# OB-PIS-004 — Payments to multiple beneficiaries

> The interface lets the PISP initiate payments to multiple beneficiaries.

- Article: PSR 36(4)(d)
- Who is bound: ASPSP
- Who it is for: API, Product
- Application: 21 months after entry into force, the general application date (Article 112).
- Level 2: No EBA mandate covers this obligation.
- Origin: New, with no equivalent in PSD2 or in the 2018 RTS.

Provisional numbering of the April 2026 compromise (Council doc. 8221/26). The final numbering will be added when the Official Journal publishes the text, without changing the id.

## STET 1.6.3: Covered

A payment request can carry several instructions to different beneficiaries, up to the limit each bank sets for `numberOfTransactions`. The text does not define a payment to multiple beneficiaries.

- <https://openfinanceguide.com/en/stet/1.6.3/flows/8-2-payment-request-with-multiple-instructions-having-different-beneficiaries>
- <https://openfinanceguide.com/en/stet/1.6.3/endpoints/pisp/payment-requests-post>

## Sources

- [Council doc. 8221/26, page 244](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-8221-2026-INIT/en/pdf#page=244)

Checked on 2026-10-04. https://openfinanceguide.com/en/dsp3/obligations/ob-pis-004