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Is Banking Circle regulated in the EU?

Banking Circle — legal name Banking Circle S.A.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇱🇺 Luxembourg.

Authorised under MiCA

Banking Circle is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on 16 February 2026 and covers 3 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Banking Circle among the EU's authorised providers

Banking Circle was the 5th of 13 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Luxembourg, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 14 months after MiCA became applicable. With 3 authorised services it is at the register average of 3.3; 162 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. CSSF supervises 13 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Banking Circle is authorised for 3 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for custody and administration, operating a trading platform, 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.

  • c Exchange for funds all EEA Buying crypto-assets from clients, or selling to them, against money (euro or another currency) using the provider's own capital.
  • d Exchange for other crypto-assets all EEA Swapping one crypto-asset for another with the client, using the provider's own capital — for example bitcoin for a stablecoin.
  • j Transfer services all EEA Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.

Not authorised: a. Custody and administration · b. Operating a trading platform · 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

Banking Circle has notified all 30 EEA countries: under MiCA's passporting rules, a licence from one Member State lets the provider offer its services across the whole European Economic Area after a simple notification.

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
Banking Circle S.A.
Trading as
Banking Circle
LEI
213800W1NGBLERUS6M39 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) (Luxembourg)
Registered address
2, Boulevard de la Foire, L-1528 Luxembourg
Declared website
bankingcircle.com
Authorised on
16 February 2026
Register entry updated
24 March 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 Banking Circle regulated in the EU?

Yes. Banking Circle (Banking Circle S.A.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on 16 February 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Banking Circle authorised for?

3 of the ten MiCA services: exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, transfer services.

In which countries can Banking Circle offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Banking Circle?

Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the competent authority in Luxembourg, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Luxembourg

All providers from Luxembourg →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.