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On this page you will find all information how to become an iDEAL Collecting Payment Service Provider  or C2C Provider

Currence would like to draw your attention to the fact that since 1 November 2009 the European legislation regarding the provision of payment services, came into effect. As of this date you need a licence as a Payment Institution if you collect money for third parties. This licence must be listed in the official register of the central financial institute of your country and it must be ‘passported’ to those countries in which you want to market your services. In the Netherlands this is the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank):https://www.dnb.nl/en/public-register/. If you do not yet have a licence, you must start with your application for this licence as soon as possible as the iDEAL Rules & Regulations (R&R) state that all Payment Institutions must have a licence.

1. Application iDEAL

 Click here for the steps for the Application

Please follow the next steps to apply for the CPSP or C2C Providers Role for you Institution:

Please read the General notes on the iDEAL Rules & Regulations (R&R) and the iDEAL Acceptance Regulations.
NB The Acceptance Regulations are similar to an NDA.

The document ‘General notes on the iDEAL R&R’ contains links. You can only click on these links when you have full access to the iDEAL R&R . You will receive full access after finalizing the application.

When you agree with the Acceptance Regulations, please fill in the Certificate Application Form below and email the completed and signed (by the legal representative of your Institution) Application Form to certification@ideal.nl.

After Currence has received the completed and signed Application Form, we will give your Institution full access to the iDEAL Rules & Regulations (R&R). 

You can find more information about our fees for CPSPs (Certificate Holder) on Currence.nl.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via certification@ideal.nl.

2. Certification iDEAL

 Click here for the steps for the Certification

To certify your Institution as an CPSP or C2C Provider, you need to follow the below steps:

The next steps contain links. You can only click on these links when you have full access to the Currence R&R . You will receive full access when you have completed the Application, please see ‘1. Application’.

Please read all relevant iDEAL R&R documentation: The description and requirements of the CPSP Role you have requested. For each Role, Currence has drawn up an overview of which the iDEAL R&R documents apply:

After reading the above documentation, please contact us for an introduction call. In this call we will also explain the next steps and we can answer your questions.

When you are ready to start the certification, Currence will give your Institution access to your own certification environment to fill in the draft version of the Control Self Assessment (CSA) Form. Please note that only the final version of the CSA needs to be signed by the legal representative of your Institution and your (internal) auditor.

After finalization, our Scheme Auditor sends its report to to Management Board of Currence. When the Management Board agrees with the outcome of the certification, your Institution will receive a /wiki/spaces/RNIRRR/pages/3003940906.

3. Technical Implementation iDEAL

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Parallel with step ' 2. Certification iDEAL' , the technical implementation can be started.

For this purpose, your Institution can use the Merchant Implementation Guide (MIG) from the old iDEAL for connecting with an Acquirer, or your Institution can use the Technical Documentation for Merchants/CPSPs/C2C Providers from the new iDEAL for connecting with an Acquirer.

The Acquirer provides a test environment for testing the implementation.

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