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Is SOCIETE GENERALE regulated in the EU?

SOCIETE GENERALE — legal name SOCIETE GENERALE - FORGE, also known as FORGE. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇫🇷 France.

Authorised under MiCA

SOCIETE GENERALE is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on 23 October 2025 and covers 2 of 10 MiCA services in 28 EEA countries.

SOCIETE GENERALE among the EU's authorised providers

SOCIETE GENERALE was the 8th of 36 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in France, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 10 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 28 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. AMF supervises 36 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

SOCIETE GENERALE 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 28 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 28 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, SOCIETE GENERALE has notified 28 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia. It has not notified the other 2 EEA states (France, Greece), 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
SOCIETE GENERALE - FORGE
LEI
969500FX8K40ZDW4F377 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) (France)
Registered address
17 COURS VALMY - 92800 PUTEAUX, France
Declared website
sgforge.com
Trading platform
sgforge.com
Authorised on
23 October 2025
Register entry updated
23 October 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 SOCIETE GENERALE regulated in the EU?

Yes. SOCIETE GENERALE (SOCIETE GENERALE - FORGE) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on 23 October 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is SOCIETE GENERALE authorised for?

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

In which countries can SOCIETE GENERALE offer crypto services?

28 EEA countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.

Who supervises SOCIETE GENERALE?

Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the competent authority in France, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in France

All providers from France →

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