Nexi Germany GmbH, part of leading European PayTech, Nexi Group has signed a contract with Wero operator EPI (European Payments Initiative). As a regulated payment service provider, Nexi now has the licence to connect merchants and service providers for Wero acceptance.

Announced at the EuroCIS 2025 retail technology trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, Nexi plans to connect the first merchants in the third quarter of the year, shortly after the launch of Wero in German e-commerce in the middle of this year.

Nexi and its partner Computop will enable merchants to benefit from the new European digital wallet payment method, first in e-commerce and later in brick-and-mortar retail. As a gateway provider, Computop provides all technically necessary interfaces to Wero operator, EPI.

Carola Wahl, CEO of Nexi DACH, explained: "The Wero payment system, which is based on account-to-account transfers, stands for solutions that we at Nexi are driving forward: intuitive, simple, scalable, and pan-European. With Wero, there is no major change for merchants. The payment method is fully integrated into the established payment processes in e-commerce. They also benefit from an attractive pricing model, real-time payments and international reach. As a founding member and shareholder of the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and now also as Wero acquirer Nexi is actively shaping the future of digital payments.”

Martina Weimert, CEO of the European Payment Initiative (EPI), commented: "We are looking forward to working with Nexi as an acquirer in the next phase of the Wero rollout in German e-commerce, to increase the acceptance of Wero among online merchants. Our goal is to provide users with a secure and seamless way to pay online. This will not only increase convenience for consumers, but also provide merchants with an attractive and competitive payment option."

Ralf Gladis, CEO of Computop, adds: "With our modular offering for acquiring processing, we provide acquirers with comprehensive services for Wero payment acceptance: from onboarding with reporting to EPI, to the generation and exchange of tokens, or the handling of authorisation and booking through to detailed reporting. We are convinced that, together with our strong PayTech partner Nexi, we can help Germany’s e-commerce merchants seamlessly adopt this convenient new European payment method."

Wero has so far launched in Belgium, France, and Germany. The Netherlands and other European countries will follow in the coming years. So far, payments between private individuals (P2P) are possible via Wero. Integration in e-commerce will follow in mid-2025 and the payment function for smaller merchants (P2Pro) at the end of 2025. Wero will finally be introduced in brick-and-mortar retail in 2026.