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European Digital Finance Association

Business group · Finance also Technology & digital · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, European Digital Finance Association appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

11
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
€10k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EDFA objectives are to advocate for better access to modern, more affordable andsecure financial services and to enhance innovation in the financial sector by means ofemerging digital technologies through promoting technological development, discussingrelevant legal changes and supporting innovative business ecosystem that accord withthe relevant principles of EU and international law, promote the industry best practices,meet the highest standards of customer protection, transparency, cybersecurity, privacy,and sustainability.”

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“EDFA wants to achieve these objectives by:a. Maintaining a permanent and constructive dialogue with relevant Europeaninstitutions, regulatory authorities and governmental bodies,b. Representing its members vis-a-vis all relevant national, regional and globalstakeholdersc. Identifying, and attempting to resolve, in part or in whole, obstacles for financialinnovation and technology deployment in the Digital Single Market and in the globalcontext.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party436%
European Conservatives & Reformists218%
Greens/EFA19%
Patriots for Europe19%
Renew Europe19%
Socialists & Democrats19%
The Left19%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2025).

2024
2
2025
9

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Biljana Borzan
1 meeting · S&D
Johan van Overtveldt
1 meeting · ECR
Jussi Saramo
1 meeting · The Left
Arba Kokalari
1 meeting · EPP
Bogdan Rzońca
1 meeting · ECR

The 11 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Oct 2025Arba KokalariDigital Finance
30 Sep 2025Bogdan RzońcaEU Rules on Payment Services
25 Sep 2025Johan van Overtveldtfinance conference
25 Sep 2025Enikő Győridigital finance topics
24 Sep 2025Billy KelleherPSD/PSR and FIDA
17 Jun 2025Aura SallaEuropean competitiveness, ECON ini report, autumn conference
22 May 2025Dirk GotinkDigital finance and fintech
21 May 2025Biljana BorzanDigital Euro
20 May 2025Kinga Kollárdigitalization and SIU
5 Dec 2024Virginijus SinkevičiusPSR, PSD3
4 Dec 2024Jussi SaramoPayment solutions and financial inclusion

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