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Requirements towards SCA if association is done based on phone call

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-09-24

Delegation of 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) to PISP, AISP or other third party

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-09-24

Association with the payment service user by means of a remote channel

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 24

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-09-24

Clarification on the qualification and protection requirements of a CustomerID when included in a payer-presented QR-code for the initiation of (instant) credit transfers at the point of interaction (POI)

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article 66

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-09-24

Clarification on level of protection required for the processing of the IBAN outside the inter-PSP environment

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article 66

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-09-24

Intermediaries and Merchant-ID

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-09-24

Validity of SCA

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-09-24

Strong customer authentication (SCA) Knowledge element: Place of Birth and Date of Birth

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-07-30

Clarification on where the creation of the authentication code with dynamic linking for strong customer authentication (SCA) for electronic remote payment needs to be done

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-07-30

Applicability of SCA to wallet solutions

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-05-21

Obstacle to the provision of payment initiation and account information services

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article 98

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-23

Use of behavioural data for SCA

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-23

Independence of the elements for SCA

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-23

Use of new technology for SCA

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-23

On the requirements for 'inherence' in strong customer authentication (SCA)

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-23

Contingency Measures under Article 33

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-23

Application of the strong customer authentication (SCA) in case of refund

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-23

Legal requirements for the authentication procedure when SCA exemptions are applied for remote payment transactions

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-09

How to use bank guarantees instead of PII

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 5

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-09

Card payments - acquirer

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 96(6)

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-09

Trusted Beneficiaries

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-09

Chip and Signature cards and their inclusion in the remit of RTS Article 11

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-04-09

Type of accounts accessible through common and secure communication

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4(15)(16), 66, 67 and number 7 and 8 of the Annex

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Treatment of electronic bookings similar to Mail Order and Telephone Orders (MO-TO) transactions

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Keyed Mail Order or Telephone Order (MO-TO) transactions

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Processing payments for hotel reservations

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Merchant Initiated Transactions exemption for hotel transactions

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Consumer mandate under Merchant Initiated Transactions

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Calculation of own funds required for payment institution in Article 9 of Directive EU 2015/36 (PSD2) when the payment institution offers acquiring services

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 9

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Calculation of own funds required for payment institution in the Article 9 of Directive EU 2015/36 (PSD2) when "input funds" are credit transfers and "output funds" are direct debit

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 9

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Payment accounts and reference accounts

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 2

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Ability of a payment account operated by a payment institution to hold a credit balance in readiness for future payment transactions

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 18

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Credit value date for payment transactions with currency conversion

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 87

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Sanctions list screening in the context of TPPs' services - risk management policy

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 66

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

On the use and storage of Personalised Security Credentials (PSC)

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

On the application of SCA when cancelling a payment transaction

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-12

Obstacles to the payment initiation service

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-05

Account Data required by a ASPSP to execute a payment order via a PISP

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 66

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-05

Compliance of (1) card data (2) SMS OTP and (3) EMV 3DS behaviour-based inherence as an authentication information with the requirements of PSD2 and RTS on SCA

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-05

TPP access only with PSU involvement

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-03-05

Usage of SMS for dynamic linking

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-02-26

Exemption of secure corporate payment processes and protocols

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-02-26

Perform SCA by reusing an element used in an authentication exempted from SCA

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-01-15

Transport and parking exemption for parking and electric vehicle charging

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-01-15

Payment Initiation Scope and Trusted Beneficiaries

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-01-15

Using Trusted Beneficiary Lists to Auto Reject PISP Transactions

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-01-15

Strong Authentication

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-01-15

Ability of static card data to be considered a possession factor?

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-01-15

SMS OTP and credit card as a two authentication factor

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2021-01-15

Losses due to fraud per liability bearer / Perdite dovute a frode per portatore di responsabilità

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 96

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2020-09-25

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