Ireland · Crypto
Virtu Financial Ireland Limited
Virtu Financial Ireland Limited is a private limited company incorporated in Ireland in 2009, with its registered office in Dublin. The Central Bank of Ireland authorises it as a MiFID investment firm (reference C93329). Since 28 April 2026 it has also been authorised as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). It is a subsidiary of Virtu Financial, Inc., a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It trades on its own account as a market maker and liquidity provider, and it exchanges crypto-assets as principal for institutional regulated clients only.
Licences and registrations
Held by Virtu Financial Ireland Limited (LEI 549300XG5LFGN1IGYC71). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
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| ESMA interim MiCA register of crypto-asset service providersCentral Bank of Ireland (CBI)Linked by LEI. Published by the register. | Crypto-asset service providerCrypto-Asset Service Provider | 549300XG5LFGN1IGYC71 | Ireland | Active | 2026-04-28 | — |
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- 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) | Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) | 2012-08-01 | A1 A2 A3 B4 |
| Systematic internaliser | Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) | 2018-01-03 | CRFT DPRS SHRS |
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
- VIFIIE21XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Passive participant (no connection)This BIC is registered for identification only. The institution has no direct connection to the Swift network. Messages and payments reach it through a correspondent bank. The “1” in the eighth character of VIFIIE21 marks a passive participant.
- 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
- 1 branch code
- BIC first registered
- 2009-09-05
- Last updated
- 2017-12-16
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Virtu Financial, Inc.
Firm type
Investment or brokerage
Trades as Virtu Financial
- Ownership
- The firm is a subsidiary of Virtu Financial, Inc., which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and consolidates it in its accounts.
- Direct parent
- Virtu Financial, Inc. ↗, United States
- Head office
- North Dock One, Fifth Floor, 91-92 North Wall Quay, D01 H7V7 Dublin, Ireland
- Company register
- Companies Registration Office (Ireland) 471719
- Incorporated
- 11 Jun 2009
Online
- Websites & references
- virtu.com ↗
ir.virtu.com ↗ group investor relations site
portal.virtu.com ↗ group client portal
Wikipedia ↗ group article
Wikidata Q113466695 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- registers.centralbank.ie/FirmDataPage.aspx?firmReferenceNumber=C93329
- registers.centralbank.ie/FirmRegisterDataPage.aspx?firmReferenceNumber=C93329®ister=80
- amf-france.org/en/warnings/white-lists/daspcasp/virtu-financial-ireland-limited
- virtu.com/regulatory-disclosures/
- virtu.com
- virtu-www.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/documents/Pillar%20III%202025%20Disclosure%20-%20VFIL%20%28Final%29.pdf
- virtu-www.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/documents/VFIL%20Commercial%20Policy%20%28Crypto%29.pdf
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC035106
- ir.virtu.com/news-releases/news-release-details/virtu-financial-obtains-mica-license
- centralbank.ie/news/article/press-release-warning-unauthorised-firm-virtu-financial-(clone)-30-july-2019
- virtune.com/en/investor-relations/authorised-participant
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtu_Financial
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The Central Bank of Ireland authorises the firm as a MiFID investment firm under S.I. No. 375/2017. The same regulator lists it as an authorised crypto-asset service provider under MiCA, effective 28 April 2026, for exchanging crypto-assets for funds and for other crypto-assets.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bank of Ireland Ireland | Investment Firm - MiFID (authorised under Regulation 8(3) of S.I. No. 375/2017 European Union (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017) | C93329 | In its own name | Active | registers.centralbank.ie ↗ |
| Central Bank of Ireland Ireland | Crypto-Asset Service Provider (Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114) | C93329 | In its own name | Active | registers.centralbank.ie ↗ |
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
- Safeguarding
- Not applicableThe firm's 2025 Pillar III disclosure reports no client money held and no client assets safeguarded or administered.
- Crypto-asset custody
- Not disclosedIt exchanges crypto-assets for funds and for other crypto-assets as a principal liquidity provider, for institutional regulated clients only. It does not disclose a custody arrangement.
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
It trades financial instruments on its own account as a market maker and liquidity provider. It streams executable crypto-asset quotes, against funds or other crypto-assets, to onboarded institutional regulated clients.
