{
  "id": 11208305,
  "title": "European payments groups join forces to take on US giants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/european-payments-groups-join-forces-to-take-on-us-giants",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-01T14:22:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Finextra",
    "slug": "finextra",
    "url": "https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48517/european-payments-groups-join-forces-to-take-on-us-giants"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Some of Europe's biggest payments groups - Bancomat, Bizum, Wero, Sibs-MB WAY and Vipps MobilePay - have banded together to create a cross-continent network that can take on Visa and Mastercard.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Finextra",
        "title": "The Payments Association acquires European sister organisation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/the-payments-association-acquires-european-sister-organisation",
        "published": "2026-10-01T12:58:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}