Note 2018-11-19T10.35.14
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## Payment Institute

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How to access the Maltese information on Payment Institutions
The link in the NCA Regulatory Permissions.xls (tab 1), contains the URL (https://www.mfsa.com.mt/pages/licenceholders.aspx) to the NCA for Malta. Information on individual PIs can be accessed by clicking on them in the URL, as described here.

Open the following General register URL - https://www.mfsa.com.mt/pages/licenceholders.aspx
In the alternative search frop down fields select:
Field 1=  Financial Institutions
Field 2 = Financial isntitutions licensed to undertake payment services under the 2nd Schedule to the Financial Institutions Act (Payment Institutions)

The page will refresh with the query results.

Note - this search will only give you the details of the PIs licensed in Malta. - See Step 3 for Companies licensed in Malta that can passport out.


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Identifying those Maltese Pis that can passport out 

Field 1=  Financial Institutions
Field 2 =  Local Financial Institutions licensed to undertake activities under the 2nd Schedule to the Financial Institutions Act (Payment Institutions) exercising the freedom to provide services outside Malta

Field 1=  Financial Institutions
Field 2 =  Local Financial Institutions licensed to undertake activities under the 2nd Schedule to the Financial Institutions Act (Payment Institutions) exercising the freedom to establish a branch outside Malta

The following screen dump show point 1 run and also the opening of a detail row to show the passporting information.
Screen shot 1 - below - I have picked Mistral, this is also shown in Step 3a as the item returned by the query. 
Screen shot 2 - below - I have picked Entercash as its agent Pluspay is shown in Step 3b.






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How to access the Maltese information on Electronic Money Institutions
The link in the NCA Regulatory Permissions.xls (tab 1), contains the URL (https://www.mfsa.com.mt/pages/licenceholders.aspx) to the NCA for Malta. Information on individual PIs can be accessed by clicking on them in the URL, as described here.

Open the following General register URL - https://www.mfsa.com.mt/pages/licenceholders.aspx
In the alternative search frop down fields select:
Field 1=  Financial Institutions
Field 2 = Financial institutions licenced to issue electronic money under the 3rd Schedule to the Financial Institutions Act (Electronic Money Institutions)



The page will refresh with the query results.

Note - this search will only give you the details of the EMIs licensed in Malta. - See Step 3 for Companies licensed in Malta that can passport out.

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Field 1 = Credit Institutions
Field 2 =  Credit Institutions > Freedom of Services and Establishments - Exercise of the freedom to provide services outside Malta
 - there are 19 insititutions with the ability to provide services outside of Malta.
Field 3 =  Freedom of Services and Establishments - Exercise of the freedom to set up an establishment outside Malta


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