Europay International was the name of the entity created by the merger of Eurocard International and eurocheque international. The merged entity was headquartered in Waterloo, Belgium, on the same premises as EPSS (European Payment Systems Services) and MasterCard EMEA (the MasterCard region comprising Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Waterloo The top of the knoll and the famous lion. ...

Europay International was the owner of following payment brands: Eurocard (charge card), eurocheque (paper-based European checks), ec travellers' cheque (paper-based European travellers' checks), Clip (European e-purse based on CEPS). Eurocard is a European standard format for PCB cards, which can be plugged together into a standardized subrack. ... The Eurocheque was a type of cheque used in Europe until the 1990s. ...

Furthermore, it held the European license of following payment brands: MasterCard (credit card), Maestro (online debit card, joint-venture with MasterCard International) MasterCard Worldwide (NYSE: MA) is a multinational corporation based in Purchase, NY in the United States. ... Maestro is an international debit card service; a joint venture by MasterCard and Europay International. ...

In 2002 Europay International merged with MasterCard International to form MasterCard, Inc. Today the company is known as MasterCard Worldwide. MasterCard Worldwide (NYSE: MA) is a multinational corporation based in Purchase, NY in the United States. ...