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title: "IG Europe GmbH · Crypto-asset service provider (BaFin) · Germany | Elucidate"
description: "IG Europe GmbH is authorised by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) as a crypto-asset service provider in Germany. Licence 213800HFC5G4V293BN91. LEI 213800HFC5G4V293BN91. Register status, licences, activities and ownership."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74
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Germany · Crypto

# IG Europe GmbH

IG Europe GmbH is an investment firm based in Frankfurt am Main. BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank authorise it under register number 148759. BaFin also authorised it as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), and ESMA lists it from 21 November 2025. The firm is a subsidiary of the London-listed IG Group Holdings plc and offers retail and professional clients in the EU CFDs, knock-outs and options, including on crypto-assets.

Register status

Licensed in Germany

Crypto-asset service provider · Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)

Prudential licence

[1 licence or registration ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74#licences)

BIC **No BIC** LEI **[213800HFC5G4V293BN91](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800HFC5G4V293BN91)** [Licence no. **213800HFC5G4V293BN91**](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74#licences) [Group: Ig Group Holdings PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76)

## Licences and registrations

Held by IG Europe GmbH (LEI 213800HFC5G4V293BN91). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.

| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/esma-casp) Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) | Crypto-asset service providerCrypto-Asset Service Provider | 213800HFC5G4V293BN91 | [Germany](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de) | Active | 2025-11-21 | — | - Crypto-assets | [Search the register ↗](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica) |

-   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/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74#overview-sources)

Customers

1,300,000

customers · Group · 21 May 2026 · [company statement ↗](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/20/tradfi-giant-ig-to-expand-crypto-trading-across-europe-through-bitpanda)

Employees

Not published

Ownership

Group subsidiary

IG Group Holdings plc

Firm type

Investment or brokerage

Trades as IG

- **Ownership:** The firm belongs to IG Group, whose parent IG Group Holdings plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and reports the firm as its direct subsidiary in the GLEIF record.
- **Direct parent:** [IG Group Holdings plc](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-group-holdings-plc-iggrgb2l), United Kingdom
- **Head office:** Westhafen Tower, Westhafenplatz 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- **Company register:** Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main HRB 115624

### Online

- **Websites & references:** [ig.com ↗](https://www.ig.com/de)
- **Official social accounts:** [LinkedIn ↗](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ig-de/mycompany/?viewAsMember=true) · [X ↗](https://twitter.com/IGDeutschland) · [Facebook ↗](https://www.facebook.com/IGDeutschland/) · [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/igdeutschland) · [YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/IGMarketsDE) · [WhatsApp ↗](https://wa.me/message/HTI74YVKOW6TC1)
- **Apps:** [Google Play ↗](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iggroup.android.cfd) · [App Store ↗](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/ig-ihr-online-broker/id406492428?c=content&pid=IGWebSite)

Sources · 13 pages consulted

1.  [ig.com/de](https://www.ig.com/de)
2.  [ig.com/de/impressum](https://www.ig.com/de/impressum)
3.  [ig.com/de/schutz-von-kundengeldern](https://www.ig.com/de/schutz-von-kundengeldern)
4.  [ig.com/de/kryptowaehrungshandel](https://www.ig.com/de/kryptowaehrungshandel)
5.  [ig.com/de/ueber-ig/vergleichen-sie-die-internationalen-angebote](https://www.ig.com/de/ueber-ig/vergleichen-sie-die-internationalen-angebote)
6.  [amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/casp/ig-europe-gmbh](https://www.amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/casp/ig-europe-gmbh)
7.  [iggroup.com/governance/regulations](https://www.iggroup.com/governance/regulations)
8.  [cnmv.es/portal/consultas/esi/esisextranjerassuc?tipo=CSU&numero=121&lang=en](https://www.cnmv.es/portal/consultas/esi/esisextranjerassuc?tipo=CSU&numero=121&lang=en)
9.  [a.storyblok.com/f/176646/x/28c1dd9723/20260521\_bitpanda-enterprise-x-ig-europe.pdf?cv=1779376220029](https://a.storyblok.com/f/176646/x/28c1dd9723/20260521_bitpanda-enterprise-x-ig-europe.pdf?cv=1779376220029)
10.  [coindesk.com/business/2026/05/20/tradfi-giant-ig-to-expand-crypto-trading-across-europe-through-bitpan](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/20/tradfi-giant-ig-to-expand-crypto-trading-across-europe-through-bitpanda)
11.  [theblock.co/post/402104/ig-europe-bitpanda-expand-crypto-offering-eu-citing-client-demand](https://www.theblock.co/post/402104/ig-europe-bitpanda-expand-crypto-offering-eu-citing-client-demand)
12.  [tradeinformer.com/broker-news/ig-group-hires-new-managing-director-for-europe](https://tradeinformer.com/broker-news/ig-group-hires-new-managing-director-for-europe)
13.  [cantabriaeconomica.com/la-economia-hoy/la-cnmv-alerta-de-tres-entidades-no-autorizadas-a-prestar-servicios-de-in](https://www.cantabriaeconomica.com/la-economia-hoy/la-cnmv-alerta-de-tres-entidades-no-autorizadas-a-prestar-servicios-de-inversion-en-espana/)

