Payment services : First three-way meeting on 4 February

The European Parliament, the Latvian Presidency - on behalf of the Council - and the Commission will, on 4 February, begin negotiations on the revision of the payment services directive (2007/64/EC). This text aims to further boost the development of an integrated market for electronic payments, principally by reinforcing consumer protection, security rules applicable to payment services and competition in the sector. An important element concerns the security of new online payment services, which do not keep payment records and…