Payment services: Consumers to benefit from safer and more innovative electronic payments

The Commission has today adopted rules that will make electronic payments in shops and online safer. This will also allow consumers to access more convenient, cost-effective and innovative solutions offered by payment providers.

These rules implement the EU's recently-revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) which aims to modernise Europe's payment services so as to keep pace with this rapidly evolving market and allow the European e-commerce market to blossom. Today's rules allow consumers to use innovative services offered by third party providers, also known as FinTech companies, while maintaining rigorous data protection and security for EU consumers and businesses. These include payment solutions and tools for managing one's personal finances by aggregating information from various accounts.