Payment services and electronic money

The EBA's work in the area of payments and electronic money is aimed at ensuring that payments across the EU are secure, easy and efficient. The regulatory output in this section includes the technical standards and guidelines under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2); the mandate conferred on the EBA in the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR); the EBA Guidelines on the security of internet payments; and the EBA's views on financial innovations in the payments sector, such as ‘virtual currencies'.