Before issuing and managing electronic money, electronic money institutions must obtain an authorisation issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, after obtaining the opinion of the Banque de France under the fourth paragraph of I of article L. 141-4 or article L. 521-8.
To obtain this authorisation, an application must be submitted to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, together with the information defined by order. This authorisation may only be granted to a legal entity.