Germany's Seven Million Wero Users Trail France's Sixteen Million as Rollout Enters Second Year

Wero adoption metrics from March 2026 show France at 16 million active users and Germany at seven million registered users, revealing uneven growth across the platform's five core markets as it enters its second operating year.

Germany has approximately seven million registered Wero users as of March 2026, according to EPI's Chris Scheuermann. France reports approximately 16 million active users. France's higher figure is attributable in part to its Paylib predecessor integration, which migrated existing mobile payment users to the Wero platform when it launched in September 2024.

Belgium and Germany are the two Wero markets with both P2P and e-commerce payments live as of April 2026. Belgium launched e-commerce on March 3, 2026, five months after Germany's November 2025 rollout. Germany's NFC point-of-sale rollout has been deferred to 2027 from the original H2 2026 target. France's e-commerce launch has shifted to September 2026 from the original H1 2026 target.

The Netherlands completed its mandatory iDEAL-to-Wero co-branding phase on March 31, 2026, with backend routing migration pending DNB approval. Luxembourg's standalone Wero app is targeted for mid-2026, with Payconiq scheduled for definitive phase-out from October 2026.