What is a Technical Service Provider (TSP)?

A technical service provider (TSP) is a business that obtains and processes payment account information to support an authorised or registered payment service provider. It does not provide the information to the user itself. 

There is no direct relationship between the TSP and the consumer. If the TSP accesses the consumer's account to retrieve data, but does not provide Account Information Services (<a href="/glossarycollection/account-information-service" style="color:#48277C;" target="_blank" title="Account Information Service">AIS</a>) to that consumer, they don't need to be authorised or registered by the Financial Conduct Authority (<a href="/glossarycollection/financial-conduct-authority" style="color:#48277C;" target="_blank" title="Financial Conduct Authority">FCA</a>).