Fintech licensing in Spain
In Spain, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) and the Bank of Spain (BdE) issue the fintech and crypto licences. Here the Atlas covers 10 licence types, in 8 families: bank, crypto-asset service provider (MiCA), electronic money institution, fund manager, investment firm, lending, payment institution and stablecoin issuer. Spain sits in the EU/EEA, so passportable licences issued there can be extended to the other member states by notification. Crypto-asset service providers are authorised under MiCA.
Financial regulators in Spain
- Spain
Bank of Spain (BdE)
Banco de España is Spain's national central bank and banking supervisor, operating as an integral part of the European System of Central Ban
- Spain
National Securities Market Commission (CNMV)
The National Securities Market Commission is the Spanish agency responsible for supervising and inspecting secondary securities markets, inv
Fintech licences available in Spain
Bank / credit institution
Crypto-asset service provider (MiCA CASP)
Electronic money institution (EMI)
Fund manager
Investment firm / broker-dealer
- IF · Spain
AV) investment firm licence
CNMV
- IF · Spain
Empresa de Asesoramiento Financiero (EAF) licence
CNMV
Lending / consumer credit
- Credit · Spain
European crowdfunding service provider authorization
CNMV
- Credit · Spain
Specialized lending credit institution authorization
BdE
Payment institution (PI)
Stablecoin / e-money token issuer
Path to market
Start with your activities. Match them to the licence types above: the activity pages show which licence permits each one. CNMV and BdE each run pre-application meetings, an innovation hub and a regulatory sandbox, and the regulator page explains how to use them. Applications go to CNMV and BdE with the capital, governance and AML documentation that the licence page lists. Once authorised, a firm can extend an EU/EEA licence to other member states by passport notification, without applying for a new licence.
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