PayPal

Lobbying Organisation PayPal

Date published 02 Jan, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Sep, 2024 to 31 Dec, 2024

Specific Details Conference call to discuss Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), the regulation of payment services by the EU (PSD3 / PSR).

Intended results To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department of Finance and to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) the regulation of payment services by the EU, and to discuss upcoming policy initiatives, such as PSD3 / PSR.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jan Eger, Head of Government Relations UK and Ireland, PayPal.

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Conference call between PayPal and the Department of Finance to strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department and to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of payment services by the EU, and to discuss upcoming policy initiatives, such as PSD3 / PSR.

Email (2-5)

Follow-up emails to share PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of payment services by the EU, key take-aways from the conference call, and proposed amendments to regulation.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Jack Chambers Minister (Department of Finance)