--- title: "Smartbroker AG SWIFT/BIC code WALCDEB2XXX · Germany | Elucidate" description: "Licensed in Germany: Crypto-asset service provider (BaFin). SWIFT/BIC code WALCDEB2XXX for Smartbroker AG, Germany. Head-office BIC, LEI 391200N0BYCZF2F43264." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2 --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Germany](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de) 3. Smartbroker AG ![SMARTBROKER+ logo](https://elucidate.co/images/banks/6b/6b3d87fc96ddc2e4.svg) Germany · Crypto # Smartbroker AG Smartbroker AG is a German public limited company (Aktiengesellschaft) based in Berlin. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) authorises it as an investment firm (Wertpapierinstitut) under section 15 of the Investment Firm Act (WpIG) and as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Smartbroker Holding AG, whose shares trade on the Frankfurt open market. It runs the SMARTBROKER+ online broker for retail investors in Germany. It acts as broker, while Baader Bank AG holds customer accounts and securities custody and Tangany GmbH holds customers' 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/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#licences) BIC **WALCDEB2XXX** LEI **[391200N0BYCZF2F43264](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/391200N0BYCZF2F43264)** [Licence no. **391200N0BYCZF2F43264**](https://elucidate.co/directory/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#licences) Reverse billing Head-office BIC only [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#claim) ## Licences and registrations Held by Smartbroker AG (LEI 391200N0BYCZF2F43264). 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) Linked by LEI. Published by the register. | Crypto-asset service providerCrypto-Asset Service Provider | 391200N0BYCZF2F43264 | [Germany](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de) | Active | 2025-08-11 | — | - Crypto-assets | [Search the register ↗](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica) | - Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC. - 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. - The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only. ## European registers ### ESMA · MiFID II register Register as at 2026-09-28 | Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Investment services (MiFID II) | Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) | 2001-04-23 | A1 A2 A5 | Service codes follow MiFID II Annex I: A for investment services, B for ancillary services. Hover a code for its meaning. Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it. ## Swift network Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory - **BIC:** WALCDEB2XXX head office - **Connection to Swift:** Reverse billing - **Swift GPI:** Not on the member list - **Payment schemes and systems:** No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC - **Branch codes:** None: head-office BIC only - **BIC first registered:** 2022-09-03 - **Last updated:** 2022-09-16 ## Overview Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#overview-sources) Customers 285,000 customers · This entity · 30 Jun 2026 · [company statement ↗](https://smartbroker-holding.de/nachrichten/smartbroker-holding-ag-hohe-handelsaktivitaet-und-verbessertes-ergebnis-im-ersten-halbjahr-2026/4d0dade6-4b14-400a-b954-a21cfcb804da) Employees Not published Ownership Group subsidiary 100% Smartbroker Holding AG Firm type Investment or brokerage Trades as SMARTBROKER+ - **Standing:** The firm was named wallstreet:online capital AG until its renaming to Smartbroker AG in 2022. Since late August 2023 it has run the SMARTBROKER+ broker with Baader Bank AG as its account and custody bank. Before then the broker ran on DAB BNP Paribas. - **Ownership:** According to a 2022 group announcement, Smartbroker Holding AG (formerly wallstreet:online AG) owns 100% of the firm. - **Direct parent:** [Smartbroker Holding AG ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/39120021VUEJYNGL7R59), Germany 100% - **Head office:** Ritterstraße 11, 10969 Berlin, Germany - **Company register:** Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HRB 99126 B - **Former name:** wallstreet:online capital AG ### Online - **Websites & references:** [smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/) [app.smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://app.smartbrokerplus.de/) web trading application and account opening [smartbroker-holding.de ↗](https://smartbroker-holding.de/) investor relations site of the parent, Smartbroker Holding AG [Wikipedia ↗](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallstreet:online) group article [Wikidata Q137779129 ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137779129) - **Official social accounts:** [Facebook ↗](https://www.facebook.com/smartbroker.de) · [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/smartbroker.de/) · [Spotify ↗](https://open.spotify.com/user/31uw2r6igdy7qzcpm5gy6tf7qqzm) Sources · 15 pages consulted 1. [smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/impressum/](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/impressum/) 2. [portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/InstInfo/institutDetails.do?cmd=loadInstitutAction&=&institutId=117965](https://portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/InstInfo/institutDetails.do?cmd=loadInstitutAction&=&institutId=117965) 3. [smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/) 4. [smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/faq/Allgemein/Wer%20ist%20das%20konto-%20und%20depotf%C3%BChrende%20Institut%20hint](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/faq/Allgemein/Wer%20ist%20das%20konto-%20und%20depotf%C3%BChrende%20Institut%20hinter%20dem%20SMARTBROKER%2B%20Produkt%3F/) 