Germany · Payments & e-money
Haufe Service Center GmbH
Haufe Service Center GmbH is a limited liability company (GmbH) based in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Since August 2019 the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has authorised it as a payment institution for payment initiation and account information services. It belongs to the Haufe Group, and Haufe Group SE is its direct parent. It provides the payment initiation and account information functions of the Lexware Office accounting software to business customers. It also handles contracts and billing for Haufe Group companies in its own name on their behalf.
Licences and registrations
Held by Haufe Service Center GmbH (LEI 8945000H8PU7J6HKS686). 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 RegisterFederal Financial Supervisory Authority | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 156230 | Germany | Active | 2019-08-27 | — |
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- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- 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
Haufe Group SE
Firm type
Open banking
Trades as Lexware Office
- Ownership
- Haufe Group SE is the direct parent and Rudolf Haufe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG is the ultimate parent, according to the firm's LEI record.
- Direct parent
- Haufe Group SE ↗, Germany
- Ultimate owner
- Rudolf Haufe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
- Head office
- Munzinger Straße 9, 79111 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Company register
- Amtsgericht Freiburg HRB 5718
Online
- Websites & references
- haufegroup.com ↗
lexware.de ↗ Lexware Office brand site, through which the firm's payment initiation and account information services are offered (site operated by sister company Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG) - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · Xing ↗
Sources · 8 pages consulted
- testen.lexware.de/online/agb/
- lexoffice.de/agb-2
- haufegroup.com/en/legal/legal-notice
- impressum.lexware.de/lexware-office?cid=1972&pid=lxospprt
- lexware.de/
- help.lexware.de/de-form/articles/548543-was-ist-das-lexware-geschaftskonto
- pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/haufe-lexware-gmbh-co-kg-0/Haufe-Group-erhaelt-BaFin-Erlaubnis-fuer-Kont
- lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/8945000H8PU7J6HKS686
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
BaFin authorises the firm as a payment institution under the German Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG) to provide payment initiation and account information services, register number 156230. The Deutsche Bundesbank is also named in its terms as a supervisory contact.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Payment institution (Zahlungsinstitut) authorised for payment initiation and account information services | 156230 | In its own name | Active | testen.lexware.de ↗ |
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.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It provides the Lexware Office payment initiation service (Lexware Office Überweisung) and account information service (Lexware Office Kontoinformation) inside the Lexware Office accounting software, which the terms say is offered only to business users.
It serves business users of Lexware Office in Germany under its German authorisation.
- Sells to
- Small businesses
- Serves customers in
- Germany
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Christa van der Burgh Geschäftsführerin (Managing Director)
- Executive
- Dr. Tobias Lagatz Geschäftsführer (Managing Director)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
The research found no fines, investigations, security incidents, licence changes or corporate events from the last three years.
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.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- 156230
- 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
- 9cd525cf1489
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
- Payment Institution
- Activities
- Payment services
- Payment initiation
- Account information
- Licensed in
- Germany · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2019-08-27
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
- Haufe Group SE · Germany391200GQPNPISTC1VU94 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Rudolf Haufe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG · Germany391200QUZBA1QAGC1C74 ↗
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Munzinger Straße 9 | 79111 Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79111
- Country
- Germany
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>8945000H8PU7J6HKS686</LEI>
<Nm>Haufe Service Center GmbH</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>79111</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Freiburg im Breisgau</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Munzinger Straße 9 | 79111 Freiburg</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>im Breisgau</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>- The address line repeats the town or postcode. Remove the repeat if your payment system rejects it.
- CBPR+ does not accept the character ß in names and addresses. Transliterate before sending.
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
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- 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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