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PSD2 – INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Lusis Payments

DanDan

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It is in this year, 2018, that the PSD2 (Revised Payment Service Directive) will be implemented.  Instructions from the European Union (EU), banks’ monopolies on their customers’ account information and payment services will no longer be permitted.

PSD2 will enable bank clients to use third-party vendors to provide financial services on their behalf.  In the near future, clients will have the option of using any provider to pay their bills via person-to-person (P2P) transfers, while still having their money assets secured in their current bank account.  Banks will be obliged to ensure that these third-party providers are given access to “their” customers’ accounts through open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).  This will enable third-parties to build financial services on top of banks’ data and infrastructure.

lusis jul 18All of this will significantly change a bank’s competition model.  It will not be about changing account location; rather, it will be about the services that customers use.  No longer will banks be competing against their peers.  Instead, they will be competing against one another.  PSD2 will change customer expectations; payments’ value chains; and determine what business models are profitable.

The Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) and the Account Information Service Provider (AISP), are two entries into the EU’s changing financial system.  Because of PSD2, they are service providers which will have access to the account information of bank customers.  The fact is that such services could look at a user’s spending behavior and provide analysis, or even aggregate a user’s account information from several banks, looking at that as well.  A PISP provider initiates a payment on behalf of the user, with P2P transfer and bill payment as component parts sure to be seen when PSD2 is enacted.
CLICK TO read the complete article by Philippe Préval – President and CEO of Lusis Payments

It’s just a matter of time before similar regulation make their way to North America and when that time comes, Lusis Payments and the Tango product will be the solution that enables financial institutions with the means to provide the access to their data using modern API’s that are supported by TANGO today.

Contact Lusis Payments
Brian D. Miller, 415-829-4577
General Manager
Brian.Miller@lusispayments.com