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Pinned 🇮🇹 Italy partly open Verified 2026-07-03
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🇪🇸 Spain
partly open
Verified 2026-07-03
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| Licence type | Istituto di Moneta Elettronica (IMEL), authorised under Legislative Decree 11/2010 / TUB (Testo Unico Bancario) implementing EMD2, per Banca d'Italia's 'Disposizioni di vigilanza per gli Istituti di Pagamento e gli IMEL'. No separate branded 'small IMEL' tier distinct from general PSD2 exemption thresholds was confirmed; Italy's framework centers on the full IMEL authorisation. | Entidad de Dinero Electronico (EDE), authorised under Ley 21/2011, de 26 de julio, de dinero electronico, and Real Decreto 778/2012 (as amended by Real Decreto 736/2019). Spain recognises 'entidades de dinero electronico hibridas' (hybrid EMIs) and an exemption/light regime under art. 14 of Real Decreto-ley 19/2018 for small-scale e-money issuers below activity thresholds, analogous to a 'small EMI' tier. |
| Regulator | Banca d'Italia (Bank of Italy) - Vigilanza (Supervision) function | Banco de Espana (Bank of Spain) |
| Capital requirement | Italy capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain capital requirement is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Timeline to authorisation | Italy timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain timeline to authorisation is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Local substance | Italy local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain local substance is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Application cost | Italy application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain application cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Ongoing cost | Italy ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain ongoing cost is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Passporting | Italy passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain passporting is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| EMIs authorised | Italy emis authorised is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain emis authorised is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Key restrictions | Italy key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain key restrictions is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Safeguarding | Italy safeguarding is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain safeguarding is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
| Recent changes | PSD3/PSR final compromise texts agreed by Parliament and Council, published 23 April 2026; undergoing legal-linguistic review before Official Journal publication expected June/July 2026 (possible slip to September). As a Regulation, the PSR will apply directly in Italy without national transposition; PSD3 requires transposition within 18 months. No Italy-specific transposition law yet as of mid-2026. | PSD3/PSR final texts published 23 April 2026, undergoing legal-linguistic review, OJ publication expected June/July 2026 (risk of slipping to September). Analysis flags that Spain's separate payment-institution and e-money statutes (despite an integrated supervisor) will likely require a more structural legislative overhaul than in peer states to merge into PSD3/PSR's single rulebook. |
| Difficulty rating | Italy difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. | Spain difficulty rating is locked. Unlock with the £349 pass. |
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