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:
| Provider | Country | Joined |
| Bancontact Payconiq Company | 2019 | |
| 2019 | ||
| MobilePay | 2019 | |
| 2019 | ||
| Swish | 2019 | |
| TWINT | 2019 | |
| Vipps | 2019 | |
| Bancomat Pay | 2020 | |
| BLIK | 2020 | |
| PLICK | 2020 | |
| Bankart | 2020 | |
| Bamcard | 2020 | |
| 2021 | ||
| Currence iDEAL | 2021 | |
| Bizum | 2022 | |
| DIAS | 2022 | |
| 2025 | ||
| MPAY | 2025 |