This document discusses new technical standards for strong authentication and secure communication required under the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2). PSD2 will define new payment service providers with access to customer accounts, and the Regulatory Technical Standards on Strong Customer Authentication and Secure Communication (RTS) establish security requirements for account access. The RTS require dedicated interfaces for account access that ensure security, traceability and availability. Standards are also discussed for payment initiation service providers and account information service providers to identify themselves and communicate securely with account servicing payment service providers. The Berlin Group is working on pan-European payment standards to enable access to bank accounts under PSD2.