PayPal

Lobbying Organisation PayPal

Date published 13 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Discussion Paper sent to Department of Finance to discuss Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of electronic payments by the EU (PSD3 / PSR).

Intended results To brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of electronic payments by the EU.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jan Eger, Head of Government Relations UK and Ireland, PayPal.

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Discussion Paper sent to the Department of Finance by email to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the regulation of electronic payments by the EU (PSD3 / PSR).

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)