CEPA's Nolan urges EU to scale Pay by Bank against Visa and Mastercard

CEPA's Padraig Nolan argues Europe should build on existing Pay by Bank infrastructure, linking over 400 million accounts, rather than build new rails, noting Visa and Mastercard processed roughly 61 per cent of euro area card transactions in 2022.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), 4 February 2026

What the source does not establish. This does not establish that the EU has mandated, funded or scaled a Pay by Bank rollout.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion urges a payments sovereignty push; no EU mandate or funding decision recorded. European Sovereignty Index

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