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Is ClearBank Europe B.V. regulated in the EU?

ClearBank Europe B.V. — legal name ClearBank Europe N.V.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇳🇱 Netherlands.

Authorised under MiCA

ClearBank Europe B.V. is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 3 April 2026 and covers 3 of 10 MiCA services in 22 EEA countries.

ClearBank Europe B.V. among the EU's authorised providers

ClearBank Europe B.V. was the 24th of 28 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in the Netherlands, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 15 months after MiCA became applicable. With 3 authorised services it is at the register average of 3.3; 162 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 22 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. AFM supervises 28 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

ClearBank Europe B.V. 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, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.

  • e Execution of orders 22 countries Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
  • g Reception and transmission of orders 22 countries Taking a client's order to buy or sell and passing it on to another provider that executes it — a broker that does not execute itself.
  • j Transfer services 22 countries 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 · c. Exchange for funds · d. Exchange for other crypto-assets · f. Placing of crypto-assets · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

Through the MiCA passport, ClearBank Europe B.V. has notified 22 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden. It has not notified the other 8 EEA states, so a client there is outside the scope of the 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
ClearBank Europe N.V.
Trading as
ClearBank Europe B.V.
LEI
724500EAW1MTCM9M1X68 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) (Netherlands)
Registered address
Stadhouderskade 85 - 1073AT Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Declared website
clear.bank
Authorised on
3 April 2026
Register entry updated
3 April 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 ClearBank Europe B.V. regulated in the EU?

Yes. ClearBank Europe B.V. (ClearBank Europe N.V.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 3 April 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is ClearBank Europe B.V. authorised for?

3 of the ten MiCA services: execution of orders, reception and transmission of orders, transfer services.

In which countries can ClearBank Europe B.V. offer crypto services?

22 EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden.

Who supervises ClearBank Europe B.V.?

Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), the competent authority in the Netherlands, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in the Netherlands

All providers from Netherlands →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.