De kompetente myndigheder meddeler kun tilladelse, hvis der i betalingsinstituttet under hensyn til behovet for at sikre en forsvarlig og forsigtig ledelse af et betalingsinstitut findes effektive former for virksomhedsstyring af dets betalingstjenestevirksomhed, hvilket indebærer en klar organisatorisk struktur med en veldefineret, gennemskuelig og konsekvent ansvarsfordeling og effektive procedurer til at identificere, forvalte, overvåge og rapportere om de risici, som betalingsinstitutterne er eller kan blive udsat for, samt hensigtsmæssige interne kontrolmekanismer, herunder en god administrativ og regnskabsmæssig praksis; disse styringsformer, procedurer og mekanismer skal omfatte hele virksomheden og være proportionale med arten, omfanget og kompleksitetsgraden af de betalingstjenester, der ydes af betalingsinstituttet.
The competent authorities shall grant an authorisation only if, taking into account the need to ensure the sound and prudent management of a payment institution, the payment institution has robust governance arrangements for its payment services business, which include a clear organisational structure with well-defined, transparent and consistent lines of responsibility, effective procedures to identify, manage, monitor and report the risks to which it is or might be exposed, and adequate internal control mechanisms, including sound administrative and accounting procedures; those arrangements, procedures and mechanisms shall be comprehensive and proportionate to the nature, scale and complexity of the payment services provided by the payment institution.