Licensing and approval proceedings - Payment institutions

Specimen application forms and the content of their annexes and related applications are stipulated in Decree No. 141/2011 Coll. (see below).

In connection with the launch of the basic registers system on 1 July 2012, some changes have been made in licensing and approval proceedings, as described in the document entitled Information on planned changes in licensing and approval proceedings in connection with the basic registers (pdf, 203 kB, available in Czech only).

Decree No. 1/2022 Coll. of 22 December 2021 (pdf, 290 kB, applicable from 1 July 2022), on applications and notifications to perform activities pursuant to the Payment System Act
Decree No. 141/2011 Coll. of 13. May 2011 (pdf, 205 kB), on the pursuit of business of payment institutions, electronic money institutions, small-scale payment service providers and small-scale electronic money issuers
- Enclosures – application forms (pdf, 269 kB)
Decree No. 142/2011 Coll. of 13 May 2011, on reporting by payment institutions, electronic money institutions, small-scale payment service providers and small-scale electronic money issuers to the CNB – translation is under the preparation
- Enclosures (available in Czech only)