Abstract
This paper assesses the impact of the new strong customer authentication (SCA) requirements introduced by the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) on the security of remote payments in Italy. We find that the regulation was effective in improving remote payments security, saving consumers several million euros in terms of less fraud on online transactions. Using a model for panel data, we estimate that SCA reduces the risk of fraud by 60 percent for remote payments made by card and by 80 percent for e-money payments. We also find that the transactions for which the regulation provides an exemption from SCA requirements are relatively safe.
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