## Authorisation

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74#overview-sources)

- **Operates under:** Its own licences

BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank authorise the firm as an investment firm. BaFin also authorises it as a MiCA crypto-asset service provider. It passports its licences through branches, including a Spanish branch on the CNMV register as number 121, and into France for crypto-asset services.

| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and Deutsche Bundesbank Germany | Investment firm authorisation (BaFin register number 148759) | 148759 | In its own name | Active | [ig.com ↗](https://www.ig.com/de/impressum) |
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin); ESMA interim MiCA register Germany | Crypto-asset service provider (MiCA) | 213800HFC5G4V293BN91 | In its own name | Active | [amf-france.org ↗](https://www.amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/casp/ig-europe-gmbh) |

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](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74#overview-sources)

- **Safeguarding:** Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that it keeps client money in trust accounts at several regulated banks or in qualifying money market funds, and holds client securities in trust with a custodian bank. It is a member of the German investor compensation scheme (EdW), which covers 90% of a claim up to EUR 20,000. [ig.com ↗](https://www.ig.com/de/schutz-von-kundengeldern)
- **Crypto-asset custody:** Not disclosedThe AMF lists the firm as authorised in France to provide custody and administration of crypto-assets, exchange of crypto-assets for funds or for other crypto-assets and execution of orders. Its German site offers crypto-assets only as CFDs and knock-out options. [amf-france.org ↗](https://www.amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/casp/ig-europe-gmbh)

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](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74#overview-sources)

It offers leveraged CFDs, knock-outs, barriers and vanilla options on indices, forex, shares, commodities and more than ten crypto-assets.

It serves EU clients from Frankfurt and lists branches in Paris, Milan, Madrid, Stockholm and Amsterdam.

- **Sells to:** Consumers · Small businesses
- **Serves customers in 7 countries:** Germany · France · Spain · Italy · Sweden · Netherlands · Norway

## Leadership

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74#overview-sources)

- **Executive:** James T. Parathottal Geschäftsleiter (managing director) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [ig.com ↗](https://www.ig.com/de/impressum)
- **Executive:** Marcus Schmidt Geschäftsleiter (managing director) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [ig.com ↗](https://www.ig.com/de/impressum)
- **Executive:** Esteve Jane Managing Director of IG Europe Confirmed 21 May 2026 · [a.storyblok.com ↗](https://a.storyblok.com/f/176646/x/28c1dd9723/20260521_bitpanda-enterprise-x-ig-europe.pdf?cv=1779376220029)

## Recent events

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74#overview-sources)

1.  May 2026

    Other

    The firm announced a partnership with Bitpanda to provide liquidity, trading connectivity and market data for crypto-asset trading in the EU.

    [a.storyblok.com ↗](https://a.storyblok.com/f/176646/x/28c1dd9723/20260521_bitpanda-enterprise-x-ig-europe.pdf?cv=1779376220029)

2.  Dec 2025

    Licence

    The AMF listed the firm as authorised to provide crypto-asset services in France under the free provision of services from 10 December 2025.

    [amf-france.org ↗](https://www.amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/casp/ig-europe-gmbh)

3.  Nov 2025

    Licence

    BaFin authorised the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA, with an ESMA register entry dated 21 November 2025.

    [amf-france.org ↗](https://www.amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/casp/ig-europe-gmbh)

4.  Mar 2025

    Leadership

    IG Group appointed Esteve Jane as Managing Director of its European division.

