https://pagome.com/blog Articles about SEPA payments, GiroCodes, and European banking. en https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-11-banks-not-supporting-standards A frank look at the state of open payment standards in Europe, and which banks are letting their users down. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-11-banks-not-supporting-standards https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-11-introduction What Pagome is, why we built it, and how to send your first payment request in 30 seconds. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-11-introduction https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-14-get-paid-without-sharing-iban-in-chat Sharing your IBAN in WhatsApp works but feels wrong. There's a cleaner way — a payment link the recipient can scan directly in their banking app. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-14-get-paid-without-sharing-iban-in-chat https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-14-pagome-vs-wero Wero is a well-funded European payment app. Pagome is a browser tool with no account. Here's why the simpler approach wins for most use cases. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-14-pagome-vs-wero https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-14-was-ist-ein-girocode Der GiroCode ist der QR-Code für Überweisungen. Alle großen deutschen Banking-Apps können ihn scannen — aber kaum jemand weiß, wie man einen erstellt. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-14-was-ist-ein-girocode https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-14-why-sepa-payment-requests-are-broken The EPC standard for payment requests has existed for years. Nobody implements it correctly. Here's what I built instead. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://pagome.com/blog/2026-04-14-why-sepa-payment-requests-are-broken