--- title: "Article 33 — Account information service providers" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02015L2366-20250117" source_retrieved: 2026-10-08 shortTitle: "Article 33 — Account information service providers" instrument_type: level1_directive authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Directive (EU) 2015/2366" instrument: psd2 celex: "32015L2366" regulation: PSD2 regulation-full: "Directive (EU) 2015/2366" article: 33 status: in_force object_id: eu.psd2.legal_text.article.33 text_version: "Consolidated version of 17 January 2025" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02015L2366-20250117" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-11-09 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 17 January 2025 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02015L2366-20250117)* 1. Natural or legal persons providing only the payment service as referred to in point (8) of Annex I shall be exempt from the application of the procedure and conditions set out in Sections 1 and 2, with the exception of points (a), (b), (e) to (h), (j), (l), (n), (p) and (q) of [Article 5(1)](5.md), [Article 5(3)](5.md) and [Articles 14](14.md) and [15](15.md). Section 3 shall apply, with the exception of [Article 23(3)](23.md). 2. The persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be treated as payment institutions, save that Titles III and IV shall not apply to them, with the exception of [Articles 41](41.md), [45](45.md) and [52](52.md) where applicable, and of [Articles 67](67.md), [69](69.md) and [95](95.md) to 98. ## Related Level 2 and Level 3 ### Guidance and Q&A - [EBA Q&A 2019_4638 — Q&A — Wide usage portability between Member States \[Final Q&A\]](../level-3/q-and-a/eba/eba-qa-2019-4638-wide-usage-portability-between-member-states.md) - [EBA Q&A 2019_4712 — Q&A — AISPs and scope of application AML requirements \[Final Q&A\]](../level-3/q-and-a/eba/eba-qa-2019-4712-aisps-and-scope-of-application-aml-requirements.md) - [EBA Q&A 2022_6613 — Q&A — Publication of quarterly statistics, according \[Rejected question\]](../level-3/q-and-a/eba/eba-qa-2022-6613-publication-of-quarterly-statistics-according-to-gl-3-of.md) *** [Title II — Payment service providers](../titles/ii.md) · [← Article 32](32.md) · [Article 34 →](34.md)