I. – Payment institutions are legal entities, other than credit institutions, electronic money institutions and the persons mentioned in II of article L. 521-1, which provide the payment services mentioned in article L. 314-1 on a regular professional basis.
II. – Account information service providers are natural or legal persons, other than credit institutions, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and the persons mentioned in II of Article L. 521-1, who provide the account information service mentioned in 8° of II of Article L. 314-1 on a regular professional basis, to the exclusion of any other payment service.