Tag: Electronic certificates
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The PSD2 directive and the role of qualified certificates in new financial services
Introduction to the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) Directive (EU) 2015/2366 on payment services in the internal market, commonly known as PSD2, is a key piece of legislation in the European Union’s financial regulatory framework. Its purpose is twofold: on the one hand, to harmonise the regulation of new payment and account information services with…
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Contracts as Processes in the Digital Age: Beyond Smart Contracts
In the digital age, the conception of contracts as mere written agreements is being superseded by a more advanced view that understands them as orchestrators of processes. This perspective, defended by the thesis put forward by CODEX (Stanford Law School) on computable contracts, stresses that contracts not only establish the framework and rules of the…