Germany 2025
Market Overview Payment Organisations German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) is the umbrella organisation of the German banks regarding payment services. Domestic Payment Brands girocard debit cards; mostly co-badged V PAY, Debit Mastercard, or VISA Debit. E-purse GeldKarte phase-out complete by end-2024. giropay digital A2A payment service, phase-out by end-2024. Wero: In 2024, launch of P2P […]
France 2025
Market Overview Payment Organisations Groupement des Cartes Bancaires, the interbank organisation. STET, the interbank CSM processor, absorbed SERS2 in 2015. Domestic Payment Brand “CB” is the domestic card scheme of the French banks. French private cards issued by French consumer finance banks. Lyf Pay, a domestic A2A payment service for online shopping. Market Structure Most […]
United Kingdom 2026
Market Overview Payment Organisations Payment System Regulator (PSR), since April 2015. Pay.UK, the new payment system operator, since 2017. UK Finance, the new UK banking industry association, since 2017. LINK operates the LINK ATM network scheme in the UK. VocaLink, owned by Mastercard since 2017, processes the UK’s Faster Payments system, settlements, and the direct […]
France 2026
Market Overview Payment Organisations Groupement des Cartes Bancaires, the interbank organisation. STET, the interbank CSM processor, absorbed SERS2 in 2015. Domestic Payment Brand “CB” is the domestic card scheme of the French banks. French private cards issued by French consumer finance banks. Lyf Pay, a domestic A2A payment service for online shopping. Market Structure Most […]
Germany 2026
Market Overview Payment Organisations German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) is the umbrella organisation of the German banks regarding payment services. Domestic Payment Brands girocard debit cards; mostly co-badged V PAY, Debit Mastercard, or VISA Debit. E-purse GeldKarte phase-out complete by end-2024. giropay digital A2A payment service, phase-out by end-2024. Wero: In 2024, launch of P2P […]
Italy 2026
Market Overview Payment Organisations Bancomat S.p.A. – oversees the Bancomat and PagoBancomat systems. Nexi, which was formed from ICBPI. Nexi acquired interbank processor SIA Group (2020) and NETS Group in 2021. Domestic Payment Brands PagoBancomat, co-badged Maestro, VISA Debit or V PAY. ATM: Bancomat, Postamat, co-badged Maestro or Mastercard. Credit: CartaSi, co-badged Mastercard or VISA. […]
France 2026
Germany 2026
Italy 2026
Big Five Region Pack 2026
