Visa, Mastercard & Amex

Banking & Cards 3 × non-EU 6 × European alternatives

Two American companies sitting between Europe and its own money.

These are domestic schemes. They work beautifully inside their own country and generally not outside it, so they replace the card networks at home rather than abroad. Wero is the attempt to make one of them pan-European.

What you are replacing (3)

Visa ↗

Foster City, California.

🇺🇸 United States ·outside Europe
Mastercard ↗

Purchase, New York.

🇺🇸 United States ·outside Europe
American Express ↗

New York City.

🇺🇸 United States ·outside Europe

European alternatives (6)

Suggest another →

Wero ↗

The pan-European wallet from 16 banks and payment providers.

🇧🇪 Belgium · EU member state
iDEAL ↗

The Dutch bank-transfer standard, now folding into Wero.

🇳🇱 Netherlands · EU member state
Bancontact Payconiq ↗

Belgium's domestic card and QR payment scheme.

🇧🇪 Belgium · EU member state
BLIK ↗

Poland's phone-based payment system, used by most of the country.

🇵🇱 Poland · EU member state
Bizum ↗

Spain's instant bank-to-bank payment standard.

🇪🇸 Spain · EU member state
Swish ↗

Sweden's ubiquitous instant payment app.

🇸🇪 Sweden · EU member state