5. [smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/tagesgeldkonto/](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/tagesgeldkonto/) 6. [smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/kryptowaehrungen-kaufen/](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/kryptowaehrungen-kaufen/) 7. [content-hub.smartbrokerplus.de/api/sb-media/Handel\_mit\_Kryptowaehrungen\_0325\_0f65972072.pdf](https://content-hub.smartbrokerplus.de/api/sb-media/Handel_mit_Kryptowaehrungen_0325_0f65972072.pdf) 8. [smartbroker-holding.de/nachrichten/smartbroker-holding-ag-hohe-handelsaktivitaet-und-verbessertes-ergebnis-im-er](https://smartbroker-holding.de/nachrichten/smartbroker-holding-ag-hohe-handelsaktivitaet-und-verbessertes-ergebnis-im-ersten-halbjahr-2026/4d0dade6-4b14-400a-b954-a21cfcb804da) 9. [smartbroker-holding.de/](https://smartbroker-holding.de/) 10. [lobbyregister.bundestag.de/suche/R007454](https://www.lobbyregister.bundestag.de/suche/R007454) 11. [hauptversammlung.de/fileadmin/public/user\_upload/Smartbreoker\_JA2023.pdf](https://www.hauptversammlung.de/fileadmin/public/user_upload/Smartbreoker_JA2023.pdf) 12. [nebenwerte-magazin.com/smartbroker-ag-erweitert-das-top-management/](https://www.nebenwerte-magazin.com/smartbroker-ag-erweitert-das-top-management/) 13. [fondsdiscount.de/magazin/beitrag/wallstreet-online-capital-ag-wird-zur-smartbroker-ag-7084/](https://www.fondsdiscount.de/magazin/beitrag/wallstreet-online-capital-ag-wird-zur-smartbroker-ag-7084/) 14. [modern-banking.de/portrait-smartbroker.htm](https://www.modern-banking.de/portrait-smartbroker.htm) 15. [de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallstreet:online](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallstreet:online) ## Authorisation Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#overview-sources) - **Operates under:** Several models - **Licensed firm it operates under:** Baader Bank AG, Germany account- and custody-holding bank for SMARTBROKER+; Smartbroker AG acts as broker concluding trades (Abschlussvermittlerin) BaFin authorises the firm as an investment firm under section 15 of the WpIG and as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR. Baader Bank AG holds customer cash and securities under its own banking licence. The Berlin-Mitte district office supervises the firm's loan-brokerage permit under section 34c of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO). | Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Wertpapierinstitut (authorisation under § 15 WpIG) | 10117965 | In its own name | Active | [portal.mvp.bafin.de ↗](https://portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/InstInfo/institutDetails.do?cmd=loadInstitutAction&=&institutId=117965) | | Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Kryptowertedienstleister (crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR), listed in the ESMA interim MiCA register | 391200N0BYCZF2F43264 | In its own name | Active | [portal.mvp.bafin.de ↗](https://portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/InstInfo/institutDetails.do?cmd=loadInstitutAction&=&institutId=117965) | | Bezirksamt Mitte von Berlin, Ordnungsamt Germany | Permit under § 34c GewO for brokering loan agreements (excluding contracts under § 34i GewO) | — | In its own name | Active | [smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/impressum/) | 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/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#overview-sources) - **Safeguarding:** Deposits at a partner bankThe firm states that Baader Bank AG holds customer accounts and securities and that the firm itself takes no ownership or possession of customer money or securities. [smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/faq/Allgemein/Wer%20ist%20das%20konto-%20und%20depotf%C3%BChrende%20Institut%20hinter%20dem%20SMARTBROKER%2B%20Produkt%3F/) - **Crypto-asset custody:** Held by a third-party custodianCustomers can buy and sell 41 crypto-assets through a crypto wallet linked to their account. Baader Bank AG executes the orders and Tangany GmbH holds the crypto-assets in custody. [content-hub.smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://content-hub.smartbrokerplus.de/api/sb-media/Handel_mit_Kryptowaehrungen_0325_0f65972072.pdf) - **Deposit-holding bank · Partner:** Baader Bank AG Germany [smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/faq/Allgemein/Wer%20ist%20das%20konto-%20und%20depotf%C3%BChrende%20Institut%20hinter%20dem%20SMARTBROKER%2B%20Produkt%3F/) - **Crypto custodian:** Tangany GmbH Germany [content-hub.smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://content-hub.smartbrokerplus.de/api/sb-media/Handel_mit_Kryptowaehrungen_0325_0f65972072.pdf) 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/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#overview-sources) - Crypto trading - Lending Through SMARTBROKER+ it brokers trades in shares, bonds, ETFs, funds, derivatives and 41 crypto-assets, plus savings plans, an interest account at Baader Bank and securities-backed loans. It serves retail investors in Germany through its web platform and mobile apps. Neither the firm nor BaFin states any EU passporting. - **Revenue:** EUR 68.5mGroup · 31 Dec 2025 · [company statement ↗](https://smartbroker-holding.de/) - **Sells to:** Consumers - **Serves customers in:** Germany ## Leadership Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#overview-sources) - **Chief executive:** Thomas Soltau Vorstandsvorsitzender (Chairman of the Management Board) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/impressum/) - **Executive:** René