Business Banking - e-banking

The revised payment service directive (PSD2) will make electronic transactions within European Union safer and easier.

Legal Entities

Τransactions with strong authentication

In order to conduct transactions at Piraeus e-banking, every transaction should be authorized. Transaction authorization will be performed through push notification at new Piraeus business app, or with an extraPIN delivered through Viber or SMS at the company’s registered user or alternatively using a code from a token generator.

Piraeus Bank, for your convenience, will not require strong authentication for transactions up to €100 made through Piraeus Business e-banking, provided that these transactions comply with the Bank's security protocols. For online transactions over €100, strong authentication will always be required.


Τrusted beneficiaries

At Piraeus e-banking you can designate, if you wish, beneficiaries with whom you frequently and regularly transact as trustees. Beneficiaries you designate as trusted beneficiaries will no longer require strong identification when conducting a transaction.

For the following transactions you can exempt them from the strong authentication requirement, setting them as a trusted beneficiary:

  • Transfer money to someone’s else account at Piraeus Bank
  • Remittances
  • Payments to organizations
  • Credit card payment
  • Load Business Prepaid Card

Management of trusted beneficiaries (creation / deletion) is set from authorized users (admin user) at security settings at user’s profile. Once a beneficiaries is set as a Trusted Beneficiary, it is available to all corporate users. A user in order to manage trusted beneficiaries, should apply at his Piraeus Bank branch proper legal documents with the required declaration.

Individuals

Τransactions with strong authentication

In order to conduct transactions at Piraeus e-banking, every transaction should be authorized. Transaction authorization will be performed through a push notification at Piraeus business app or alternatively with an extraPIN delivered through Viber or SMS to the mobile phone number you have declared to the bank.

Piraeus Bank, for your convenience, will not require strong authentication for transactions up to €100 made through Piraeus app, provided that these transactions comply with the Bank's security protocols. For online transactions over €100, strong authentication will always be required.


Τrusted beneficiaries

At Piraeus e-banking you can designate, if you wish, beneficiaries with whom you frequently and regularly transact as trustees. Beneficiaries you designate as trusted beneficiaries will no longer require strong identification when conducting a transaction.

For the following transactions you can exempt them from the strong authentication requirement, setting them as a trusted beneficiary:

  • Transfer money to someone’s else account at Piraeus Bank
  • Remittances
  • IRIS 24/7 Payment
  • Payments to organizations
  • Credit card payment
  • Load a prepaid card / Piraeus WEBUY
  • Online insurance products

You can set a trusted beneficiary during the validation of a transaction through push notification at Piraeus app or alternatively while you enter the extraPIN security code in order to authenticate the transaction.