Bundesanstalt fuer Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht
Organization
Key facts about this entity
Entity type: Organization
Schema.org type: GovernmentOrganization
Country: Germany
Headquarters: Bonn, Germany
Founded: 2002
Sector: Financial supervision - integrated federal supervisor for banking, insurance, securities and asset management in Germany
Notable DACH relationship: Trade Republic (joint credit-institution licensing with the ECB, December 2023; MTF authorisation, January 2026)
Official website: https://www.bafin.de
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bafin
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Financial_Supervisory_Authority
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317756
Entity Profile
Overview
BaFin (Bundesanstalt fuer Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) is the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, established on 1 May 2002 with headquarters in Bonn and a second office in Frankfurt am Main, and is the integrated national supervisor for banking, insurance, securities and asset management in Germany.
What it is
BaFin was created on 1 May 2002 by the German Federal Act Establishing the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, through the integration of the former Federal Banking Supervisory Office, the Federal Insurance Supervisory Office and the Federal Securities Supervisory Office. It operates as a federal institution under public law within the responsibility of the German Federal Ministry of Finance, with headquarters in Bonn and a second office in Frankfurt am Main. It supervises credit institutions, insurance undertakings, asset managers, securities-services firms and payment institutions in Germany.
DACH relevance and Startuprad.io coverage
BaFin is the German national financial supervisor and the counterpart authority to the European Central Bank for the direct supervision of German credit institutions under the Single Supervisory Mechanism. In Startuprad.io's Unicorn Atlas cluster around Trade Republic, BaFin is the national authority that, jointly with the ECB, granted Trade Republic a full credit-institution licence in December 2023, and that in January 2026 granted Trade Republic authorisation to operate a multilateral trading facility (MTF). BaFin is recorded here in its neutral supervisory and licensing capacity only; no enforcement action, sanction or investigation carried out by BaFin against any third party is described in this record.
DACH Regulatory Reality: GDPR, BaFin, and the Compliance Moat
Published: 18 May 2026
Last updated: 22 July 2026
Coverage type: Analysis
https://www.startuprad.io/post/dach-regulatory-reality-gdpr-bafin-and-the-compliance-moat
Blog Post: Trouble at N26 — BaFin considering limiting new business for the neobank
Published: 7 September 2021
Last updated: 9 May 2026
Coverage type: Analysis
https://www.startuprad.io/post/blog-post-trouble-at-n26-bafin-considering-limiting-new-business-for-the-neobank
Clark Reportedly Loses Unicorn Status: What Allianz's Markdown Says About Europe's Insurtech Reset
Published: 21 May 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Coverage type: Analysis
https://www.startuprad.io/post/clark-reportedly-loses-unicorn-status-allianz-insurtech-reset
Startup News Germany — Summer 2023 (July/ August) | Startupradio Episode #393
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 27 August 2026
Coverage type: News
https://www.startuprad.io/post/this-month-in-german-swiss-and-austrian-gsa-startups-summer-2023-july-august-startupradio
How the Greensill Capital Collapse touched the German Fintech Scene — Founder Interview
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Coverage type: Interview
https://www.startuprad.io/post/how-the-greensill-capital-collapse-touched-the-german-fintech-scene-founder-interview
Why N26 Wants to Be a NeoBroker And Why Neobrokers Are HOT And Maybe In Danger
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 27 August 2026
Coverage type: Analysis
https://www.startuprad.io/post/why-n26-wants-to-be-a-neobroker-and-why-neobrokers-are-hot-and-maybe-in-danger
ID Now is Looking at Germany’s Largest Fintech Exit at 1 bn US$
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 27 August 2026
Coverage type: Analysis
https://www.startuprad.io/post/id-now-is-looking-at-germany-s-largest-fintech-exit-at-1-bn-us
Public source context
Public information on Bundesanstalt fuer Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht used for this record is drawn from its official https://www.bafin.de , its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Financial_Supervisory_Authority and https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317756 , and public reporting on the December 2023 grant of a full credit-institution licence to Trade Republic jointly with the ECB and on the January 2026 authorisation of Trade Republic to operate a multilateral trading facility.
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