On March 28, 2019, the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) announced the commencement of the time framework within which account servicing payment service providers (ASPSPs) will be able to submit an application to be granted an exemption from the obligation to maintain a contingency mechanism under Article 33(6) of EU Regulation 2018/389 on regulatory technical standards for strong customer authentication (RTS on SCA).