Ireland · Payments & e-money
Coinbase Ireland Limited
Coinbase Ireland Limited is a private limited company incorporated in Ireland under company number 630350, with its registered office in Dublin. The Central Bank of Ireland authorises it as an electronic money institution under reference C188493, first granted on 9 October 2019. It is a subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc. It issues the fiat e-money held in the E-Money Wallets of Coinbase customers resident in the EEA. Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. provides the crypto-asset services under the same user agreement.
Licences and registrations
Held by Coinbase Ireland Limited (LEI 254900MMLHWTQJL20446). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBA PSD2 RegisterCentral Bank of Ireland | Electronic money institutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | C188493 | Ireland | Active | 2019-10-09 | — |
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- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Coinbase Global, Inc.
Firm type
E-money and accounts
Trades as Coinbase
- Ownership
- Coinbase Global, Inc. is the firm's direct and ultimate accounting consolidation parent, according to the GLEIF record.
- Direct parent
- Coinbase Global, Inc. ↗, United States
- Head office
- Ground Floor, 45 Mespil Road, D04 W2F1 Dublin, Ireland
- Company register
- Companies Registration Office (Ireland) 630350
Online
- Websites & references
- coinbase.com ↗
help.coinbase.com ↗ help centre
status.coinbase.com ↗ status page - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Instagram ↗ · TikTok ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- registers.centralbank.ie/FirmRegisterDataPage.aspx?firmReferenceNumber=C188493®ister=63
- coinbase.com/legal/licenses/europe
- coinbase.com/en-fr/legal/user_agreement/ireland_europe
- coinbase.com/
- help.coinbase.com/en/coinbase/trading-and-funding/other/coinbase-card-faq
- coinbase.com/legal/coinbasecard
- coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-secures-regulatory-approval-and-welcomes-new-country-director-in
- centralbank.ie/news/article/warning-notice-central-bank-of-ireland-issues-warning-on-unauthorised-firm--
- centralbank.ie/news/article/press-release-enforcement-action-against-coinbase-europe-limited-6-November-
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679788/000167978825000094/coin-20250514.htm
- lei.report/LEI/254900MMLHWTQJL20446
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The Central Bank of Ireland authorises the firm as an electronic money institution under Regulation 9 of the European Communities (Electronic Money) Regulations 2011. The register lists payment services 3(b) and 3(c), and the authorisation is passported on a freedom-of-services basis to 29 other EEA states. Crypto-asset services are not provided under this authorisation. Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. provides them under a MiCA licence from the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bank of Ireland Ireland | Electronic Money Institution (Regulation 9, European Communities (Electronic Money) Regulations 2011) | C188493 | In its own name | Active | registers.centralbank.ie ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm says it safeguards customers' e-money, keeps it separate from its own cash and holds users' funds only in a designated safekeeping account with a regulated financial institution. It adds that affiliates may hold funds temporarily during deposits and withdrawals.
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
The firm issues fiat-denominated e-money in the E-Money Wallet of Coinbase accounts and provides the related payment services. Customers load funds by bank transfer, use the e-money to buy crypto-assets from Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. and redeem it to a registered bank account.
It serves Coinbase customers resident in the EEA. The Central Bank of Ireland register lists freedom-of-services passports in 29 EEA states besides Ireland.
- Sells to
- Consumers
- Serves customers in 30 countries
- Ireland · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Italy · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
A new EEA user agreement, phased in from August to October 2025, paired the firm as e-money issuer with Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. for crypto-asset services.
coinbase.com ↗ -
Security incident
Coinbase Global disclosed that bribed overseas support staff had taken customer data for a group-wide subset of Coinbase customers. It said no passwords, private keys or funds were exposed.
sec.gov ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Regulator warnings
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Impersonation Central Bank of Ireland, Ireland
The Central Bank of Ireland warned about an unauthorised clone firm, Coinbase Limited (www.coinbaselimited.com), which claimed to be based in Ireland.
centralbank.ie ↗
Entries on regulators’ consumer-warning lists that name the firm or its brand. An impersonation warning is about fraudsters posing as the firm, not about the firm itself.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- C188493
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- fdeb8f591fb6
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- E-Money / Stored Value Institution
- Activities
- Payment services
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- Ireland · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2019-10-09
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Coinbase Global, Inc. · United States5493004G3J2SC154DU06 ↗
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Ground Floor, 45 Mespil Road, Dublin 4, D04 W2F1, D04 W2F1
- Country
- Ireland
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in two address lines
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>254900MMLHWTQJL20446</LEI>
<Nm>Coinbase Ireland Limited</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>D04 W2F1</PstCd>
<TwnNm>D04 W2F1</TwnNm>
<Ctry>IE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Ground Floor, 45 Mespil Road</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>Dublin 4</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.
The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. LEIs are matched through GLEIF, and a BIC is linked only through a shared LEI.
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Read the methodology →Register for this page
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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