European Central Bank 27 October 2017, Opinion of the European Central Bank of 27 October 2017 on payment services (CON/2017/44)

EN ECB-PUBLIC OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 27 October 2017 on payment services (CON/2017/44) Introduction and legal basis On 23 August 2017, the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the Cypriot Minister for Finance for an opinion on three draft laws entitled (1) “The Provision and Use of Payment Services and Access to the Payment Systems Law of 2017” (hereinafter, the