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(151) Payment service intermediaries help some retailers accept secure payments online or in other ‘cardholder not present’ situations such as through call centres or mail order. Intermediaries may charge for: (i) providing equipment and services needed to accept online and other distance payments, such as payment functionality for retailers’ websites; and/or (ii) providing fraud detection and management services (in which some intermediaries specialise); and/or providing some or all of the merchant services usually provided by acquirer banks, up to full transaction processing. In these cases, the intermediary typically deals with the acquirer bank and acts as a point of contact for retailers, charging a mark-up on the acquirer’s relevant fees.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.