--- title: "Haufe Service Center GmbH · Payment institution (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) · Germany | Elucidate" description: "Haufe Service Center GmbH is authorised by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority as a payment institution in Germany. Licence 156230. LEI 8945000H8PU7J6HKS686. Register status, licences, activities and ownership." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/haufe-service-center-gmbh-9cd525cf1489 --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Germany](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de) 3. Haufe Service Center GmbH 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. Register status Licensed in Germany Payment institution · Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Prudential licence [1 licence or registration ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/haufe-service-center-gmbh-9cd525cf1489#licences) BIC **No BIC** LEI **[8945000H8PU7J6HKS686](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/8945000H8PU7J6HKS686)** [Licence no. **156230**](https://elucidate.co/directory/haufe-service-center-gmbh-9cd525cf1489#licences) ## 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 Register](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/eba-psd2) Federal Financial Supervisory Authority | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 156230 | [Germany](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de) | Active | 2019-08-27 | — | - Payment services - Payment initiation - Account information | [Search the register ↗](https://euclid.eba.europa.eu/register/pir/search) | - 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/haufe-service-center-gmbh-9cd525cf1489#overview-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 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/391200GQPNPISTC1VU94), 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 ↗](https://www.haufegroup.com/) [lexware.de ↗](https://www.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 ↗](https://de.linkedin.com/company/haufe-group) · [Facebook ↗](https://www.facebook.com/haufe.group.careers/) · [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/haufe.group/) · [Xing ↗](https://www.xing.com/pages/haufegroup) Sources · 8 pages consulted 1. [testen.lexware.de/online/agb/](https://testen.lexware.de/online/agb/) 2. [lexoffice.de/agb-2](https://lexoffice.de/agb-2) 3. [haufegroup.com/en/legal/legal-notice](https://www.haufegroup.com/en/legal/legal-notice) 4. [impressum.lexware.de/lexware-office?cid=1972&pid=lxospprt](https://impressum.lexware.de/lexware-office?cid=1972&pid=lxospprt) 5. [lexware.de/](https://www.lexware.de/) 6. [help.lexware.de/de-form/articles/548543-was-ist-das-lexware-geschaftskonto](https://help.lexware.de/de-form/articles/548543-was-ist-das-lexware-geschaftskonto) 7. [pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/haufe-lexware-gmbh-co-kg-0/Haufe-Group-erhaelt-BaFin-Erlaubnis-fuer-Kont](https://www.pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/haufe-lexware-gmbh-co-kg-0/Haufe-Group-erhaelt-BaFin-Erlaubnis-fuer-Kontoinformations-und-Zahlungsausloesedienste/boxid/972320) 8. [lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/8945000H8PU7J6HKS686](https://lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/8945000H8PU7J6HKS686) ## Authorisation Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/haufe-service-center-gmbh-9cd525cf1489#overview-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 ↗](https://testen.lexware.de/online/agb/) | 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/haufe-service-center-gmbh-9cd525cf1489#overview-sources) - Payment initiation (open banking) - Account information (open banking) 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/haufe-service-center-gmbh-9cd525cf1489#overview-sources) - **Executive:** Christa van der Burgh Geschäftsführerin (Managing Director) Confirmed 15 Jul 2025 · [lexoffice.de ↗](https://lexoffice.de/agb-2) - **Executive:** Dr. Tobias Lagatz Geschäftsführer (Managing Director) Confirmed 15 Jul 2025 · [lexoffice.de ↗](https://lexoffice.de/agb-2) ## Recent events Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/haufe-service-center-gmbh-9cd525cf1489#overview-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 - **LEI:** [8945000H8PU7J6HKS686 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/8945000H8PU7J6HKS686) - **How the LEI was matched:** Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address - **Elucidate firm ID:** 9cd525cf1489 ## Profile - **Type:** Payments & e-money - **Regulation:** Prudential licence - **Main licence class:** Payment Institution - **Activities:** - Payment services - Payment initiation - Account information - **Licensed in:** [Germany](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de) · 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 · Germany[391200GQPNPISTC1VU94 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/391200GQPNPISTC1VU94) - **Ultimate parent:** Rudolf Haufe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG · Germany[391200QUZBA1QAGC1C74 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/391200QUZBA1QAGC1C74) 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 ```xml 8945000H8PU7J6HKS686 Haufe Service Center GmbH 79111 Freiburg im Breisgau DE Munzinger Straße 9 | 79111 Freiburg im Breisgau ``` - 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. ## Related institutions ### Other payments & e-money institutions in Germany - [Voeb-Zvd Processing GMBH BIC VZVDDED1 Payments & e-money Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority · 123960 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 529900XGDXLEX5L16R90](https://elucidate.co/directory/voeb-zvd-processing-gmbh-vzvdded1) - [Boerse Stuttgart Digital Custody GmbH No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority · 157207 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 529900RC04FR9EHUT228](https://elucidate.co/directory/boerse-stuttgart-digital-custody-gmbh-fd1f366c6402) - [Bullish Europe GmbH No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority · 162355 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 2549008CBASK5Q680X12](https://elucidate.co/directory/bullish-europe-gmbh-a2608dc5996d) - [Reisebank AG BIC RBAGDEF1 Payments & e-money Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority · 108643 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 529900CMFR5GQHWTXY51](https://elucidate.co/directory/reisebank-ag-rbagdef1) - [Tangany GmbH No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority · 157349 (EBA-PSD2) · also on ESMA-CASP · LEI 529900WKXS5ZPJY9W498](https://elucidate.co/directory/tangany-gmbh-fe7a312a5cfb) - [AGw Allgemeine Geldwechsel Förster GmbH Wechselstube am Steindamm No BIC Payments & e-money Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority · 110140 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 529900O3RKSCO36SCH80](https://elucidate.co/directory/agw-allgemeine-geldwechsel-forster-gmbh-wechselstube-am-steindamm-fa1df98445cc) - [Aifinyo Payments GMBH BIC AIPGDE82 Payments & e-money Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority · 156864 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 894500F7TW6DGUZCZZ87](https://elucidate.co/directory/aifinyo-payments-gmbh-aipgde82) - [AirPlus International GmbH No BIC Payments & e-money Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority · 119736 (EBA-PSD2) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/airplus-international-gmbh-1514a814a1b4) [See all →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?type=payments&cc=DE) [Other entries on EBA-PSD2 →](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/eba-psd2) 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. An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated. Register entries are not matched against the OFAC or EU sanctions lists. Where the legal entity also holds a BIC, the matches for that BIC are on its page. Always screen against the official lists. An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page. [Read the methodology →](https://elucidate.co/directory/methodology) Register for this page - **EBA PSD2 Register**—European Banking Authority (EBA) · [source ↗](https://euclid.eba.europa.eu/register/pir/search) 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. ## Assess the financial crime risk behind a licence A licence records what an institution is authorised to do; it does not assess it. The [Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI)](https://elucidate.co/ratings) is an independent score of the financial crime risk of banks and payment institutions. [Book a demo](https://elucidate.co/demo-request) Licence and registration data are drawn from the public registers of the regulators named on each page and shown for information only; the official register is always the authority. LEIs and ownership are from GLEIF. Directory and gpi data are drawn from SWIFT's public sources. SWIFT, Swift gpi and UETR are trademarks of S.W.I.F.T. SC, Avenue Adèle 1, 1310 La Hulpe, Belgium. Elucidate is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by SWIFT or any regulator named here. Elucidate does not provide payment or other financial services.