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Is PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) regulated in the EU?

PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.). Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇬🇷 Greece.

Authorised under MiCA

PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Bank of Greece on 7 August 2026 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 1 EEA country.

PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) among the EU's authorised providers

PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) was the 4th of 4 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Greece, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 19 months after MiCA became applicable. With 4 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 107 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 1 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. Bank of Greece supervises 1 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) is authorised for 4 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, placing of crypto-assets, 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.
  • e Execution of orders 1 country 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 1 country 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 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 · f. Placing of crypto-assets · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management.

Where it may operate

PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) is authorised to operate only in Greece. 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
PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.)
LEI
213800OYHR1MPQ5VJL60 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Bank of Greece (Greece)
Registered address
4, Amerikis Str., 10564 Athens, Greece
Declared website
piraeusbank.gr
Authorised on
7 August 2026
Register entry updated
8 August 2026
Regulator's note
Together with HCMC
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 PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) regulated in the EU?

Yes. PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) (PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.)) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Bank of Greece on 7 August 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) authorised for?

4 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, execution of orders, reception and transmission of orders, transfer services.

In which countries can PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.) offer crypto services?

1 EEA countries: Greece.

Who supervises PIRAEUS BANK Société Anonyme (S.A.)?

Bank of Greece, the competent authority in Greece, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Greece

All providers from Greece →

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