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