Stuttgart\/Hamburg, June 23, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 S-Payment, the payment competence center of the Sparkasse Finance Group, and ePages, Europe\u2019s 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 \u201cS-WebSolutions\u201d. 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cS-WebSolutions\u201d includes the two products \u201cS-WebSite\u201d and \u201cS-WebShop\u201d, which ePages has developed specifically for the needs of brick-and-mortar retail. With \u201cS-WebSite\u201d, 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 \u201cS-WebShop\u201d, even small retailers can now offer their product range online at a reasonable cost and increase revenue.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cOur partnership with ePages allows us to effectively guide our business customers\u2019 previously largely regional retail activities into the digital world,\u201d emphasizes Christian Plaza Bartsch, Managing Director of S-Payment. \u201cWith S-WebSite and S-WebShop, we offer new tailored solutions that simplify entry into e-commerce while ensuring long-term success.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWith this new partnership, we directly reach hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized Sparkasse business customers,\u201d explains Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages. \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n S-Payment GmbH:<\/p>\n 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\u2014for both POS and e- and m-commerce. This includes contactless payments with cards and smartphones (the \u201cMobiles Bezahlen\u201d app for Android as well as Apple Pay with Sparkasse).<\/p>\n 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Press contact:<\/p>\n Stephan Arounopoulos ePages:<\/p>\nAI-based setup with ePages Copilot<\/h4>\n
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