Hello,
We hope you have had a wonderful summer break and are feeling refreshed for the second half of 2026.
We are pleased to share our latest edition of the Financial Services newsletter, a deep dive into the strategic forces currently reshaping the European payments landscape.
In this edition, we turn today’s challenges into strategic opportunities. We explore how to fortify operational resilience through
collaborative crisis management and simplify your path to eIDAS 2.0 compliance via our new Digital Identity Hub.
We also examine next-generation AI-driven fraud defenses and navigate the upcoming PSD3 and PSR regulatory shifts. Finally, we analyze how the synergy between the Wero scheme and the rapid expansion of Account-to-Account solutions is creating a robust, independent infrastructure to strengthen European payment sovereignty.
We hope you enjoy this edition. | | |
| | Worldline H1 2026 results: Gaining momentumWorldline’s H1 2026 results reflect a disciplined execution of our North Star transformation, characterized by a strengthened balance sheet and successful portfolio optimization. While we navigate planned contract transitions in Financial Services, we are seeing accelerated momentum in Merchant Services and tangible benefits from our generative AI
integration. Read the full press release › | | | | |
Resilience is built through practiceTrue operational resilience requires more than just a structural framework; it demands constant, collaborative training. We sit down with Dutch Central Bank’s Jacco Jacobs and Petra Steenbakker to discuss how the Dutch financial sector uses the Tripartite Crisis Management Operational (TCO) structure to exercise and prepare for major market disruptions. Explore the future of payment resilience › |
| | | | Fraud at the speed of paymentsAs the fraud landscape becomes increasingly professionalised and AI-driven, traditional siloed defenses
are falling behind. Join our experts for a 45-minute straight-talk session on how to navigate the shifting liability maps of PSD3 and PSR while leveraging real-time AI to stay ahead of modern payment threats. Watch the fraud strategy session › | | |
| | Alternative payment methods: The rise of A2A and WeroThe European payments ecosystem is undergoing a major shift as iDEAL transitions to Wero and Account-to-Account (A2A) payments expand their reach. Discover how Worldline is helping merchants and financial institutions leverage both Wero and A2A through a single API integration to ensure maximum coverage and competitive
flexibility. Navigate the A2A and Wero landscape › | | | | |
What PSPs need to know about PSD3 and PSRWith the EU Council’s compromise texts now published, Payment Service Providers finally have the regulatory clarity required to prepare for the 2028 deadline. Watch our latest breakdown of these transformative regulations and learn the essential steps your organization must take to remain compliant and ahead of the curve. Simplify your regulatory path › | |
| | | Simplifying European digital Identity wallet adoptionWith the eIDAS 2.0 regulation setting a 2027 deadline for banks to accept European Digital Identity Wallets (EUDIW), financial
institutions must act now to integrate these new standards. Through our collaboration with Lissi GmbH, we offer a "Digital Identity Hub" that replaces complex, multi-year internal builds with a single, future-proof integration, accelerating your time-to-market from years to weeks. Streamline your wallet journey › | | | | | Crédit Agricole: Scaling Agentic Payments in FranceCrédit Agricole has successfully completed France’s first production-grade agentic payment transaction in collaboration with Mastercard and Worldline. This milestone proves that AI-powered digital assistants can safely transform the consumer purchasing journey while remaining fully within established banking and regulatory
frameworks. By ensuring that final purchasing authority stays firmly with the cardholder, the project provides a robust, scalable model for deploying AI-driven commerce within existing banking infrastructure. See the latest agentic pilot › | | | | | | © Worldline. Confidential information owned by Worldline, to be used by the recipient only. This document, or any part of it, may not be reproduced, copied, circulated and/or distributed nor quoted without prior written approval from Worldline. | | | | | | |
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