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Osgoode Hall Law School of York University

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2021

Payment service provider (PSP)

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Title I: Subject Matter, Scope And Definitions (Art. 1 - Art. 4): The Regulated Field (Object And Subject), Benjamin Geva Jan 2021

Title I: Subject Matter, Scope And Definitions (Art. 1 - Art. 4): The Regulated Field (Object And Subject), Benjamin Geva

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The PSD2 regulates ‘payment services’ provided within the European Union by ‘payment service providers’ (PSPs). PSPs are identified in art 1(1). ‘Payment services’ are set out in Annex I, to which art 4(3) directs.

Title I, consisting of arts 1 to 4, provides for the subject matter, scope and definitions of the PSD2. In addition to identifying the payment institutions to which the PSD2 applies, art 1 states that the Directive establishes PSPs’ disclosure and contractual framework requirements. Art 2 both provides for and finetunes coverage by addressing currencies and exemptions. Art 3 provides for exclusions. Art 4 sets out …