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While EU directives rarely engender excitement, the looming EU Payment Services Directive 2 could revolutionise banking

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PSD2 plans to create a new channel for retail digital payments in the EU

A major deadline is looming, although it’s likely that only bankers and fintech people are aware of it. By January 2018, all EU member states will have to have implemented Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) and while it’s hard to get excited about European directives, PSD2 could have profound implications for how we bank. In essence, it opens the door to ...