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PSP

Payment Service Provider

Whether a business qualifies as a Payment Services Provider is defined under Annex 1 of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2).

This regulation confirms that if your business does one of the following, you are providing payment services:

1. Services enabling cash to be placed on a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.

2. Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.

3. Execution of payment transactions, including transfers of funds on a payment account with the user’s payment service provider or with another payment service provider:

(a) execution of direct debits, including one-off direct debits;

(b) execution of payment transactions through a payment card or a similar device;

(c) execution of credit transfers, including standing orders.

4. Execution of payment transactions where the funds are covered by a credit line for a payment service user:

(a) execution of direct debits, including one-off direct debits;

(b) execution of payment transactions through a payment card or a similar device;

(c) execution of credit transfers, including standing orders.

5. Issuing of payment instruments and/or acquiring of payment transactions.

6. Money remittance.

7. Payment initiation services.

8. Account information services.

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