{"id":2002,"date":"2017-10-09T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2026-08-07T01:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:14:44","slug":"european-commission-investigation-dutch-payments-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/european-commission-investigation-dutch-payments-association\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission investigation involving Dutch Payments Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) has opened an investigation into the role of the Dutch Payments Association in alleged restrictions imposed by Dutch banks on third-party access to their customers\u2019 payment accounts. DG COMP is investigating this issue in several EU countries. For the background to the investigation, please see the <a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_MEMO-17-3761_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Commission\u2019s statement<span class=\"sr-only\">(opens in new window)<\/span> <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dutch Payments Association will, of course, cooperate fully with the investigation and looks forward to its outcome with confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission\u2019s DG Competition is investigating alleged restrictions on third-party access to payment accounts in several EU countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,20],"btv_subject_tax":[13],"class_list":["post-2002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-association-news","category-news","btv_subject_tax-european-legislation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - 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