Directive (EU) 2022/2556: what it means for FinTech & Payments
The Directive (EU) 2022/2556 is part of the EU rulebook for fintech & payments. Its subject matter covers digital operational resilience — core to the sector.
Directive (EU) 2022/2556 is on the FinTech & Payments rulebook because its official title matches digital operational resilience. Source: EUR-Lex and the European Parliament procedure file; company-specific applicability still depends on your activities.
What the act does
to amend or clarify certain provisions in existing EU financial services directives. PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: this proposal is part of the Digital Finance package, a package of measures to further enable and support the potential of digital finance in terms of innovation and competition while mitigating the risks. The digital finance package includes a new Strategy on digital finance for the EU…
Why it matters for FinTech & Payments
FinTech and payments firms face one of the EU's densest rulebooks — payment services, electronic money, crypto-assets and operational resilience. These are the EU laws most likely to apply to you.
Directive (EU) 2022/2556 sits in that rulebook because its subject matter covers digital operational resilience. Whether — and how — it applies to a given business depends on that business’s activities, products and markets.
The rest of the FinTech & Payments rulebook
Every other EU file in scope for FinTech & Payments.
Primary sources
The act’s summary is the European Parliament’s own procedure record; the sector connection is the act’s stated subject matter. Lex shows the law and the grounded connection — not legal advice. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU). Methodology.
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