S-Payment and ePages partner to drive digitalization in retail

Stuttgart/Hamburg, June 23, 2025 – S-Payment, the payment competence center of the Sparkasse Finance Group, and ePages, Europe’s leading provider of cloud-based commerce solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), are launching a strategic partnership to drive digitalization in retail. Effective immediately, all Sparkasse institutions across Germany can offer their business and commercial customers the new website builder “S-WebSolutions”. This allows them to support small and medium-sized businesses on their path to digitalization and provide various solutions for a fast entry into online retail.

“S-WebSolutions” includes the two products “S-WebSite” and “S-WebShop”, which ePages has developed specifically for the needs of brick-and-mortar retail. With “S-WebSite”, small and medium-sized businesses can build a strong online presence, increase visibility, make their products and services available around the clock, and reach new customer groups far beyond their regional market. With “S-WebShop”, even small retailers can now offer their product range online at a reasonable cost and increase revenue.

AI-based setup with ePages Copilot

Using the new ePages Copilot, an AI-powered setup assistant, businesses can create a professional website or webshop in just a few clicks. Retailers can start with a cost-effective website that already supports product listings. If needed, it can easily be expanded into a full online store with a shopping cart function and integrated payment options with just one click.

The cross-border features integrated by ePages also allow small retailers to ship goods across Europe and automatically translate their product and service offerings into up to eleven languages. This helps providers of highly specialized product ranges become less dependent on national demand fluctuations and expand their business across borders. Additional B2B modules also support handling more complex orders from business customers, which often involve custom conditions.

“Our partnership with ePages allows us to effectively guide our business customers’ previously largely regional retail activities into the digital world,” emphasizes Christian Plaza Bartsch, Managing Director of S-Payment. “With S-WebSite and S-WebShop, we offer new tailored solutions that simplify entry into e-commerce while ensuring long-term success.”

“With this new partnership, we directly reach hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized Sparkasse business customers,” explains Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages. “We can help them digitize their business processes easily and cost-effectively and offer their products beyond regional markets or even internationally. With new integrated AI features, such as automatic translations, entirely new growth opportunities are opening up for regional retail.”

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S-Payment GmbH:

S-Payment GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the DSV Group, is the payment competence center of the Sparkasse Finance Group. It develops and markets holistic, target group-specific, and omnichannel payment solutions for private and business customers of the Sparkasse—for both POS and e- and m-commerce. This includes contactless payments with cards and smartphones (the “Mobiles Bezahlen” app for Android as well as Apple Pay with Sparkasse).

S-Payment acts as a full-service partner to the Sparkasse. It advises institutions across Germany on innovative products and highlights market trends. It also establishes the Sparkasse Finance Group’s payment solutions in new markets (e.g., e-mobility, connected cars, digital POS) and develops value-added services that offer Sparkasse customers additional individual benefits when paying.

Press contact:

Stephan Arounopoulos
Corporate Communications Manager
Tel.: +49 711 782 99 – 230
stephan.arounopoulos@s-payment.com

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ePages:

ePages (www.epages.com) is the leading provider of cloud-based commerce platforms for small and medium-sized businesses in Europe. More than 100,000 companies run their websites and online stores with ePages. Regular updates and AI-powered integrations keep online presences up to date. ePages works with more than 80 technology partners to provide innovative features for online marketing, marketplaces, price comparison portals, payments, shipping, ERP, and more. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, with additional offices in Berlin, Jena, London, Barcelona, and Bilbao.

Press contact:

Sarah Böhm
PR & Content Manager
Tel.: +49 40 350188-264
s.boehm@epages.com