- Question ID
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2020_5573
- Legal act
- Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2)
- Topic
- Other topics
- Article
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44, 45
- COM Delegated or Implementing Acts/RTS/ITS/GLs/Recommendations
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- Article/Paragraph
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NA
- Name of institution / submitter
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Multi-Stakeholder Group Mobile initiated SEPA (instant) Credit Transfers
- Country of incorporation / residence
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Belgium
- Type of submitter
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Industry association
- Subject matter
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Information to be provided by the PISP to the payer prior to the initiation of the transaction
- Question
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Is it sufficient that the merchant makes available upon request by the payer (consumer) the information about the Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) in the Point of Interaction (POI) environment before the consumer presents their data (e.g., via a QR code) to meet the requirements of Articles 44 and 45, (2), PSD2?
- Background on the question
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Articles 44 and 45, (2), PSD2, set out the information to be provided to the payer by the PISP, about the PISP, prior to the initiation of a transaction.
Typically for (instant) credit transfers at the POI based on consumer-presented data (e.g. a QR-code with CustomerID and IBAN read by the merchant POI), a PISP is involved on the merchant side, and has a contractual relationship with the merchant to initiate the transaction, but might not have any prior contractual relationship with the consumer (e.g. in case of a single transaction).
It is unclear how a PISP can provide or make available to the payer the information on the PISP required under Article 45 (2), PSD2, for (instant) credit transfers at the POI based on consumer-presented data (e.g. a QR-code with CustomerID and IBAN read by the merchant POI), where typically a PISP has a contractual relationship with the merchant to initiate the transaction but where the same PISP may not have any prior contractual relationship with the consumer?
Is it sufficient that the merchant makes available,, upon request by the payer (consumer), the information about the PISP in the POI environment before the consumer presents their data (e.g., via a QR code) to meet the requirements of Articles 44 and 45, (2), PSD2?
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- Final answer
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The information to be provided, within the meaning of Article 45(2) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 (PSD2) read in conjunction with Article 44 PSD2, can be provided by the merchant acting on behalf of the Payment Information Service Provider (PISP), as long as it is provided in an easily accessible manner, as specified in the first sentence of Article 44(1) PSD2.
Cases where the provision of information by the payment service provider to the payment service user requires a prior request from the latter are clearly stipulated in PSD2 (cf. Article 44(1), second sentence, Article 53). Article 45(2) PSD2 does not refer to a payer’s prior request. The PISP, or the merchant acting on its behalf, should therefore provide or make available to the payer the information under Article 45(2) PSD2 without being requested to do so by the latter.
Disclaimer:
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Final Q&A
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Answer prepared by the European Commission because it is a matter of interpretation of Union law.
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