Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Oct 2012 - Sep 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Electronic Money Association (EMA)
EU Transparency Register
84308599569-14 First registered on 08 Sep 2012
Goals / Remit
The Electronic Money Association (EMA) is the European trade body for electronic money issuers and payment institutions. Members include payments companies, the telecommunications and transport sectors and specialist e-money issuers. The EMA is the industry’s voice in dealing with regulators, government bodies and international organisations. It is a forum for education, responding to regulatory proposals and establishing industry guidelines.
Main EU files targeted
EU Payment Services Directive(s) and any related EU regulation
Anti-Money Laundering Directive(s) and any related EU regulation on counter-terrorist financing, for example
Electronic Money Directive(s)
European Payments Council (EPC)
Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB)Address
Head Office
The Crescent, 5
London KT6 4BN
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 18 Mar 2015
Name Start date End Date Ms Judith CROWFORD 19 Jul 2016 15 Jul 2017 Ms Martina Grillitsch 30 Sep 2016 23 Sep 2017 Mr Philip Robinson 22 Aug 2016 02 Aug 2017 Mr Thaer Sabri 19 Jul 2016 15 Jul 2017 Ms Judith Crawford 19 Jul 2016 01 Nov 2016 Ms Johanna Jacques 09 Oct 2013 08 Oct 2014 Mr Philip Robinson 19 Sep 2013 17 Sep 2014 Mr Thaer Sabri 19 Sep 2013 17 Sep 2014 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Thaer Sabri (Chief Executive)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Thaer Sabri (Chief Executive)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
- Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG)
- European Commission Payment Systems Market Expert Group (PSMEG)
- FSA Payments and E-Money Stakeholder GroupMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Oct 2012 - Sep 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
European Payments Council
Payment Services Market Expert GroupACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
European Retail Payments Board
Communication activities
None
Other activities
- Review of the Payment Services Directive
- Review of the Electronic Money Directive
- Review of the Money Laundering Directive
- EC initiatives on e-commerce
- SEPA
- IT security
- Data protection
- Consumer law
- Financial services law- Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 28 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Round-Table on Digital Euro (with EVP Dombrovskis and DG FISMA) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
- Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - European Digital Finance Association
- European Third Party Providers Association
- European FinTech Association
- CaixaBank, S.A.
- European Savings and Retail Banking Group
- American Express Corporation
- Nexi Group
- European Association of Co-operative Banks
- European Banking Federation
- Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband
- PPRO Financial Ltd
- Payments Europe
- Afore Consulting
- N26
- Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken
- Finance Denmark
- Crédit Agricole S.A.
- Worldline
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Date 07 Apr 2016 Location London Subject Pre-paid cards Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
- Meetings