VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG
Crypto-asset service provider · Home Member State 🇩🇪 Germany
Authorised under MiCA
VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 18 August 2026 and covers 1 of 10 MiCA services in 1 EEA country.
What the authorisation covers
VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG is authorised for 1 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for custody and administration, operating a trading platform, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management, transfer services — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.
- a Custody and administration not authorised 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.
- b Operating a trading platform not authorised Running a marketplace where buyers and sellers of crypto-assets are matched — an order-book exchange in the strict sense.
- c Exchange for funds not authorised 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 not authorised Swapping one crypto-asset for another with the client, using the provider's own capital — for example bitcoin for a stablecoin.
- 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.
- f Placing of crypto-assets not authorised Marketing newly issued crypto-assets to buyers on behalf of the issuer — the crypto equivalent of underwriting or an IPO placement.
- g Reception and transmission of orders not authorised 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.
- h Advice on crypto-assets not authorised Giving personalised recommendations to a client about buying, selling or holding specific crypto-assets.
- i Portfolio management not authorised Managing a client's crypto-asset portfolio with discretion, under a mandate — deciding what to buy and sell on their behalf.
- j Transfer services not authorised Moving crypto-assets from one distributed-ledger address or account to another on the client's behalf.
Where it may operate
VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG is authorised to operate only in Germany. It has not used the MiCA passport to notify other EEA states.
- 🇦🇹 AT
- 🇧🇪 BE
- 🇧🇬 BG
- 🇭🇷 HR
- 🇨🇾 CY
- 🇨🇿 CZ
- 🇩🇰 DK
- 🇪🇪 EE
- 🇫🇮 FI
- 🇫🇷 FR
- 🇩🇪 DE
- 🇬🇷 GR
- 🇭🇺 HU
- 🇮🇸 IS
- 🇮🇪 IE
- 🇮🇹 IT
- 🇱🇻 LV
- 🇱🇮 LI
- 🇱🇹 LT
- 🇱🇺 LU
- 🇲🇹 MT
- 🇳🇱 NL
- 🇳🇴 NO
- 🇵🇱 PL
- 🇵🇹 PT
- 🇷🇴 RO
- 🇸🇰 SK
- 🇸🇮 SI
- 🇪🇸 ES
- 🇸🇪 SE
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
- VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG
- LEI
- 5299009RFJSJRM1FIW34 · GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) (Germany)
- Registered address
- Promenade 19 -23, 91522 Ansbach
- Declared website
- vr-mfr.de
- Authorised on
- 18 August 2026
- Register entry updated
- 18 August 2026
Questions people ask
Is VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG regulated in the EU?
Yes. VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG (VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 18 August 2026. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG authorised for?
1 of the ten MiCA services: execution of orders.
In which countries can VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG offer crypto services?
1 EEA countries: Germany.
Who supervises VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte eG?
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
- Bitpanda Asset Management GmbHAuthorised
- VR TeilhaberBank Metropolregion Nürnberg eGAuthorised
- V-Bank AGAuthorised
- Volksbank Schwarzwald-Donau-Neckar eGAuthorised
- Tradias GmbHAuthorised
- Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Würzburg eGAuthorised
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.