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Is Standard Chartered regulated in the EU?

Standard Chartered — legal name Standard Chartered Luxembourg S.A.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇱🇺 Luxembourg.

Authorised under MiCA

Standard Chartered is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on 25 June 2026 and covers 2 of 10 MiCA services in 30 EEA countries.

Standard Chartered among the EU's authorised providers

Standard Chartered was the 9th of 13 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Luxembourg, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 18 months after MiCA became applicable. With 2 authorised services it is below the register average of 3.3; 217 providers hold a broader one. Its passport covers the whole EEA, something 58 of the 365 providers have notified. CSSF supervises 13 authorised providers in total.

What the authorisation covers

Standard Chartered 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 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.
  • 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 · 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

Standard Chartered 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
Standard Chartered Luxembourg S.A.
Trading as
Standard Chartered
LEI
213800HAR45C9K18O294 · GLEIF record
Competent authority
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) (Luxembourg)
Registered address
53, Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg
Declared website
sc.com
Authorised on
25 June 2026
Register entry updated
26 June 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 Standard Chartered regulated in the EU?

Yes. Standard Chartered (Standard Chartered Luxembourg S.A.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on 25 June 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.

Which crypto services is Standard Chartered authorised for?

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

In which countries can Standard Chartered offer crypto services?

In all 30 EEA countries, through the MiCA passport.

Who supervises Standard Chartered?

Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), the competent authority in Luxembourg, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.

Other providers authorised in Luxembourg

All providers from Luxembourg →

Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.