The Belgian Red Cross-Flanders is the first organisation to use the pan-European payment method
Brussels, Tuesday 3 March 2026 – Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a European leader in payment services, has enabled its first Wero online payment transaction in Belgium, the second European nation to enable eCommerce payments after Germany. This historic moment was done for the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders (Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen) following the announcement of Wero’s eCommerce launch in the country.
Today, Joachim Goyvaerts, CEO of Worldline Belgium, was the first to officially use Wero for an online transaction, the 100% European digital payments method through Worldline in Belgium, when he donated to the Flemish Red Cross (Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen). Many retailers have already stated their intention to activate Wero as an e-commerce payment solution on their platforms. The Belgian Red Cross-Flanders (Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen) is the first organisation supported by Worldline to integrate and use the pan-European payment solution.
“Our humanitarian work in Flanders, in Belgium and across the world is only possible thanks to the people who support us. Our goal is to help people as fast and proficient as possible, fast and reliable systems are therefore important to us.” says Vincent Verbeecke, spokesperson for the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders (Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen)
“Our priority is to make new payment methods easy to activate and reliable at scale. With Wero for e-commerce, Worldline strengthens its digital payments proposition and enables merchants to offer European shoppers a seamless checkout experience, without additional set-up or operational effort. Merchants can deploy Wero easily while keeping day-to-day operations running as usual, with immediate confirmation of successful payments and simplified reconciliation. We’re proud to have enabled the first Belgian Wero online payment for the Red Cross.” declares Joachim Goyvaerts, CEO of Worldline Belgium.
The news comes on the heels of the EPI (the European Payments Initiative)’s press conference earlier this morning where it officially launched Wero for e-commerce in Belgium. More information about this event can be found via this link.
About Worldline
Worldline [Euronext: WLN] is Europe’s leading operator of critical infrastructure and payment services. With a presence across the entire value chain, the Group offers its customers unique expertise in processing and securing their payments, thereby promoting their growth. Worldline is leveraging its 2030 strategic plan and its technological innovation capabilities to build the European reference payment partner for merchants and financial institutions. With over 1.2 million customers, Worldline achieved €4bn in revenue in 2025. worldline.com
Worldline’s corporate purpose (“raison d’être”) is to design and operate leading digital payment and transactional solutions that enable sustainable economic growth and reinforce trust and security in our societies. Worldline makes them environmentally friendly, widely accessible, and supports social transformation.
ABOUT EPI
EPI (or European Payments Initiative) is supported by 16 European banks and payment service providers. Beyond the shareholders, 41 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. Find out more at epicompany.eu and follow us on LinkedIn
ABOUT Wero
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 50 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. Find out more at wero-wallet.eu and follow us on Instagram and Facebook
