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Is Skrill regulated in the EU?

Skrill — legal name Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited., also known as NETELLER. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇮🇪 Ireland.

Authorised under MiCA

Skrill is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on 3 December 2025 and covers 4 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Skrill among the EU's authorised providers

Skrill was the 6th of 12 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Ireland, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 11 months after MiCA became applicable. With 4 authorised services it is above the register average of 3.3; 107 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. CBI supervises 12 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Skrill 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, 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 all EEA 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.
  • 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: 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

Skrill 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
Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited.
Trading as
Skrill
Also: NETELLER
LEI
213800QBQVHWRBHJTA89 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) (Ireland)
Registered address
15 George’s Quay, Dublin D02 VR98
Declared websites
skrill.com · neteller.com
Authorised on
3 December 2025
Register entry updated
3 December 2025
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 Skrill regulated in the EU?

Yes. Skrill (Paysafe Payment Solutions Limited.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on 3 December 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Skrill authorised for?

4 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, transfer services.

In which countries can Skrill offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Skrill?

Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), the competent authority in Ireland, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Ireland

All providers from Ireland →

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