UK regulation of payment services providers—essentials


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Practice notes

UK regulation of payment services providers—essentials


Published by a UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Financial Services expert

Practice notes
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The Payment Services Regulations 2017, SI 2017/752 (PSRs 2017) transposed the recast PSD2 (Directive 2015/2366/EU) into national law on 13 January 2018 and largely came into force on that date. The PSRs 2017 replaced the Payment Services Regulations 2009, SI 2009/209 (PSRs), which itself transposed the original Payment Services Directive (PSD) (Directive 2007/64/EC). The PSD was intended to regulate payment services providers (PSPs) and harmonise the payments sector within the EU.

Advances in payments systems outstripped the regulatory capacity of the PSD and a PSD2 was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 23 December 2015 (here). PSD2 came into force on 13 January 2016 and had to be implemented by Member States by 13 January 2018. The PSD was repealed with effect from that date. The government’s approach to transposing PSD2 was to copy-out the directive, while looking to take advantage of derogations, and ensuring that the exemptions from the PSD carry across to the PSD2 where appropriate. This will help to minimise the impacts on affected businesses,

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Payment service definition
What does Payment service mean?

Payment service includes credit card payments; payments into, and withdrawals from, ATM machines or over the counter; direct debits, including one-off direct debits; transferring e-money; payment transactions executed through a payment card or a similar device; credit transfers, including standing orders, BACS and CHAPS payments; and money remittance. It does not include cash-back services; cash payments directly between a payer and a payee without an intermediary; payment transactions through commercial agents; bureaux de change services; and certain services provided by technical service providers.

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