European Mobile Payment Systems Association


The European Mobile Payment Systems Association 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.
Eleven more providers have joined, making them 18; they are:
ProviderCountryJoined
Bancontact Payconiq Company2019
2019
MobilePay 2019
2019
Swish2019
TWINT2019
Vipps 2019
Bancomat Pay2020
BLIK2020
PLICK 2020
Bankart 2020
Bamcard 2020
2021
Currence iDEAL2021
Bizum2022
DIAS2022
2025
MPAY 2025