EU Financial Regulatory Q&A Database
Official Q&As published by EBA, ESMA, EIOPA and the ESA Joint Committee. Non-binding but treated as authoritative guidance by national competent authorities across the EU.
320 Q&As matching current filters · page 6 of 7
Consent for the provision of PIS and AIS
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 66, 67 and 68
Answered 2018-12-21
Signature performed on the screen of a digital device as a factor in a two-factor SCA
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98
Answered 2018-12-21
Access by AISPs when customer not present up to 4 times in a 24 hour period
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98
Answered 2018-12-21
Exemptions from Strong Customer Authentication (SCA): trusted beneficiaries
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98
Answered 2018-12-21
Exemption from strong customer authentication (SCA) for payment account information in combination with accessing account information online in web browser
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-12-21
Calculation of fraud rates in relation to Exemption Threshold Values (ETVs)
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98
Answered 2018-12-21
Applicability of exemption from strong customer authentication (SCA) under Article 17 for card payments
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 98
Answered 2018-12-14
Operation and security risk assessment of a branch of a credit institution
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 95
Answered 2018-12-14
Interpretation of 'Active request for account information'
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 67
Answered 2018-12-14
Major incidents reporting
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 96
Answered 2018-12-14
Applicability of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) to existing recurring payments solutions
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-12-14
Criteria for the application of the transaction risk analysis (TRA) exemption – Fraud rate calculation methodology for the application of the TRA exemption
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-12-07
Application of SCA when a PSU accesses payment transactions data older than on the last 90 days, without having access to sensitive payment data and for a period of 90 days after the last access using SCA
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-11-09
Responsibility of national authority with regards to audit reports
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-26
Review of Security Measures - Auditors expertise
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-26
Review of the security measures: Audit report
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-26
On the access to trusted beneficiaries lists (RTS Art 13) by TPPs in write mode
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-26
Accessing payment account online in web browser shall exceed not 5 minutes without acitvity
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-26
EMV cards and EMV terminals supporting online authentication
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-26
Criteria for the application of the transaction risk analysis (TRA) exemption – Application of the TRA exemption at the level of individual brand, product or scheme
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-26
Criteria for the application of the transaction risk analysis (TRA) exemption – Application of the TRA exemption by authorized PSPs other than the issuer and the acquirer
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-26
Persistent authentication for wearable devices
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-26
Obligatory nature of the SCA and exemption based on transaction risk analysis
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article 98 - RTS on SCA and CSC
Answered 2018-10-19
Does transaction monitoring need to be real time?
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article 95 - Management of operational and security risks
Answered 2018-10-05
Display of incorrect authentication factors in case of failed authentication attempts
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-05
Qualification of SMS OTP as an authentication factor
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-10-05
Application of the exemption for transactions to trusted beneficiaries to Face-to-Face transactions
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Answered 2018-09-21
Ban imposed by certain national authorities on the use of the term “neobank” for payment institution
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. '1'
Submitted 2026-03-11
Clarification on the use of PSU-linked tokens in payment initiation services under the RTS
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. n.a.
Submitted 2025-12-30
Introduction of additional mandatory steps or redirections in PISP payment initiation flows
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. n.a.
Submitted 2025-12-29
Requirement for ASPSPs to comply with standardized communication protocols under Article 30(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. n.a.
Submitted 2025-12-26
Supervisory obligations of NCAs under Article 32(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. n.a.
Submitted 2025-12-23
Obstacle assessment of requiring an additional SCA for PIS within an existing authenticated AIS session
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article: 98
Submitted 2025-10-17
Obstacle assessment of requiring multiple manual checkboxes for a single AIS consent
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article: 98
Submitted 2025-10-17
Obstacle assessment of an ASPSP offering only web redirection to TPPs while a superior native app authentication method exists for its direct users
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article: 98
Submitted 2025-10-17
Execution of an authorized payment instruction made conditional on manual user redirection
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. Article: 98
Submitted 2025-10-17
Payment account definition
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4
Submitted 2025-05-22
Application of general requirements of Chapter 6 of the Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 regarding the definition of own funds
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4,8,9
Submitted 2025-04-03
Application of Instant Payment Regulation (IPR) to Securities Providers
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 1
Submitted 2024-11-14
non-discrimination in implementing PSD2 for safeguarding mechanisms
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 10
Submitted 2024-09-16
Payment service user - both payer and payee
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4
Submitted 2024-08-28
Transactions executed via electronic mail (email)
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97
Submitted 2024-07-22
Exclusion of cash withdrawal services from PSD2
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 3
Submitted 2024-07-04
Definition of "Communication Standards" under Article 30.3
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. n.a.
Submitted 2024-06-20
Providing payment service via Internet banking (web-application)
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4
Submitted 2024-06-20
Clarification needed in dedicated Interfaces supervision
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. n.a.
Submitted 2024-05-22
Provision of external payroll accounting services to an employer
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4
Submitted 2024-04-23
Legal requirement for ASPSPs to provide for cancellation of future dated pay-ments through its dedicated payment initiation services interface
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 66
Submitted 2024-02-22
Third party access to account attributes
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 66
Submitted 2024-02-12
Requirement for loan agents to register as payment service providers under EU's Second Payment Services Directive 2015/2366 ("PSD2").
Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4
Submitted 2023-12-21
Source: EBA Single Rulebook Q&A, ESMA Q&A, EIOPA Q&A, ESA Joint Q&As. Updated weekly. Q&As are non-binding guidance.
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