Fintech licensing in Ireland
CBI licenses this market outright. It doubles as Ireland's central bank and its integrated financial regulator, working inside the Eurosystem. The Atlas counts 12 licence types across 8 families here: bank, crypto-asset service provider under MiCA, electronic money institution, fund manager, investment firm, lending, payment institution, as well as virtual asset service provider. Because Ireland sits inside the EU/EEA, a CBI licence passports into every other member state on notification alone, no fresh filing needed.
Financial regulators in Ireland
Fintech licences available in Ireland
Bank / credit institution
Crypto-asset service provider (MiCA CASP)
Electronic money institution (EMI)
Fund manager
- FM · Ireland
Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) Authorisation/Registration
CBI
- FM · Ireland
UCITS Management Company Authorisation
CBI
Investment firm / broker-dealer
Lending / consumer credit
Payment institution (PI)
Virtual asset service provider (non-MiCA)
Path to market
Map your activities first. Each activity page above names the exact licence it needs. CBI runs pre-application meetings and an innovation hub, plus a regulatory sandbox for firms that want to test ideas before filing. The formal application then goes to CBI, backed by capital and governance information, plus the AML file its licence page requires. Passport notification, not a fresh licence, carries an authorised firm into the rest of the EU/EEA.
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