This comprehensive and essential Commentary examines both the origins and effect of the EU’s 2015 Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Addressing a significant gap in the available literature, the book is divided into two parts: Part I analyses the legislative provisions of the Directive, while Part II explores the PSD2 implementation experience in selected EU Member States as well as in the United Kingdom. Key features include: An innovative, systematic analysis of the Directive by leading scholars and practitioners An in-depth legal and economic examination of the Directive’s provisions and how they relate to other relevant EU legislation A comprehensive guide to the Directive’s implementation in a number of EU member states with reference to national legislation and jurisprudence The original analytical approach will ensure that this Commentary proves to be crucial reading for scholars of EU financial, banking and consumer protection law. It will also be a critical resource for practitioners, compliance and authority officers, and other professionals working in this field.

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Contents: Foreword: Introduction to the PSD2 Commentary xxvi Acknowledgements xxviii PART I 1 Introduction to The Payment Services Directive II: A Commentary 2 Gabriella Gimigliano and Marta Božina Beroš 2 Title I: ‘Subject matter, scope and definitions’ (Art. 1–Art. 4): The regulated field (object and subject) 5 Benjamin Geva 3 Title II, Chapter 1, ‘Payment institutions’ (Arts 5–21) 31 Ciro G. Corvese 4 Title II, Chapter 1, Section 3–4, ‘Competent authorities and supervision’ (Arts 22–30), ‘Exemptions’ (Arts 31–34) 66 Marta Božina Beroš 5 Title II, Chapter 2, ‘Common Provisions’ (Arts 35–37) 86 Nikita Divissenko and Gabriella Gimigliano 6 Title III, Chapters 1, 2, 3 (Arts 38–58) 103 Gabriella Gimigliano 7 Title III, Chapter 4 (Arts 59–60) 122 Noah Vardi 8 Title III, Chapter 1 (Arts 61–63) 133 Gabriella Gimigliano 9 Title III, Chapter 2, ‘Authorisation of payment transactions’ (Arts 64–77) 146 Gabriella Gimigliano 10 Title IV, Chapter 3, ‘Rights and obligations in relation to the provision and use of payment services: execution of payment transactions’ (Arts 78–93) 163 Benjamin Geva Nikita Divissenko 12 Title IV, Chapter 5, ‘Operational and security risks and authentication’ (Arts 95–98) 190 Ruth Wandh.fer 13 Title IV, Chapter 6, ‘ADR procedures for the settlement of disputes’ (Arts 99–103) 210 Arno R. Lodder 14 Title IV, ‘Delegated acts and regulatory technical standards’ (Arts 104–106) 223 Martin Miernicki 15 Title VI, ‘Final provisions’ (Arts 107–117) 232 Gabriella Gimigliano PART II 16 Implementation of the PSD2 in Austria 246 Martin Miernicki 17 Transposition of the PSD2 into Croatian national legislation 265 Ivana Parać Vukomanović 18 Transposition of PSD2 into Czech law 283 Petr Kot.b, Jiř. Moravec and Jan Škrabka 19 PSD2 implementation in Estonia 305 Nikita Divissenko 20 Implementation of the PSD2 in Finland: a Nordic view on payment services regulation 319 Jyri Ter.maa 21 The transposition of the PSD2 into French law 338 Evelina Gratianu and Myriam Roussille 22 Transposition of PSD2 into German law with special consideration of the regulatory and civil law changes 357 Christian Conreder 23 The transposition of the PSD2 in Italy: policies and rules 387 Costanza Iacomini and Simone Mezzacapo 24 Spain’s implementation of PSD2 408 Fernando Zunzunegui 25 PSD2, Brexit and the financial regulation of payment systems in the UK 426 Daniele D’Alvia, Katrien Morbee and Rodrigo Olivares Caminal Appendix 445 Index