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Lobby organisation

Payments Europe

Business / industry · Finance · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Payments Europe appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European Conservatives & Reformists.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Payments Europe's goal is to promote the value that card-based payments bring to society. The Association represent the interests of the card-based payments industry and wants to stimulate a vibrant and innovative payments market in Europe. The Association wishes to raise awareness about card-based payments industry act as a platform for its Members to be informed about and jointly contribute…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European Conservatives & Reformists133%
European People's Party133%
Renew Europe133%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (1 in 2021).

2021
1
2022
0
2023
1
2024
0
2025
1

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

Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP
Billy Kelleher
1 meeting · Renew
Sebastian Tynkkynen
1 meeting · ECR

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Jun 2025Sebastian TynkkynenMaksuvälineiden muutos EU:ssa
28 Feb 2023Billy KelleherInstant Payments
24 Nov 2021Jens GiesekeAustausch zur EU-Verkehrspolitik

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