strong customer authentication
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12/01/2016 – 08/04/2024 Article 4, Payment Services Directive (PSD2) Scope: Whole act
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:
‘strong customer authentication’ means an authentication based on the use of two or more elements categorised as knowledge (something only the user knows), possession (something only the user possesses) and inherence (something the user is) that are independent, in that the breach of one does not compromise the reliability of the others, and is designed in such a way as to protect the confidentiality of the authentication data;
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