Bank
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft is licensed in Germany under the EU crypto-asset regulation MiCA, supervised by BaFin, since 07 April 2025.
The licence covers 2 of the ten MiCA services, including custody and administration of crypto-assets for clients.
Registered facts
- Licensed legal entity
- Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
- Home member state
- Germany (DE)
- Supervisor
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)from the ESMA register
- Authorised since
- 07 April 2025
- Role
- Bank
What this licence permits
MiCA splits crypto services into ten types. A licence covers only the ones listed here; anything else the firm may not offer to EU clients.
- aCustodycovered
- bTrading platformnot covered
- cExchange for fundsnot covered
- dExchange for cryptonot covered
- eOrder executionnot covered
- fPlacementnot covered
- gOrder receptionnot covered
- hAdvicenot covered
- iPortfolio managementnot covered
- jTransfer servicescovered
Permissions under German law
The German supervisor records every permission separately, with the date it was granted. That makes the move from the old crypto custody permission to the MiCA licence visible.
- In forcequalifiziertes Kryptoverwahrgeschäft (§ 1 Abs. 1a Satz 2 Nr. 6 KWG)since 30 December 2024
- In forceVerwahrung und Verwaltung von Kryptowerten für Kunden (Art. 59 Abs. 1b i.V.m. Art. 3 Abs. 1 Nr. 16 a MiCA-R)since 02 June 2025
- In forceErbringung von Transferdienstleistungen für Kryptowerte für Kunden (Art. 59 Abs. 1b i.V.m. Art. 3 Abs. 1 Nr. 16 j MiCA-R)since 02 June 2025
- EndedKryptoverwahrgeschäft (§ 1 Abs. 1a Satz 2 Nr. 6 KWG a.F.)Inkrafttreten Artikel 3 des FinmadiG14 November 2023 until 29 December 2024
Source: company database of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), retrieved 3 September 2026 via its own export function.