Viva.com, the first Tech Bank in Europe for businesses, has rolled out support for BLIK 6-digit code payments on its Tap on Any Device technology, enabling Polish merchants to accept, and software partners to embed one of the country’s most popular payment methods through a fully software-based checkout experience. The rollout delivers a future-proof, locally relevant solution that seamlessly connects in-store and online commerce, enabling scale across sectors and European markets.
Black Weekend has permanently established itself as one of the biggest shopping events in Poland. During this period, consumers particularly value the speed and security of payments, which is why they eagerly choose BLIK – both online and in-store. This year, between Friday, 28 November and Monday, 1 December BLIK users completed nearly 30 m transactions with a total value of almost 5 bn PLN.
BLIK Pay Later is now available in PPRO, a leading local payments platform, for merchants and PSPs around the world. This partnership enables online retailers to offer secure deferred payments via a consumer’s banking app, strengthening BLIK Pay Later’s presence in Poland’s domestic e-commerce market.
Instantly settling a restaurant bill with friends from Portugal, Spain, Italy or the Nordic countries? Soon, this will be possible. During the Web Summit 2025 conference in Lisbon, the very first test peer-to-peer (P2P) transaction involving BLIK users was presented. A transfer was sent from the Portuguese system MB WAY to a Santander Bank Polska customer whose phone number is registered with the BLIK service.
From July to September 2025, BLIK users completed 743.9 m transactions worth PLN 112.3 bn (EUR 26.4 bn). This represents a 19% year-on-year increase in transaction volume and a 26% increase in value compared to the same period last year. In the third quarter, Poles used BLIK an average of 8 m times per day, with a record of over 11 m payments made in a single day. Nearly 20 m users now actively use the system.
From January to June 2025, BLIK users completed nearly 1.4 bn transactions in total. This represents an increase of 24 percent compared to the same period last year. The second quarter alone was record-breaking – for the first time in the system’s history, the number of transactions exceeded 700 m. Currently, the fastest growth is observed in in-store BLIK payments, where contactless transactions already account for almost half of all operations carried out with BLIK in this channel. Double-digit growth also continues in e-commerce and in BLIK P2P transfers. At the end of June this year, 19.4 m users were regularly using BLIK.
Changes in payments and the economy of Poland