London, 18 April 2019 – The Merchant Payment Ecosystem (MPE) has become the largest conference in Europe focused on merchant acquiring and payments. In 2019, it was organized in Berlin, from February 19 to 21. The event covered the latest technologies and trends in merchant payment acceptance, checkout and conversion, fraud and security, and the customer shopping experience, with the major theme of cross-industry collaboration and partnerships.

This report summarizes the key themes from MPE 2019 and provides an overview of the top trends and issues in European acquiring and payments. Produced in cooperation with Empiria Group, the organizers of the MPE, this report is based on the content provided at the MPE conference through presentations, panels, and discussions with conference participants as well as existing Aite Group research and market intelligence.

This 26-page Impact Note contains 14 figures. Clients of Aite Group’s Retail Banking & Payments service can download this report, the corresponding charts, and the Executive Impact Deck.

This report mentions ACI, Air France-KLM, Amazon Payments, Deutsche Bank, Discover, Elavon, Empiria Group, EMVCo, EVO Payments, EY, Fido Alliance, First Data Clover, Handpoint, IATA, iZettle, Mastercard, Modo, PosPay, Poynt, PPRO, Square, Token.io, Verifone, Visa, WorldPay, and Yello.