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Worldline and PSA strengthen partnership to power next-gen payments in Austria
Worldline, a European leader in payment services, is strengthening its long-term partnership with PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH, a key player in the development of fullservice payment solutions in Austria.
Through this collaboration, Worldline will support PSA in upgrading to a next-generation payments platform designed to deliver greater scalability, resilience, security and future-ready capabilities aligned with European standards.
Worldline’ s next-generation, cloud-based and API-enabled payment platforms provide scalable payment processing while enabling deployment of new functionalities.
PSA plays a central role in Austria’ s payments ecosystem, delivering payment services for financial institutions and ensuring secure, reliable payment transactions at national scale.
By anchoring the solution in Worldline’ s European sovereign cloud, PSA can modernise its payments infrastructure without compromising continuity, stability, security or resilience. At the same time, the platform delivers the benefits of scale while preserving a strong focus on the specific needs and payment preferences of the Austrian market.
This collaboration sets a new benchmark for payments in Austria as Worldline and PSA combine scalable, resilient and secure next-generation technology with deep local market expertise. The initiative supports PSA’ s long-term growth strategy while strengthening the reliability and innovation of Austria’ s national payments infrastructure.
“ The ambitious project we are launching with Worldline marks a major milestone in our long-term strategy,” says David Ostah, Co-CEO at PSA.“ It is one of the most important initiatives of the coming decade, enabling growth, enhancing our product and service offering and delivering a modern, resilient and fully sovereign European cloud solution tailored to Austrian regulatory and market
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