The Spanish payment app Bizum is entering a new phase of expansion across Europe, a move that could significantly change the way money is sent between countries. <\/p>\n\n
More than a decade after its launch in Spain<\/a>, the app is preparing to offer instant transfers across European borders in 2026.<\/p>\n\n According to announcements, Bizum users will be able to send and receive money directly between several European countries without the need for traditional, complex banking procedures<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n The expansion relies on integration with instant payment systems in other countries, allowing transfers to be completed within seconds. <\/p>\n\n The first phase of expansion will involve partnerships with financial institutions in countries such as Italy<\/a> and Portugal, with plans to gradually extend the service to additional European nations. <\/p>\n\n Users will not need to open a new account or download a different app; the process will be carried out through their existing banking app linked to Bizum. <\/p>\n\n All that is required is the phone number associated with the account, just as with local transfers within Spain. <\/p>\n\n This expansion comes amid a broader European push to strengthen instant payment systems and reduce reliance on traditional bank transfers.<\/p>\n\n Financial experts believe this move could increase competition in the digital payments market, especially as demand grows for fast and secure solutions. <\/p>\n\n 2026 is expected to be a turning point for payment services within the European Union, with the expansion of instant cross-border transfers making daily transactions easier for residents<\/a>, students<\/a>, and workers<\/a> abroad. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Spanish payment app Bizum is entering a new phase of expansion across Europe, a move that could significantly change the way money is sent between countries. More than a decade after its launch in Spain, the app is preparing to offer instant transfers across European borders in 2026. According to announcements, Bizum users will …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[398],"tags":[408],"class_list":["post-11449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-spain-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11451,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11449\/revisions\/11451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}