis of the mobile phone numbers registered with the banks, including Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank and the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe.


===2024===
In the Netherlands, the central bank has made success a condition for the migration of [[iDEAL]] to the European platform.
On 2 July 2024, Wero was launched in Germany, with two German banks going live with the Service.<ref name=":2" /> On 30 September 2024, Wero was launched in France.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://epicompany.eu/media-insights/epi-launches-wero-in-france | title=EPI launches Wero, its European digital payment wallet in France |website=EPI Company SE |language=en |date=30 September 2024}}</ref> On 19 November 2024 Wero was launched in Belgium.<ref name=":1">{{cite web | url=https://epicompany.eu/media-insights/epi-launches-wero-its-innovative-digital-payment-wallet-in-belgium-2 |title=EPI launches Wero, its innovative digital payment wallet in Belgium |website=EPI Company SE |language=en |date=19 November 2024}}</ref> As of November 2024 the service counts 14 million users and 8 million transactions were made. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Epi Company {{!}} Wero shows first results: Promise of fast, secure and… |url=https://epicompany.eu/media-insights/wero-shows-first-results-2 |date=12 November 2024| access-date=2024-12-27 |website=EPI Company SE |language=en}}</ref>


In December a first Wero e-commerce payment transaction was performed in pilot setting. <reF>{{cite web|url=https://fck.de/de/wero/|title=Ein Meilenstein für den FCK und die europäische Zahlungsinnovation|date=17 December 2024|website=1. FC Kaiserslautern|language=de}}</ref>
By mid-2025, payment in online stores should be possible and thus compete with PayPal and credit cards. The final step planned is the integration with [[payment terminal]]s at the [[point of sale]].


== Product features ==
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==Current supported banks==
===P2P Contact list payments===
A user can associate a phone number to its bank account, with a maximum of three phone numbers per bank account. A person can make a bank transfer to the account, by the phone number instead of the [[IBAN]].


===P2P Wero QR codes generation===
A user can create a QR code, by selecting the bank account and specifying the amount of the payment. A person can make a bank transfer by scanning the QR code, and selecting its bank account and approving the transaction.

===Future planned features===
⚫
EPI announced in July 2024, that it will extent Wero's offering to online and mobile shopping payments (in 2025) and then NFC enabled point-of-sale payments (2026). A additional comprehensive range of transaction types is planned to be supported later, including one-off payments, subscriptions, installments, payments upon delivery and reservations. Additionally, value-added services will be incorporated into the solution over time, including responsible 'Buy Now, Pay Later' (BNPL) financing, digital identity features and integration of merchant loyalty programmes.<ref name=":4" />

