National Bank of Slovakia (NBS): register, licences and requirements

How to check a firm on the NBS register

Search the NBS register of financial market entities (Subjekty finančného trhu) by name or identification number; the full dataset can also be downloaded daily in bulk.¹¹

• NBS register of financial market entities (Subjekty finančného trhu)⁴

At a glance

What NBS supervises

Národná banka Slovenska is the central bank and integrated financial supervisor of the Slovak Republic. Price stability and financial system stability are its core duties, alongside a role in Eurosystem monetary policy. Its supervisory reach covers banking, payments, capital markets, crypto-assets and insurance, spanning prudential rules, conduct and resolution.¹²

• Banking sector including domestic commercial banks, specialized building societies, and foreign bank branches¹²
• Crowdfunding service providers authorized under European Crowdfunding Regulation (ECSPR)¹³
• Insurance companies, reinsurance companies, and insurance intermediaries¹²
• Pension fund management companies (dôchodkové správcovské spoločnosti) and supplementary pension management companies¹²
• Consumer credit and housing credit providers and independent credit intermediaries¹²

Licences NBS issues

• Bank · Slovakia

  Banking licence

• CASP · Slovakia

  Crypto-asset service provider licence

  Crypto-asset service provider licence under MiCA

  capital EUR 50,000

• EMI · Slovakia

  Electronic money institution licence

• IF · Slovakia

  Investment firm licence

• Credit · Slovakia

  Crowdfunding service provider authorisation

  Crowdfunding service provider authorisation under ECSPR

• PI · Slovakia

  Payment institution licence

Lesser-known services for applicants

Application portal: Licensing applications are submitted electronically via the Slovak central public administration portal (slovensko.sk e-Desk) or in paper form with certified signatures; banking licence filings are coordinated through the ECB SSM Portal (bankingsupervision.europa.eu), and ongoing supervisory and statistical reporting is handled via the NBS Statistics Collection Portal.⁷

Fee schedule: Fees for NBS licensing acts are set by NBS Decree No. 5/2021 on fees for acts performed by Národná banka Slovenska, as amended by Decree No. 8/2024 (in force from 1 January 2025).⁸

Compare with other regulators: pre-application meetings · sandboxes and innovation hubs.

Statistics

• 6 crypto-asset service providers licensed by NBS under MiCA (NBS, 29 July 2026)¹⁵

Fees and timelines

Changing the owner of a licensed firm

Prior approval required.

Buying a company that already holds one of these licences is often faster than applying. See ready-made licensed companies · crypto digital assets.

Laws NBS applies

• Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation: Regulation (EU) 2023/1114
• Directive (EU) 2015/2366 on payment services in the internal market: Directive (EU) 2015/2366
• Directive 2009/110/EC on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions: Directive 2009/110/EC
• Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments: Directive 2014/65/EU
• Digital Operational Resilience Act: Regulation (EU) 2022/2554
• European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation: Regulation (EU) 2020/1503

Recent and upcoming changes

• 2025-01-17: Direct application of the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA, Regulation 2022/2554), establishing harmonized ICT risk management, incident notification, and digital testing requirements across all Slovak financial entities.¹⁶
• 2026-07-01: Full expiration of national transitional arrangements across the EU under MiCA Article 143(3), making full NBS MiCA CASP authorisation mandatory for all crypto-asset service providers operating in Slovakia.¹⁷

Contacts and public register

Address: Imricha Karvaša 1, 813 25 Bratislava, Slovak Republic¹
Website: nbs.sk³

Check whether a firm is licensed: official register⁴.

Working with Protegra

From Protegra: CASP license in Slovakia.