PPRO, the leading local payments platform, has partnered with European Payments Initiative (EPI) to secure Principal Membership of Europe’s newest payment method, Wero. Through its Membership, PPRO will provide its customers with the most comprehensive route to access Wero via sponsored associate membership, payment facilitator access, or as a technical gateway.

Wero, EPI’s mobile-first wallet and instant account-to-account payment solution transforming and standardising how Europeans pay, is currently available to consumers for P2P transactions in Germany, France and Belgium. Launched in 2024 by EPI, Wero has ambitious plans to become Europe’s favourite payment method, and to evolve to offer e-commerce, point-of-sale purchases and third-party payment methods.

PPRO will support Wero’s e/m-commerce and in-store payment flows when it becomes available, starting with e/m-commerce in 2025. Both will be made available through PPRO’s local payments platform, giving PSPs the power to build once and scale continuously.

PPRO’s partnership with EPI to integrate Wero will deliver greater access, scale and continuity of payments in Europe. Acquirers, issuers and merchants can all benefit from PPRO’s platform connectivity as PPRO manages every point of the payments cycle including activation of payment methods, acceptance optimisation, operational boarding and funds management.

This unification will hugely benefit PSPs and merchants, as they will be able to connect directly with consumers across Europe without having to coordinate multiple integrations or partnerships.

Motie Bring, CEO at PPRO, “We are thrilled to be a Principal Member of Wero, providing unparalleled access to Europe’s newest scheme and opening up a key European region for our clients by letting their customers pay the local way. Our strong relationship with EPI enables us to offer their rich e/m-commerce functionality to our clients in its entirety this summer, ensuring they only have to build once to connect with a world of local payment methods.”

Martina Weimert, CEO of the European Payments Initiative (EPI) adds, “We are happily welcoming this partnership with PPRO, marking a new milestone of our commitment to making payments faster and easier for European merchants and consumers. After the project initiation with peer-to-peer transactions in 2024, we now enter the e/m-commerce functionality roll-out which couldn’t be more exciting. Our collaboration will simplify payments and enhance connectivity for PPRO's client base, granting them direct access to the European market. We look forward to working together to drive innovation and shape the future of digital payments with Wero."