BLIK

Corrections vs current record: Romania (RO) and RON removed. BLIK Romania S.A. has held a National Bank of Romania authorisation since 1 October 2024, but Reuters reported in June 2026 that no Romanian bank had launched and that at least three large banks were only expected to start integrating later in 2026 (blik.com/ro still describes approval as pending, which is out of date). Slovakia (SK) and EUR added: codes have been live since September 2024, but blik.com/sk lists Tatra banka as the only issuing bank; VUB customers use BLIK SK (formerly VIAMO) phone-number transfers per TOUCHIT (Feb 2025), and Reuters' description of Slovakia as operational with Tatra banka and VUB could not be confirmed for code payments. 'open-banking' removed from categories (BLIK is a bank-app code scheme, not a PSD2 API service); p2p and pos added. The old description's 'instant settlement' claim was imprecise: authorisation is near-instant, but payout timing depends on the acquirer. Name stylised as BLIK, as the operator writes it. Company: PSP was founded in 2013 by Alior Bank, Bank Millennium, Bank Zachodni WBK (later Santander Bank Polska, rebranded Erste Bank Polska in April 2026 after Erste Group bought a 49% controlling stake), ING Bank Śląski, mBank and PKO Bank Polski; Mastercard became a shareholder in 2020 (letter of intent December 2018). Bank Pekao is an issuer, not a shareholder. PSP converted to a joint-stock company (S.A.) on 29 November 2024; third-party registries give KRS 0001141221 and an address at ul. Czerniakowska 87A, Warsaw (not checked against the official KRS). CEO Dariusz Mazurkiewicz resigned (announced 28 July 2026); no successor had been named in the sources found. Reported date of the NBP reclassification differs by a day between outlets (9 or 10 September 2026). Contactless BLIK (Mastercard-based) can be used by Polish users abroad (13 new countries in 2025), but those markets are not listed because local consumers cannot use BLIK. Recurring payments were offered by 8 banks and BLIK Pay Later by 4 banks in 2025. Per-payment maximums vary by PSP (Mollie PLN 50,000, Antom PLN 10,000) and banks set their own user limits. EuroPA/EPI cross-border interoperability is announced, not live. A National Bank of Slovakia approval in May 2023 is mentioned in BLIK's own history but its exact nature is unclear, so it is not listed under regulation. Supported_by entries sourced to blik.com/en/partners rely on the operator's own acquirer list.

From the last check against BLIK’s own documentation. Coverage changes; confirm anything you are about to build on.