According to its parent, its MiCA authorisation allows it to provide crypto-asset services in all 27 EU member states from Ireland.
- Sells to
- Financial institutions · Enterprises
- Serves customers in 27 countries
- Ireland · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Italy · Latvia · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Compliance / MLRO
- Fergus Rooney VFIL Chief Compliance Officer
- Executive
- Desmond Carbery Executive Director
- Executive
- Michael Nestor Executive Director
- Executive
- David Furlong Non-Executive Director
- Executive
- Joe Molluso Non-Executive Director
- Executive
- Aogán Foley Independent Non-Executive Director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Licence
The Central Bank of Ireland authorised the firm as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA with effect from 28 April 2026.
registers.centralbank.ie ↗ -
Other
Companies House recorded the firm's London branch (FC035106) as closed on 15 August 2025.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
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
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Impersonation Central Bank of Ireland, Ireland
The Central Bank of Ireland warned that an unauthorised firm calling itself Virtu Financial (United Kingdom) had copied details of the firm.
centralbank.ie ↗
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
Head-office record
- BIC
- VIFIIE21XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- VIFIBank
- IECountry · Ireland
- 21Location · passive
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300XG5LFGN1IGYC71
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · ESMA-CASP
- 549300XG5LFGN1IGYC71
- 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
- 404f8051c913
Profile
- Type
- CryptoCrypto-asset service providers, virtual-asset trading platforms and stablecoin issuers. 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.
- Register licences
- 1 entry on 1 register
- Activities
- Crypto-assets
- Licensed in
- Ireland
- Website (register)
- www.virtu.com ↗
- Country · region
- Ireland · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- Operates 4 MICs 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
- Direct parent
- Virtu Financial, Inc. · United States5493001OPW2K42CH3884 ↗
The Virtu Financial, Inc. group has 7 institutions in the directory, in 5 countries: 6 hold a BIC and 1 does not.
Including Virtu Financial Singapore PTE. LTD., Virtu Americas LLC, Itg Canada Corp., Virtu Financial Europe Limited, Virtu Itg Hong Kong Limited.
See the Virtu Financial, Inc. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- SIR JOHN ROGERSONS QUAY WHITAKER COURT, WHITAKER SQUARE C DUBLIN 2 IRELAND
- Operational address
- SIR JOHN ROGERSONS QUAY WHITAKER COURT, WHITAKER SQUARE C FLOOR 3 DUBLIN DUBLIN DUBLIN 2 IRELAND
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+
- Debtor agent, creditor agent or an intermediary agent
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>VIFIIE21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300XG5LFGN1IGYC71</LEI>
</FinInstnId>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
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>VIFIIE21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300XG5LFGN1IGYC71</LEI>
<Nm>VIRTU FINANCIAL IRELAND LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>DUBLIN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>IE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>SIR JOHN ROGERSONS QUAY WHITAKER COURT, WHITAKER SQUARE C DUBLIN 2</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>This BIC is not connected to Swift. Messages reach the institution through a correspondent bank, so it cannot be the instructing or instructed agent.
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.
Market identifiers
4 trading venues and reporting services run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| VFGB | VIRTU FINANCIAL IRELAND LIMITED (LONDON BRANCH) | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser |
| VFIL | VIRTU FINANCIAL IRELAND LIMITEDVFIL | Operating MIC | Not specified |
| VFSI | VIRTU FINANCIAL IRELAND LIMITED - SYSTEMATIC INTERNALISERVIRTU SI | Segment of VFIL | Systematic internaliser |
| VFXO | VIRTU FINANCIAL IRELAND LIMITED - OTCVIRTU OTC | Segment of VFIL | Not specified |
Network
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIFIIE21LON | LONDON | Dublin | SIR JOHN ROGERSONS QUAY WHITAKER COURT, WHITAKER SQUARE C FLOOR 3 DUBLIN DUBLIN DUBLIN 2 IRELAND | — | 2017-12-16 |
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Sources & method
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Read the 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 ↗ 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.
- 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: virtu.com (official website) · original.
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