    [tradeinformer.com ↗](https://tradeinformer.com/broker-news/ig-group-hires-new-managing-director-for-europe)

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](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-europe-gmbh-73caf645ca74#overview-sources)

1.  13 Jul 2026

    Impersonation Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain

    The CNMV warned that the website webtrader.web-tradereurope.com has no connection with IG Europe GmbH's Spanish branch.

    [cantabriaeconomica.com ↗](https://www.cantabriaeconomica.com/la-economia-hoy/la-cnmv-alerta-de-tres-entidades-no-autorizadas-a-prestar-servicios-de-inversion-en-espana/)

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. · ESMA-CASP:** 213800HFC5G4V293BN91
- **BIC:** Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- **LEI:** [213800HFC5G4V293BN91 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800HFC5G4V293BN91)
- **How the LEI was matched:** Published by the register
- **Elucidate firm ID:** 73caf645ca74

## Profile

- **Type:** Crypto
- **Regulation:** Prudential licence
- **Main licence class:** Crypto-Asset Service Provider
- **Activities:** - Crypto-assets
- **Licensed in:** [Germany](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de) · Europe & Central Asia
- **First registered:** 2025-11-21
- **Website:** [www.ig.com/de ↗](https://www.ig.com/de)

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:** [Ig Group Holdings PLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-group-holdings-plc-iggrgb2l) · United Kingdom[2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76)

The Ig Group Holdings PLC group has 4 institutions in the directory, in 3 countries: 3 hold a BIC and 1 does not.

Including [Ig Bank S.A.](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-bank-s-a-igbkchgg), [Ig Group Holdings Plc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-group-holdings-plc-iggrgb2l), [Ig Index Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-index-limited-inxegb21).

[See the Ig Group Holdings PLC group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76)

Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.

## Addresses

- **Address on the register:** Westhafenplatz 1, 60327 Frankfurt
- **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:** Incomplete: no town published
-   The register publishes no town as a separate field. A CBPR+ postal address needs at least a town name (TwnNm) and a country (Ctry).

The LEI record in GLEIF holds a structured legal address.

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

### Same group

-   [Ig Bank S.A. BIC IGBKCHGG Financial institution Not on a tracked register Switzerland · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800SY355LFLWB1517](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-bank-s-a-igbkchgg)
-   [Ig Group Holdings Plc. BIC IGGRGB2L Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-group-holdings-plc-iggrgb2l)
-   [Ig Index Limited BIC INXEGB21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United Kingdom · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800B7YR2EA67O3G77](https://elucidate.co/directory/ig-index-limited-inxegb21)

[All 4 institutions in the Ig Group Holdings PLC group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76)

### Other crypto institutions in Germany

-   [Joh. Berenberg,gossler and Co KG BIC BEGODEHH Credit institution Crypto Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) · 529900UC2OD7II24Z667 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 529900UC2OD7II24Z667](https://elucidate.co/directory/joh-berenberg-gossler-and-co-kg-begodehh)
-   [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)
-   [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)
-   [360 Treasury Systems AG BIC TRSYDEFF Crypto Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) · 529900P0204W9HA8JP36 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 529900P0204W9HA8JP36](https://elucidate.co/directory/360-treasury-systems-ag-trsydeff)
-   [AnCeKa Vermögensbetreuungs Aktiengesellschaft No BIC Crypto Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) · 529900FNJE1H184JV164 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 529900FNJE1H184JV164](https://elucidate.co/directory/anceka-vermogensbetreuungs-aktiengesellschaft-b95c7def1fb7)
-   [Baden-Württembergische Wertpapierbörse GmbH No BIC Crypto Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) · 529900A0WHA0NVXY0G45 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 529900A0WHA0NVXY0G45](https://elucidate.co/directory/baden-wurttembergische-wertpapierborse-gmbh-04da9df84eef)
-   [BitGo Europe GmbH No BIC Crypto Prudential licence Germany · Licensed by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) · 391200IJ3B1IP7993O16 (ESMA-CASP) · LEI 391200IJ3B1IP7993O16](https://elucidate.co/directory/bitgo-europe-gmbh-25800e6444b7)

[See all →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?type=crypto&cc=DE) [Other entries on ESMA-CASP →](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/esma-casp)

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)

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-   **ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers**—European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) · [source ↗](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica) 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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