Consultation outcome

Implementation of the revised EU Payment Services Directive (PSDII)

From:
HM Treasury
Published
2 February 2017
Last updated
19 September 2017 — See all updates
This consultation has concluded

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Implementation of the revised EU Payment Services Directive II: response to the consultation

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Expectations for the third party access provisions in PSDII

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Implementation of the EU Payment Services Directive II Impact Assessment

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Detail of outcome

The second Payment Services Directive (PSDII) will apply from 13 January 2018. It is intended to create a more integrated and efficient European payments market, encourage innovation, and protect consumers by making payments safer and more secure.

On 9 February, the government published a consultation document, ‘Implementation of the revised EU Payment Services Directive II’, as well as draft legislation. The consultation invited responses on the government’s proposed approach to transposing this Directive into UK law. This document summarises the responses submitted to the consultation and outlines the government’s response. The statutory instrument that transposes PSDII has been laid before Parliament today (19 July 2017).

View The Payment Services Regulations 2017 and accompanying explanatory memorandum

Alongside this document, HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority are also publishing a supplementary document, setting out our expectations for the third party access provisions in PSDII.

Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on legislative changes proposed to meet the requirements of the revised Payments Services Directive II (2015/2366/EU) (PSDII).

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

The revised directive on payment services in the internal market, more commonly known as the Payment Services Directive II, or PSDII, was published on 23 December 2015. The government is required to implement it by 13 January 2018.

The directive widens the scope of the first Payment Services Directive (PSD), which came into force in 2009, and aims to increase competition in the payments market, leading to new services and lower costs for payment transactions. In order to meet the requirements set out in the PSDII, the UK government needs to make changes to the legislation that sets out the framework for UK payments regulation.

This consultation invites views on the legislative changes proposed to meet this obligation.

Documents

Implementation of the revised EU Payment Services Directive II

PDF, 407 KB, 49 pages

Annex B

PDF, 2.1 MB, 113 pages

Draft Impact Assessment on the Implementation of the EU Payment Services Directive II

PDF, 448 KB, 39 pages

Published 2 February 2017
Last updated 19 September 2017 + show all updates

  1. Updated with Implementation of the EU Payment Services Directive II Impact Assessment

  2. Added links to Payment Services Regulations 2017 and accompanying explanatory memorandum.

  3. Updated with the response to the consultation

  4. Updated with Draft Impact Assessment on the Implementation of the EU Payment Services Directive II

  5. First published.