Krüger Member of the Management Board (Vorstand) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/impressum/) - **Executive:** Daniel Berger Member of the Supervisory Board Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/impressum/) - **Executive:** Silvia Gromoll Member of the Supervisory Board Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/impressum/) - **Executive:** André Kolbinger Member of the Supervisory Board; CEO of the parent, Smartbroker Holding AG Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [smartbrokerplus.de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/impressum/) ## Recent events Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#overview-sources) 1. Jul 2026 Other The firm stopped taking payment-for-order-flow revenues from 1 July 2026, according to its parent, and kept its customer terms unchanged. [smartbroker-holding.de ↗](https://smartbroker-holding.de/nachrichten/smartbroker-holding-ag-hohe-handelsaktivitaet-und-verbessertes-ergebnis-im-ersten-halbjahr-2026/4d0dade6-4b14-400a-b954-a21cfcb804da) 2. Aug 2025 Licence BaFin authorised the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR, and ESMA listed it on its interim register from 11 August 2025. [portal.mvp.bafin.de ↗](https://portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/InstInfo/institutDetails.do?cmd=loadInstitutAction&=&institutId=117965) 3. Nov 2023 Leadership René Krüger joined the firm's management board on 1 November 2023, after leaving the parent's supervisory board. [hauptversammlung.de ↗](https://www.hauptversammlung.de/fileadmin/public/user_upload/Smartbreoker_JA2023.pdf) 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 Head-office record - **BIC:** WALCDEB2XXX - **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. WALC Bank 2. DE Country · Germany 3. B2 Location · reverse billing 4. XXX Branch · head office - **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory - **LEI:** 391200N0BYCZF2F43264 - **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/391200N0BYCZF2F43264) - **Licence no. · ESMA-CASP:** 391200N0BYCZF2F43264 - **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. Register entry: Published by the register. - **Register-entry ID:** 10820f916cc9 ## Profile - **Type:** Crypto - **Regulation:** Prudential licence - **Register licences:** [1 entry on 1 register](https://elucidate.co/directory/smartbroker-ag-walcdeb2#licences) - **Activities:** - Crypto-assets - **Licensed in:** [Germany](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/de) - **Website (register):** [www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de ↗](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/) - **Country · region:** Germany · Europe & Central Asia - **Banking supervision:** Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01 - **Trading venues (MIC):** No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17 - **OFAC sanctions:** No listing cites this BIC - **EU sanctions:** No listing matched this BIC or its LEI - **Country sanctions:** No country programme 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 GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it. ## Addresses - **Registered address:** RITTERSTRASSE 11 BERLIN 10969 GERMANY - **Operational address:** RITTERSTRASSE 11 BERLIN 10969 BERLIN GERMANY ## ISO 20022 identification As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+) A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC. - **Identified by:** BIC, with its LEI - **Roles in CBPR+:** Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents ### CBPR+ For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known ```xml WALCDEB2XXX 391200N0BYCZF2F43264 ``` ### Full record Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC ```xml WALCDEB2XXX 391200N0BYCZF2F43264 SMARTBROKER AG BERLIN DE RITTERSTRASSE 11 BERLIN 10969 ``` The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use. ## Related institutions ### 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) Claim this profile ## Work at Smartbroker AG? Claim this page to have it marked as verified by the bank, and to send us corrections. We verify every claim before anything changes on the page. 1. 01 **Submit** Tell us who you are, using your work email. 2. 02 **We verify** We check the email domain and confirm your role with the bank. This usually takes up to five business days. 3. 03 **Profile claimed** The page is marked as claimed and verified. You can send us corrections at any time. Sources & method Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name. Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists. Register entries are not screened against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only. 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) Credits for this page - **Wikidata**—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts. - **ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providers**—European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) · [register ↗](https://www.esma.europa.eu/esmas-activities/digital-finance-and-innovation/markets-crypto-assets-regulation-mica) as at 25 September 2026 - **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. - **European registers**—Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MiFID II/MiFIR register (investment firms, trading venues, systematic internalisers, data reporting services providers). Matched on LEI by Elucidate. - **Images**—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: [smartbrokerplus.de](https://www.smartbrokerplus.de/de-de/) (official website). ## Assess the financial crime risk behind a BIC A BIC identifies an institution; it does not assess it. 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