Germany · Payments & e-money
Markant European Payment Services GmbH
Markant European Payment Services GmbH (MEPS) is a German limited liability company (GmbH) based in Offenburg. BaFin authorised it as a payment institution under the German Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG) on 9 September 2020. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Markant AG of Pfäffikon, Switzerland, which heads the Markant retail and trade services group. The firm provides the payment services within the Markant group's European Central Settlement system for suppliers and retailers across Europe.
Licences and registrations
Held by Markant European Payment Services GmbH (LEI 529900QKB6AJYBCQMG44). 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 | 156454 | Germany | Active | 2020-09-09 | — |
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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
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Markant AG
Firm type
Other
Trades as MEPS
- Ownership
- Markant AG of Pfäffikon, Switzerland, formerly named Markant Handels- und Industriewaren-Vermittlungs AG, owns 100% of the firm.
- Direct parent
- Markant AG ↗, Switzerland 100%
- Head office
- Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Strasse 2, 77656 Offenburg, Germany
- Company register
- Amtsgericht Freiburg i. Br. HRB 719905
Online
- Websites & references
- markant.com ↗
markant.com/en/contact-markant-european-payment-services-gmb ↗ entity page on the Markant group website
mnet.markant.de ↗ markant.net customer portal for central settlement - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- markant.com/en/legal-notice-european-payments
- markant.com/de/sonderseiten/pflichtinformationen
- markant.com/en/contact-markant-european-payment-services-gmbh
- markant.com/en/our-services/payment-services
- markant.com/en/privacy-policy/privacy-notice-markant-european-payment-services-gmbh
- markant.com/en/
- m.markant.com/de-de/impressum
- boersen-zeitung.de/banken-finanzen/handelsdienstleister-markant-erhalt-banklizenz
- bportugal.pt/en/entidadeautorizada/markant-european-payment-services-gmbh
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), register number 156454. The EBA register lists money remittance and card acquiring among its services. Banco de Portugal lists the firm as an authorised institution. The number of passported host states is not published.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Zahlungsinstitut (payment institution) under the Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz (ZAG) | 156454 | In its own name | Active | markant.com ↗ |
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
The firm processes payments between suppliers and retailers that take part in the Markant group's European Central Settlement system. Settlement is centralised, and the group says payments are made in one weekly transaction.
Its legal notice says the firm provides payment services in the Member States of the European Union and in the EEA.
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Small businesses
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Andrin Hofmann Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)
- Executive
- Dirk Knittel Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)
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
- 156454
- 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
- 04711d63608a
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
- Money remittance
- Payment services
- Card acquiring
- Licensed in
- Germany · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2020-09-09
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
- Markant AG · Switzerland529900BHQ8IME645KJ81 ↗
The Markant AG group has 2 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: 1 holds a BIC and 1 does not.
Including Lechler Finanz AG.
See the Markant AG group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Straße 2 | 77656 Offenburg, Offenburg, 77656
- 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>529900QKB6AJYBCQMG44</LEI>
<Nm>Markant European Payment Services GmbH</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>77656</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Offenburg</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Straße 2 |</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>77656 Offenburg</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
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.
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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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