The EMA is the EU trade body representing electronic money issuers and alternative payment service providers. Our members include leading payments and e-commerce businesses worldwide, providing online payments, card-based products, electronic vouchers, and mobile payment instruments. Most members operate across the EU, most frequently on a cross-border basis.
EMA
Electronic Money Association
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 84308599569-14
12
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
11
legislative files
of 665 tracked
12
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #310 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
3.3
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€300K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2012
in the register since
Declares membership of
- European Commission Payment Systems Market Expert Group (PSMEG)
- European Payments Council (EPC)
- European Retail Payments Board (ERPB)
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Electronic Money Association filed 12 positions between 15 Feb 2021 and 13 Feb 2026, across 11 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 12 times.
2021 · 4 filed2022 · 1 filed2023 · 5 filed2025 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
The Electronic Money Association (EMA), established in 2001, is the trade body for European and UK E-Money Institutions (EMIs), Payment Institutions (PIs), Crypto Assets Providers (CASPs), and Credit Institutions (CIs) providing innovative payments solutions.
The EMA is the EU trade body representing electronic money issuers and alternative payment service providers. Our members include leading payments and e-commerce businesses worldwide, providing online payments, card-based products, electronic vouchers, and mobile payment instruments. Most members operate across the EU, most frequently on a cross-border basis.
The EMA welcomes the Commissions proposals to improve the supply of instant payments across Europe, and tackle the key issues that have hampered the uptake of instant payment in euro. We share the Commissions view that SEPA instant payments have the capacity to form the foundations to support the EU retail payments strategy.
The Electronic Money Association (EMA), established in 2001, is the trade body for European and UK Crypto Assets Providers (CASPs), Payment Institutions (PIs), E-Money Institutions (EMIs), and Credit Institutions (CIs) providing innovative payments.
The Electronic Money Association is the trade body for electronic money issuers and innovative payment service providers. Our members include leading payments and e-commerce businesses providing online/mobile payments, card-based products, electronic vouchers, crypto asset exchanges, electronic marketplaces, merchant acquiring services and a range of other innovative payment services.
The Electronic Money Association (EMA), established in 2001, is the trade body for European and UK Crypto Assets Providers (CASPs), Payment Institutions (PIs), E-Money Institutions (EMIs), and Credit Institutions (CIs) providing innovative payments.
The EMA is the EU trade body representing electronic money issuers and alternative payment service providers. Our members include leading payments and e-commerce businesses worldwide, providing online payments, card-based products, electronic vouchers, and mobile payment instruments. Most members operate across the EU, most frequently on a cross-border basis. Our members are listed at the end of this letter.
The EMA is the EU trade body of FinTech and BigTech firms engaging in the provision of alternative payment services and the issuance of electronic money. Our members include leading payments and e-commerce businesses providing online/mobile payments, card-based products, electronic vouchers, virtual currency exchanges, electronic marketplaces, merchant acquiring services and a range of other innovative payment…
The EMA is the EU trade body of FinTech and BigTech firms engaging in the provision of alternative payment services and the issuance of electronic money. Our members include leading payments and e-commerce businesses providing online/mobile payments, card-based products, electronic vouchers, virtual currency exchanges, electronic marketplaces, merchant acquiring services and a range of other innovative payment…
The Electronic Money Association is the trade body for electronic money issuers and innovative payment service providers. Our members include leading payments and e-commerce businesses providing online/mobile payments, card-based products, electronic vouchers, crypto asset exchanges, electronic marketplaces, merchant acquiring services and a range of other innovative payment services.
Electronic Money Association 68 Square Marie-Louise Brussels 1000 Belgium www.e-ma.org 15 August 2023 Dear Madam/Sir, Re: Consultation on the European Commission proposal to amend Directive 2014/49/EU as regards the scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, crossborder cooperation, and transparency The EMA is the EU trade body representing electronic money issuers and alternative payment…
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