BNP Paribas announces „a major milestone” in the rollout of Wero in France. Several leading merchants are now working with BNP Paribas to offer Wero as an online payment method, including Air France, Decathlon, Fnac Darty and Orange. In addition, all BNP Paribas retail customers in France can now use Wero to make online purchases with merchants that offer it as a payment method.
„Having initially launched Wero for person-to-person payments, BNP Paribas is now rolling out a comprehensive Wero offering, enabling its merchant customers to accept Wero in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, while allowing its retail customers to pay online with Wero at participating merchants.” – according to the press release.
A European acceptance solution for e-commerce merchants
Wero for Merchants has been designed to facilitate European deployment, with a single integration approach covering multiple markets and the ability to work alongside merchants’ existing payment infrastructure.
. Simplified integration: a single approach for deployment across multiple countries.
. A seamless experience: a payment journey with no need to enter card details, designed to minimise friction during checkout.
. Bank-grade trust: payment validation within the banking environment, with strong authentication and immediate confirmation.
. A more diversified payment mix: an innovative European solution that complements cards and existing wallets.
. Support for merchants: the expertise of BNP Paribas, a founding member of Wero, to help merchants integrate Wero, optimise the customer journey and support commercial performance.
„Wero is reaching a major milestone in its development with the rollout of online payments. This significant step is designed to accelerate adoption by both consumers and merchants, who will benefit from a simple, efficient and useful everyday experience. Merchants will play a key role in turning this innovative European ambition, complementary to cards, into a genuine everyday payment solution.” – said Thierry Laborde, Chief Operating Officer of BNP Paribas.
„This new milestone is part of the ambition to progressively develop Wero into a comprehensive, multi-purpose European payment solution. Beyond person-to-person payments and e-commerce, the roadmap includes expanding into new use cases, notably in-store payments, recurring payments and subscriptions, with the aim of providing a consistent experience across different payment moments.”- the company explained.
„L’engagement de BNP Paribas et de grands acteurs comme Air France, Decathlon, Fnac Darty ou Orange illustre très concrètement la dynamique qui se construit autour de Wero. Après le paiement entre particuliers, nous franchissons une nouvelle étape pour faire de Wero un moyen de paiement du quotidien, capable d’accompagner les Européens dans tous leurs usages. Notre ambition est simple : leur offrir une solution européenne qui fonctionne en ligne, demain en magasin, entre amis ou pour leurs paiements récurrents. Un seul wallet, une expérience simple et cohérente, partout en Europe.” – commented Martina Weimert, CEO of EPI Company.
Air France, Decathlon, Fnac Darty, Orange… leading merchants commit to offering Wero payments
In France, several leading merchants are preparing to launch Wero shortly with BNP Paribas, including Air France, Decathlon and Fnac Darty. Orange, through Sosh, has been offering Wero since 2 September 2026. In Germany and Belgium, several major merchants have also launched Wero with BNP Paribas, including Decathlon.
„We chose Wero at an early stage because the solution meets our expectations in terms of European interoperability and seamless payments. For an airline operating across multiple countries, this is a strategic advantage.” – said Bruno Lecerf, Director of Financing and Treasury at Air France
Decathlon: a successful integration across several countries
Decathlon launched Wero in Germany and Belgium with BNP Paribas on 20 July 2026, making it one of the first deployments on a European scale.
„The ease of integration and multi-country coverage were major advantages for us. We are already seeing strong curiosity from our customers, with a significant volume of clicks and searches for Wero.” – said Domingos Antunes, Director of Treasury and Financing at Decathlon.
Orange: a “zero-effort” experience for Sosh customers
Since 2 September 2026, Sosh customers have been able to pay for their subscriptions online using Wero.
„For us, the priority is to offer simple and seamless journeys where payment is naturally integrated into the customer experience. Wero meets this expectation while also contributing to European sovereignty.” – said Charles Barbarin, Director of Customer Journeys and Processes at Orange.
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EPI (or European Payments Initiative) is supported by 18 European banks and payment service providers. Beyond the shareholders, over 50 institutions in Europe are now members of EPI. They have joined forces with a common goal: to offer a unified mobile payment service, to all European companies and citizens, Wero. EPI intends to enable European consumers and merchants and to carry out all types of retail transactions simply, via a resolutely sovereign digital wallet.
Based on instant account-to-account (A2A) payments, Wero further streamlines payments in Europe by eliminating intermediaries in the payment chain and the associated additional costs. Wero already supports payments between individuals, and will shortly unveil payments to professionals (P2Pro). Wero has been live for P2P payments in Belgium, France, and Germany since 2024, currently serving 57 million users. For retail payments, Wero is live in Germany since the end of 2025 with progressive roll-out in France and Belgium throughout 2026. Major migrations of at least 15 million consumers are also planned for Payconiq in Luxembourg (by 2026) and iDEAL in the Netherlands (by 2027). Point-of-sale payments will also be offered in 2026, as well as value-added services such as integration of merchant loyalty programs and recurring payments and subscription management.
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