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==Current supported banks==
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|[[Belfius]]
|[[Belfius]]
|Belgium
|Belgium
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|2024-09-26<ref name=":1" />
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|[[ING_Group#Global_operations|ING Belgium]]
|Belgium
|2024-11-19<ref name=":1" />
|-
|-
|[[BNP Paribas]]
|[[BNP Paribas]]
|France
|France
|2024-10-24<ref name=":0" />
|2024-10-24<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=EPI lance Wero, son portefeuille de paiement numérique européen en France |url=https://newsroom.groupebpce.fr/actualites/epi-lance-wero-son-portefeuille-de-paiement-numerique-europeen-en-france-0adf2-7b707.html}}</ref>
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|-
|[[BNP Paribas Fortis]] ([[Fintro]], [[Hello_bank!|Hello Bank! Belgium]])
|Belgium
|2024-11-06<ref name=":1" />
|-
|-
|[[Groupe BPCE]]
|[[Groupe BPCE]]
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|[[KBC Group|KBC (CBC, KBC Brussels)]]
|[[KBC Group|KBC (CBC, KBC Brussels)]]
|Belgium
|Belgium
|2024-07-26<ref name=":1" />
|2024-07-02<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flandern |first=VRT Nachrichten-Aktuelles aus |date=2024-07-29 |title=Neues europäisches digitales Zahlungssystem auch bald in Belgien aktiviert |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/de/2024/07/29/neues-europaeisches-digitales-zahlungssystem-auch-bald-in-belgie/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=vrtnws.be |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[La Banque Postale]]
|[[La Banque Postale]]
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|[[Deutsche Postbank|Postbank]]
|[[Deutsche Postbank|Postbank]]
|Germany
|Germany
|2024-10-31<ref name=platow>{{Cite web |last=Reinhardt |first=Justus |date=2024-10-01 |title=EPI – Postbank startet Wero Ende Oktober |url=https://brief.platow.de/geldpolitik/epi-postbank-startet-wero-ende-oktober/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=DER PLATOW Brief |language=de-DE}}</ref>
|2024-10-31<ref name=platow>{{Cite web |first=Frank |last=Mahlmeister |title=EPI – Postbank startet Wero Ende Oktober |url=https://brief.platow.de/geldpolitik/epi-postbank-startet-wero-ende-oktober/ |date=1 October 2024 |website=DER PLATOW Brief |language=de-DE}}</ref>
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|[[Deutsche Bank]]
|Germany
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|Mid 2025<ref name=platow/>
|-
|-
|[[Hello bank!]]
|[[Hello bank!]]
|France
|France
|2024-10-02
|2024-10-02<ref name=":0" />
|-
|-
|[[PSD Bank]]
|[[PSD Bank]]
|Germany
|Germany
|2024-09-30<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wero |url=https://www.psd-rheinneckarsaar.de/banking-service/banking-app/wero.html |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.psd-rheinneckarsaar.de |language=de}}</ref>
|2024-09-30<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wero |url=https://www.psd-rheinneckarsaar.de/banking-service/banking-app/wero.html |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=PSD Bank RheinNeckarSaar eG |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Société Générale]]
|[[Société Générale]]
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|2024-10-24<ref name=":0" />
|2024-10-24<ref name=":0" />
|-
|-
|[[Sparda-Bank]]
|[[Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe]]
|Germany
|Germany
|2024-07-02<ref name=":2" />
|
|-
|-
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|[[German Cooperative Financial Group|Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken]] ([[DZ Bank]], [[Sparda-Bank]])
| [[Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe]] || Germany || 2024-07-02
|-
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|[[German Cooperative Financial Group|Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken]]
|Germany
|Germany
|2024-07-02
|2024-07-02<ref name=":2" />
|}
|}

== Other countries ==
Other banks that want to offer the service are [[Deutsche Bank]], [[Deutsche Postbank]] (Germany), [[BNP Paribas]], [[Société Générale]], [[Groupe Banque Populaire]] and [[Worldline SA|Worldline]] (France), [[ING Group|ING]] (Netherlands) and [[Nexi]] (Italy). Further banks are to follow.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

==See also==
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* [[European Payments Initiative]]
* [[Instant payment]]
* [[MobilePay]]
* [[PayPal]]
* [[Single Euro Payments Area]] (SEPA)
* [[TWINT]]
* [[Venmo]]
* [[Vipps]]
* [[Swish (payment)]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 08:53, 29 December 2024

wero
Type of site
Mobile payment
Area servedWest Europe
URLwero-wallet.eu
Launched2024
Native client(s) oniOS, Android

Wero is a European mobile payment system intended to replace Giropay in Germany, Paylib in France,[1] Payconiq in Belgium[2] and Luxembourg and iDEAL in The Netherlands. The service was launched on 2 July 2024 by the European Payments Initiative.[3] The service intends to compete with PayPal and similar services, beginning as a real-time payment system and later with extended online payment function.

The name is a portmanteau made up of the English personal pronoun we and the European's common currency's name Euro, but is also based on the Italian vero (true).[4]

History

Background EPI project

Further information: European Payments Initiative

The aim of EPI's project is to achieve greater independence from the market power of American payment service providers. According to the management consultancy Capco, EPI's market entry may come too late for many, but the train has "not yet completely left the station, but is already in motion." The Center for Financial Studies believes that the end of 2021 will be the "last opportunity for Europe to establish a payment system that can keep up with global competition" (especially against US competitors). During 2020 and 2021 several attempts were made to initiate the creation of a European based payment system that could rival card based payment solutions of Visa and Mastercard.

2022

After 20 banks from Poland, Spain, German and Finland had withdrew from the project end of 2021, the remaining 13 banks pivoted the project towards a payment solution based on a digital wallet.[5]

EPI announced it wanted to start the "digital wallet" with mobile-to-mobile payments in Belgium, Germany and France and offer its own app so that, according to the provider, almost all bank customers in these countries will most likely be able to use wero. It should be comparable to Twint (Switzerland) and MobilePay (Denmark).

