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Is Banca Sella regulated in the EU?

Banca Sella. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇮🇹 Italy.

Authorised under MiCA

Banca Sella is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB) on 27 April 2026 and covers 2 of 10 MiCA services in 1 EEA country.

Banca Sella among the EU's authorised providers

Banca Sella was the 1st of 9 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Italy, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 16 months after MiCA became applicable. With 2 authorised services it is below the register average of 3.3; 217 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 1 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. CONSOB supervises 9 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Banca Sella is authorised for 2 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, execution of orders, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.

  • a Custody and administration 1 country Holding clients' crypto-assets or the private keys to them, and keeping them safe. This is what a wallet service or an exchange that keeps your coins does.
  • j Transfer services 1 country Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.

Not authorised: b. Operating a trading platform · c. Exchange for funds · d. Exchange for other crypto-assets · e. Execution of orders · f. Placing of crypto-assets · g. Reception and transmission of orders · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

Banca Sella is authorised to operate only in Italy. It has not used the MiCA passport to notify other EEA states.

Highlighted: countries notified for at least one service. Outlined: home Member State. Passporting is per service; see the list on the left for each service's count.

Identification

Legal name
BANCA SELLA
LEI
549300I7OIUB41P86L19 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB) (Italy)
Registered address
Piazza Gaudenzio Sella 1, BIELLA, 13900
Declared website
sella.it
Authorised on
27 April 2026
Register entry updated
30 June 2026
Only the declared domains are covered. Fraudsters routinely copy the name of an authorised provider and operate from a look-alike domain. If the website you are on is not one of the addresses above, the authorisation does not apply to it — check the exact domain.

Questions people ask

Is Banca Sella regulated in the EU?

Yes. Banca Sella (BANCA SELLA) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB) on 27 April 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Banca Sella authorised for?

2 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, transfer services.

In which countries can Banca Sella offer crypto services?

1 EEA countries: Italy.

Who supervises Banca Sella?

Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB), the competent authority in Italy, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Italy

All providers from Italy →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.