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Is Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft regulated in the EU?

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇩🇪 Germany.

Authorised under MiCA

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 7 April 2025 and covers 2 of 10 MiCA services in 2 EEA countries.

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft among the EU's authorised providers

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft was the 8th of 100 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Germany, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 3 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 2 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. BaFin supervises 100 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft 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 2 countries 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 2 countries 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

Through the MiCA passport, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft has notified 2 countries: Germany, Italy. It has not notified the other 28 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
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
LEI
851WYGNLUQLFZBSYGB56 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) (Germany)
Registered address
Kaiserplatz - 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Authorised on
7 April 2025
Register entry updated
20 October 2025

Questions people ask

Is Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft regulated in the EU?

Yes. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft (Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 7 April 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft authorised for?

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

In which countries can Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft offer crypto services?

2 EEA countries: Germany, Italy.

Who supervises Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft?

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the competent authority in Germany, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Germany

All providers from Germany →

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