PayLens Radar: Worldline lands a digital euro role, first charges in Operation Chargeback

PayLens Radar · Monday 20 July

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ECB picks Worldline for the Eurosystem digital euro pilot

The ECB picked Worldline for the Eurosystem digital euro pilot in a double role, as acquiring payment service provider and as technical service provider, covering in-store NFC, e-commerce and mobile-commerce scenarios.

It is the first concrete allocation of acceptance-side position in a scheme that would re-price a share of European card volume.

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• First charges filed in the €300m Operation Chargeback fraud

  Charges were filed in Koblenz over a scheme that misused 4.3 million cardholder records; Unzer founder Mirko Hüllemann is among those indicted.

  DE

• Visa takes agentic commerce live with 30+ issuers

  AI agents made live purchases at lastminute.com, Frasers and others, moving agent traffic from demo to an acceptance question.

  EU

• Crédit Agricole buys out Worldline's stake in CAWL

  Worldline divests all of its shares and the equity JV becomes a commercial partnership, a further step in its post-crisis refocus.

  FR

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• SumUp launches personal accounts with merchant-network cashback

  EU

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