Payments

The operational section is responsible for: 

• supervision of clearing organisations for payments, payment service providers, financial institutions and electronic money issuers
• supervision of payment risks and IT risks
• security protection and defence preparedness
• matters related to money laundering
• supervision of payment-related consumer protection matters
• matters related to authorisation
• regulations and sanction assessments
• development of regulations in the payment sector, both national and international
• reporting pursuant to the Second Payment Services Directive and the Payment Account Directive.

Malin Alpen is Executive Director of the Payments section.