I. – Accounts opened by payment institutions are payment accounts that are used exclusively for payment transactions. This exclusive purpose must be expressly provided for in the framework payment services contract governing the account.
No funds may be invested in the customer’s name, even temporarily, in a savings or investment product.
II. – Payment service users’ funds collected by payment institutions with a view to providing payment services do not constitute funds repayable from the public within the meaning of Article L. 312-2, or funds representing electronic money.
The payment institution may not dispose of these funds for its own account.