Anyone providing account information services must register with BaFin as an account information service provider. Those providing payment initiation services (PIS) require a license from BaFin to do so. You can save yourself the trouble of registering and/or licensing and use finAPI’s PSD2 license (also RegShield) instead. We are licensed by BaFin in accordance with the German Payment Services Supervision Act (Zahlungsdienstaufsichtsgesetz, ZAG). If you use our software, you also have the possibility of using our PSD2 license. We take care of the obligations linked to the regulatory requirements of the financial authority and ensure that you are always in full compliance.
In January 2019 finAPI became one of the first companies in Germany to be allowed to offer account information services (AIS) and payment initiation services (PIS) using APIs. Using finAPI means not worrying about legal compliance when providing account information and payment initiation services and related solutions. And finAPI guarantees the highest possible data security.
To enable you to access end-user accounts, finAPI offers the PSD2 license as an add-on for account information and/or payment initiation services. The PSD2 license Add-on includes the functions required for using account information and/or payment initiation services via the finAPI web form.
For convenient, inexpensive and secure access to your own accounts, you can use finAPI Webform. You benefit from fast integration into existing systems, ease of use, responsive design as well as highest security standards and system compatibility through regular checks and IT security audits.
Your business is affected by the PSD2 regulation if you:
In short, an AISP is allowed to retrieve and process account information from bank accounts on behalf of customers. German law defines an AIS as follows: An account information service is an online service for communicating consolidated information about one or more payment accounts held by the payment service user with one or more other payment service providers (ZAG, paragraph 1, section 34).
In short, a payment initiation service provider (PISP) is allowed to initiate payments from bank accounts. German law defines it as follows: A payment initiation service is a service where, at the instigation of the payment service user, a payment order is initiated in relation to a payment account held with another payment service provider (ZAG, paragraph 1, section 33).
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