European Union / EEA

Websites der Aufsichtsbehörden

• EBAEuropean Banking Authority — with national competent authorities
• ECBEuropean Central Bank — banking supervision
• ESMAEuropean Securities and Markets Authority

• Electronic Money InstitutionEMIUnder EMD2: issue e-money and provide payment services, with passporting across the EEA.E-money & stored valueOffizielle Quelle
• Payment InstitutionPIUnder PSD2: provide payment services without issuing e-money — the classic licence for PSPs and acquirers.

  Erlaubte Tätigkeiten

  PSD2 payment services as authorised by the home-state competent authority (listed on the EBA Payment Institutions Register).

  Typische Inhaber

  EEA PSPs and acquirers that do not issue e-money.

  Antragsweg

  Authorisation by the national competent authority; listed on the EBA register, with passporting notifications for host states.

  Wesentliche Grenzen

  Own-funds and safeguarding rules apply. Passporting does not replace local AML registration where required.

  Payment institution / PSPOffizielle Quelle
• Account information & payment initiation servicesAISP / PISPOpen-banking roles under PSD2 — read account data or initiate payments on the user's behalf.Payment institution / PSPOffizielle Quelle
• Credit institution licenceCredit institutionFull banking licence under CRD/CRR; the ECB supervises significant institutions directly.Banking & deposit-takingOffizielle Quelle
• Crypto-Asset Service ProviderCASPMiCA authorisation for custody, exchange and transfer services in crypto-assets, passportable across the EU.Crypto-asset & VASPOffizielle Quelle

Eine handverlesene Auswahl zur Orientierung — nicht das vollständige Register.

• AdyenHolds a Dutch banking licence, so it settles as a bank in Europe and licenses locally elsewhere.BankingMTLEMIAFSLMPISVFIPZugelassen inEuropean Union / EEAUnited StatesUnited KingdomAustraliaSingaporeHong Kong, ChinaBrazilUnited Arab Emirates
• Block (Square)Merchant acquiring and Cash App, licensed state by state and in each international market.MTLMSBEMIAFSLZugelassen inUnited StatesCanadaUnited KingdomAustraliaJapanEuropean Union / EEA
• Checkout.comEnterprise acquiring with local acquiring licences across four regions.APIEMIMTLMPISVFZugelassen inUnited KingdomEuropean Union / EEAUnited StatesUnited Arab EmiratesSingaporeHong Kong, ChinaAustraliaJapan
• CircleStablecoin issuer holding US money transmitter licences and an EU e-money licence.MSBMTLEMIMPIZugelassen inUnited StatesEuropean Union / EEAFRSingapore
• ClearBankA clearing bank for fintechs — the licensed layer under other brands.BankingEMIZugelassen inUnited KingdomEuropean Union / EEA
• CoinbaseCrypto exchange and custody with licences across the US, EU and Asia-Pacific.MSBMTLEMICASPMPIZugelassen inUnited StatesEuropean Union / EEAUnited KingdomDESingaporeAustralia
• FiservMerchant acquiring and issuer processing at scale.MTLEMIZugelassen inUnited StatesUnited KingdomEuropean Union / EEA
• GoCardlessBank payments and open banking with licences in Europe, Australia and the US.EMIAPIAFSLMTLZugelassen inUnited KingdomAustraliaUnited StatesEuropean Union / EEA
• KlarnaBuy-now-pay-later backed by a Swedish banking licence.BankingEMIZugelassen inEuropean Union / EEAUnited KingdomUnited StatesAustralia
• ModulrEmbedded payments and accounts on a UK e-money licence with EU passporting.EMIAPIZugelassen inUnited KingdomEuropean Union / EEA
• MollieEuropean PSP holding Dutch payment and e-money licences with EEA passporting.PIEMIZugelassen inEuropean Union / EEAUnited Kingdom
• NuveiPayment technology and acquiring with local licences across its footprint.MSBMTLEMIMPIAFSLZugelassen inCanadaUnited StatesUnited KingdomEuropean Union / EEASingaporeAustralia
• PayoneerCross-border payouts and receivables for marketplaces and SMBs.MSBMTLEMIAPISVFAFSLZugelassen inUnited StatesUnited KingdomEuropean Union / EEAHong Kong, ChinaAustraliaSingaporeIndia
• PayPalRuns a Luxembourg banking licence alongside US state money transmitter licences.BankingMTLEMIAFSLZugelassen inUnited StatesEuropean Union / EEAUnited KingdomAustraliaSingapore
• PaysafeWallets and processing under UK and EU e-money licences plus US registrations.EMIAPIMTLMSBZugelassen inUnited KingdomUnited StatesCanadaEuropean Union / EEA
• PPROLocal payment methods platform for PSPs and merchants.EMIMTLMPIZugelassen inUnited KingdomEuropean Union / EEAUnited StatesSingaporeBrazilMexico
• RevolutEMI plus a banking licence in Lithuania; separate licences in each expansion market.BankingEMIAPIMTLMPIAFSLZugelassen inEuropean Union / EEAUnited KingdomUnited StatesSingaporeAustraliaJapanMexicoBrazilIndia
• RippleCross-border settlement infrastructure with money transmitter and e-money authorisations.MSBMTLEMIMPIZugelassen inUnited StatesEuropean Union / EEAUnited KingdomSingapore
• StripeGlobal acquiring, payouts and issuing; licensed separately in each market it settles in.MSBMTLEMIAPIMPIAFSLZugelassen inUnited StatesEuropean Union / EEAUnited KingdomSingaporeAustraliaJapan
• TrueLayerOpen-banking payments and data across the UK, EU and Australia.AISP / PISPEMIZugelassen inUnited KingdomEuropean Union / EEAAustralia
• WiseCross-border accounts and transfers, licensed market by market.EMIMTLMPIAFSLZugelassen inUnited KingdomEuropean Union / EEAUnited StatesSingaporeAustraliaJapanMalaysia
• WorldlineEuropean payment and acquiring group with licensed entities in several markets.PIBankingAFSLZugelassen inEuropean Union / EEAUnited KingdomAustralia

Region

• United Kingdom
• Switzerland
• Gibraltar
• Liechtenstein