2023

On 25 april, EPI announced that its shareholders confirmed the development (and launch) of the wallet based payment solution.[6] Several European institutions, under which the European Central Bank, announced they welcomed the initiative.[7]

On 21 september 2023, EPI it selected the name 'Wero' for it's upcoming payment service.[8]

In December 2023 EPI, launched a pilot operation between German Sparkasse Elbe-Elster and the French Banque Populaire based on the fully developed SCT-Inst SEPA payment solution.

2024

On 2 July 2024, Wero was launched in Germany, with two German banks going live with the Service.[3] On 30 September 2024, Wero was launched in France.[9] On 19 November 2024 Wero was launched in Belgium.[10] As of November 2024 the service counts 14 million users and 8 million transactions were made. [11]

In December a first Wero e-commerce payment transaction was performed in pilot setting. [12]

Product features

P2P Contact list payments

A user can associate a phone number to its bank account, with a maximum of three phone numbers per bank account. A person can make a bank transfer to the account, by the phone number instead of the IBAN.

P2P Wero QR codes generation

A user can create a QR code, by selecting the bank account and specifying the amount of the payment. A person can make a bank transfer by scanning the QR code, and selecting its bank account and approving the transaction.

Future planned features

EPI announced in July 2024, that it will extent Wero's offering to online and mobile shopping payments (in 2025) and then NFC enabled point-of-sale payments (2026). A additional comprehensive range of transaction types is planned to be supported later, including one-off payments, subscriptions, installments, payments upon delivery and reservations. Additionally, value-added services will be incorporated into the solution over time, including responsible 'Buy Now, Pay Later' (BNPL) financing, digital identity features and integration of merchant loyalty programmes.[6]

Current supported banks

Caption
Bank name Country Begin of support
Belfius Belgium 2024-09-26[10]
ING Belgium Belgium 2024-11-19[10]
BNP Paribas France 2024-10-24[9]
BNP Paribas Fortis (Fintro, Hello Bank! Belgium) Belgium 2024-11-06[10]
Groupe BPCE France 2024-10-02[9]
Crédit Agricole France 2024-09-26[9]
Crédit Mutuel France 2024-11-06[9]
KBC (CBC, KBC Brussels) Belgium 2024-07-26[10]
La Banque Postale France 2024-10-28[9]
Postbank Germany 2024-10-31[13]
Hello bank! France 2024-10-02[9]
PSD Bank Germany 2024-09-30[14]
Société Générale France 2024-10-24[9]
Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Germany 2024-07-02[3]
Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken (DZ Bank, Sparda-Bank) Germany 2024-07-02[3]

References

  1. ^ Teng, Tina (30 September 2024). "Wero set to become Europe's first unified payment solution". euronews. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Wero : nouveau système de paiement lancé en Belgique". TestAchats (in French). 12 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "EPI launches Wero, its innovative digital payment wallet in Germany". EPI Company SE. 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ Atzler, Elisabeth (7 September 2023). "Neuer europäischer Zahlungsdienst soll 'Wero' heißen". Handelsblatt. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  5. ^ Benton, Philip (25 March 2022). "European Payments Initiative project pivots after 20 banks depart". Omdia. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b "EPI Company announces acquisitions, additional shareholders and the coming launch of its new instant payment solution". EPI Company SE. 25 April 2023.
  7. ^ "ECB welcomes the EPI's progress on building a European payment solution". European Central Bank. 25 April 2023.
  8. ^ "EPI selects "Wero" as commercial name for its innovative digital wallet". EPI Company SE. 21 September 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "EPI launches Wero, its European digital payment wallet in France". EPI Company SE. 30 September 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e "EPI launches Wero, its innovative digital payment wallet in Belgium". EPI Company SE. 19 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Epi Company | Wero shows first results: Promise of fast, secure and…". EPI Company SE. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Ein Meilenstein für den FCK und die europäische Zahlungsinnovation". 1. FC Kaiserslautern (in German). 17 December 2024.
  13. ^ Mahlmeister, Frank (1 October 2024). "EPI – Postbank startet Wero Ende Oktober". DER PLATOW Brief (in German).
  14. ^ "Wero". PSD Bank RheinNeckarSaar eG (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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