Register No. 104
Is Wero European?
Yes. Wero is under verified European control.
No single shareholder controls EPI. Its latest filed shareholder list, for the end of 2024, shows 16 European banks and payment companies with between 4.55% and 6.49% each, and the two Austrian banking groups that joined in 2026 are European too. Control therefore sits jointly with European financial institutions. EPI has raised new capital since then and has not published how the new shares were split.
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- Controlled by
- Its 18 shareholders, European banks and payment companies, jointly; no shareholder controls it alone
- Control sits in
- Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark and Austria
- Legal entity
- EPI Company SE
- Company register
- Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE) · 0755.811.726
- Seat
Brussels, Belgium- Founded
- 2020
- Last checked
About Wero
Wero is a digital wallet for instant payments from one bank account to another, using a phone number or email address instead of an IBAN. It is run by EPI Company SE in Brussels, a payment institution authorised by the National Bank of Belgium and owned by European banks and payment companies. EPI says Wero serves 60 million users.
Ownership
Wero is run by EPI Company SE in Brussels. Its 2024 annual accounts list 16 shareholders, all banks and payment companies based in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark: 14 held 6.49% each, and Nets Denmark (part of Italy's Nexi group) and Worldline held 4.55% each. In June 2026 Erste Bank Oesterreich and Raiffeisen Bank International, with Austrian Raiffeisen regional banks, joined as shareholders, and EPI now says it has 18.
Evidence 10
- Belgian company register (KBO): EPI Company, European company (SE), enterprise number 0755.811.726, De Lignestraat 13, Brussels, since 7 October 2020kbopub.economie.fgov.be ↗
- EPI Company annual accounts 2024, filed with the National Bank of Belgium: shareholder structure at 31 December 2024 (16 holders, largest 6.49%)consult.cbso.nbb.be ↗
- EPI Company annual accounts 2025, filed with the National Bank of Belgium: capital increase of 19 December 2025consult.cbso.nbb.be ↗
- EPI, 22 June 2026: Erste Bank Oesterreich, Raiffeisen Bank International and Raiffeisen Landesbanken join as shareholdersepicompany.eu ↗
- EPI, 26 October 2026: EPI supported by 18 European banks and payment service providers; Wero serving 60 million usersepicompany.eu ↗
- Nets: Nets is part of the Nexi Groupnets.eu ↗
- Wero website: Wero is a product of EPI Company SE, authorised by the National Bank of Belgium as a payment institutionwero-wallet.eu ↗
- netzpolitik.org, 21 April 2026: EPI confirms Wero uses managed infrastructure and software services from AWSnetzpolitik.org ↗
- EPI statement, 27 April 2026: Wero still relies on services from outside Europe; all data stored in European data centresepicompany.eu ↗
- VR Banking (German cooperative banks): no specific fees for private use of Werovr.de ↗
Sources were opened and read on the date of the check. Registers and websites change; if one of these no longer says what we cite it for, tell us.
Product
Wero
wero-wallet.eu ↗European wallet for paying from your bank account
Wero is run by EPI Company SE in Brussels, which is owned by European banks and payment companies, and it uses the European instant payment system. It suits people who want to pay friends back or pay in web shops from their own bank account without an American wallet in between.
- Instead of
- PayPal
- Pricing
- No charge for private use at the banks checked, for example the German cooperative banks, although your bank's normal account fees still apply. Business use is a separate offer with its own terms.
- Suits
- Sending money to friends and family from your bank account
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