Payment Services Directive (PSD2)
Table of Contents
Chapter I – SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Chapter II – PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS
Chapter III – TRANSPARENCY OF CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT SERVICES
Chapter IV – RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RELATION TO THE PROVISION AND USE OF PAYMENT SERVICES
Chapter V – DELEGATED ACTS AND REGULATORY TECHNICAL STANDARDS
Chapter VI – FINAL PROVISIONS
Recitals (113)
Annexes
Recital 27
(27) Since the adoption of Payment Services Directive (PSD1) — repealed new types of payment services have emerged, especially in the area of internet payments. In particular, payment initiation services in the field of e-commerce have evolved. Those payment services play a part in e-commerce payments by establishing a software bridge between the website of the merchant and the online banking platform of the payer’s account servicing payment service provider in order to initiate internet payments on the basis of a credit transfer.