For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions apply:
(1)‘payment service provider’ means any of the categories of payment service providers listed in points (a) to (d) of Article 1(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^{21})(^{23}) or a natural or legal person benefiting from an exemption in accordance with Article 32 of that Directive;
(2)‘payment service’ means any of the business activities set out in points (3) to (6) of Annex I to Directive (EU) 2015/2366;
(3)‘payment’ means, subject to the exclusions provided for in Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366, a ‘payment transaction’ as defined in point (5) of Article 4 of that Directive or a ‘money remittance’ as defined in point (22) of Article 4 of that Directive;
(4)‘payer’ means ‘payer’ as defined in point (8) of Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;
(5)‘payee’ means ‘payee’as defined in point (9) of Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;
(6)‘home Member State’ means ‘home Member State’ as defined in point (1) of Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;
(7)‘host Member State’ means ‘host Member State’ as defined in point (2) of Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;
(8)‘payment account’ means ‘payment account’ as defined in point (12) of Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;
(9)‘IBAN’ means ‘IBAN’ as defined in point (15) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^{22});(^{24});
(10)‘BIC’ means ‘BIC’ as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012.