Germany · Payments & e-money
Mobile Business Engine GmbH
Mobile Business Engine GmbH is a German limited liability company with its seat in Düsseldorf. BaFin authorises it as a payment institution under the German Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG), with register number 158494. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of net digital AG of Düsseldorf. It runs a direct carrier billing platform that lets merchants charge purchases to customers' German mobile phone bills. In April 2025, net digital AG announced that the firm would also act as a payment facilitator for card acceptance.
Licences and registrations
Held by Mobile Business Engine GmbH (LEI 894500GREXEIX53S7F41). 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 | 158494 | Germany | Active | 2021-09-20 | — |
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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
100% net digital AG
Firm type
Merchant acquiring and processing
Trades as mbe
- Ownership
- net digital AG, whose shares trade on the Düsseldorf and Frankfurt open markets, owns 100% of the firm and in October 2025 its shareholders approved a control and profit transfer agreement with it.
- Direct parent
- net digital AG ↗, Germany 100%
- Head office
- Niederkasseler Lohweg 175, 40547 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Company register
- Amtsgericht Düsseldorf HRB 85511
Online
- Websites & references
- mbe4.de ↗ did not load when checked
zahleinfachperhandyrechnung.mbe4.de ↗ carrier billing information site with imprint and contacts
portal.mbe4.de ↗ client (Mandanten) portal - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- mbe4.de/impressum/
- mbe4.de/agb/
- mbe4.de/
- zahleinfachperhandyrechnung.mbe4.de/impressum/
- zahleinfachperhandyrechnung.mbe4.de/
- eqs-news.com/news/corporate/net-digital-ag-auserordentliche-hauptversammlung-stimmt-beherrschungs-und-
- eqs-news.com/news/ad-hoc/net-digital-ag-net-digital-ag-raises-2026-revenue-and-ebitda-forecast/fedb09c
- net-digital.com/net-digital-ag-strengthens-strategic-position-in-the-payments-sector-subsidiary-becomes-a
- net-digital.com/net-digital-ag-tochter-mbe-schliest-weitreichenden-rahmenvertrag-als-plattformbetreiber-f
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
BaFin authorises the firm as a payment institution under section 10 of the ZAG. The authorisation was granted in September 2021 and covers money remittance and card acquiring. For its payment facilitator service, its parent says transactions run through an acquiring bank's membership of the card schemes.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Payment institution (Zahlungsinstitut) under section 10 ZAG: money remittance, card acquiring | 158494 | In its own name | Active | mbe4.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.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Card schemes (not named) via an acquiring bank Through a partner net-digital.com ↗
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 lets merchants of digital content and services bill amounts up to EUR 50, as well as subscriptions, to customers' mobile phone bills through German network operators. Its merchant terms say it serves business customers only.
The firm says it works with the German network operators Telekom, Vodafone, Telefónica and freenet, and with most service providers, so it can reach mobile customers throughout Germany.
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Small businesses
- Serves customers in
- Germany
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Frank-J. Arnold Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)
- Executive
- Sten Uhlig Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
net digital AG's shareholders approved a control and profit transfer agreement with the firm. The agreement also needed the firm's own approval and registration.
eqs-news.com ↗ -
Other
net digital AG announced that the firm would start working as a payment facilitator under its BaFin licence from summer 2025.
net-digital.com ↗
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
- 158494
- 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
- b595597735d6
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
- 2021-09-20
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
- net digital AG · Germany391200CTSVFF9EHN8Y59 ↗
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Niederkasseler Lohweg 175 | 40547 Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 40547
- 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>894500GREXEIX53S7F41</LEI>
<Nm>Mobile Business Engine GmbH</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>40547</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Düsseldorf</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Niederkasseler Lohweg 175 | 40547</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>Düsseldorf</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 ü in names and addresses. Transliterate before sending.
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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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