Banqup SA, a leading European platform for business administration, e-invoicing, and payment automation, today announced a landmark strategic partnership with Visa, focusing on Visa Direct and Visa Commercial Solutions. The collaboration embeds Visa’s global payment capabilities directly into the Banqup platform, allowing businesses to meet accelerating e-invoicing mandates while improving cash flow, reducing administrative burdens, and enhancing operational efficiency.
By 2028, mandatory e-invoicing and near real-time digital reporting will apply across most European economies under VAT in the Digital Age reforms, affecting over 26 million SMEs. This shift demands integrated solutions that combine compliant invoicing with efficient payments. Banqup and Visa address this by enabling businesses to digitize invoice issuance, exchange, and reporting while embedding secure, instant payment options—such as virtual commercial cards—that optimize working capital without compromising supplier liquidity.
The integration transforms regulatory obligations into opportunities for better business insight, faster processing, and improved cash-flow management, freeing SMEs to focus on growth rather than administrative tasks.
“In a market driven by regulation and speed, this partnership allows us to leapfrog the competition,” said Arthur Paijens, CEO of Banqup SA. “Working with Visa’s scale and global network enables us to offer the most technologically advanced and cost-effective money movement tools available. This empowers our customers to manage the complexities of e-reporting and cross-border P2P transactions with complete confidence.”
“The future of e-invoicing and payments is seamless, compliant, and integrated,” added Nicolas de Beco, CEO of Banqup Group. “By deepening our relationship with Visa, we are embedding global payment capabilities into our platform. This powerful validation of our pure-play SaaS strategy positions Banqup as the essential financial operating system for businesses navigating the new era of e-invoicing mandates.”
“By 2028, mandatory e‑invoicing and near real‑time digital reporting will be in force across most European economies as part of the VAT in the Digital Age reforms, directly impacting more than 26 million SMEs across the European Union,” said Florence Mélique, Senior Vice President Group Visa and Managing director for the France, Belgium, and Luxembourg region. “This is not just a compliance shift, it is a fundamental change on how money and data must move together. Through our partnership with Banqup, Visa is embedding secure commercial payment capabilities directly into compliant invoicing and order‑to‑cash workflows, helping businesses reduce administrative friction, improve cash‑flow visibility, and operate with confidence as regulation accelerates.”
This partnership strengthens Banqup’s position as a comprehensive platform for financial and administrative workflows, combining e-invoicing, identity verification, data integration, and now advanced payment automation powered by Visa’s global network.
About Banqup Group SA
Banqup is a leading digital platform that simplifies business transactions for companies of all sizes. From e-invoicing and payments to identity verification and data integration, Banqup provides a unified solution to manage financial and administrative workflows. Trusted by businesses across Europe, Banqup enables seamless compliance, secure connectivity, and efficient collaboration between customers, suppliers, and financial institutions.
About Visa
Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, sellers, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of money movement.
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