Summary

The Payment Services Directive (PSD) introduced payment institutions as a new category of payment service providers to foster competition within the European market. This allows these institutions, recognized by a European passport, to offer cross-border payment products and services, benefiting European consumers by simplifying payments both domestically and internationally.

Title

Home - Payment Institutions

Description

About EPIF The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) is an international non-profit association. It was founded in June 2011, in response to the adoption of the Payment Services Directive (PSD). The PSD established a new category of payment se

Keywords

payment, institutions, policy, services, join, european, more, number, organisation, membership, news, contact, read, payments, euro, transactions, million

NS Lookup

A 192.124.249.106

Dates

Created 2026-03-08

Updated 2026-03-09

Summarized 2026-03-11