Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.de website
Decathlon Germany has integrated the European 'Wero' payment system, becoming the first major retailer in the group to adopt the bank-to-bank payment scheme. The move aims to bypass traditional card network fees and enhance customer loyalty programs.
Why it matters
The adoption of Wero represents a significant push for European digital sovereignty in payments, challenging the dominance of Visa and Mastercard.
Decathlon switched on Wero on decathlon.de on July 20, making Germany the first market in the French group’s international footprint to carry the European payment scheme.
Wero is the retail payment product of the European Payments Initiative (EPI) , a consortium of banks and payment providers backed by 18 shareholder institutions and more than 50 members across the region. It routes payments directly between bank accounts in real time, authorized in the customer’s banking app via fingerprint or face recognition, so the merchant never receives a card number.
Archive reporting shows the scale Wero is still building toward: 43 million active users across the region in August 2025, 46 million by November 2025 alongside the retail launch, and around 56 million by the time of the Decathlon rollout in July 2026, with German registrations rising from 1.3 million to 1.8 million over the same period.
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