Time to read: The must-reads on payment transaction law
Believe it or not, there is a silver lining to being in lockdown and having to cancel Easter…
From ‘A for acquirer’ to ‘Z for ZAG’ (the German Payment Services Supervision Act): our PayTechLaw glossary gives guidance
3-party or 4-party system? Acquirer or issuer? BKM, e-money agent, payment initiation services and the rest: Those not…
PayTechTalk 45 – Chinese payment methods: what makes WeChat Pay, Alipay and co. so successful?
In today’s episode of PayTechTalk, we will for once not focus primarily on legal and regulatory issues. Rather,…
Let the music play: The distribution of e-money and payment institutions in the EU
Would you like to play a little guessing game? Yes? Great! The question to be answered is: What…
Important supervisory law sources for payment service providers
Here on PayTechLaw we regularly look at overviews of laws and supervisory documents, e.g. the summaries of the…
PayTechTalk 40 – IBAN discrimination also through differentiation according to the payer’s place of residence
Is it allowed to offer customers different methods of payment when they make bookings over the internet, depending…
PayTechTalk 35 – About BaFin’s Instructions for the Interpretation and Application of the German Anti-Money Laundering Act (IIA)
The instructions for the interpretation and application (IIA) of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on…
PayTechTalk 34 – licence types for payment service providers
Recently I looked into the topic of licence types for payment service providers on PayTechLaw. In my…
PayTechTalk 33 – Is this the end for online direct debits (once again)?
From 14 September 2019, strong customer authentication will be required for certain payment transactions. The EBA has now…