Updated September 28, 2026
What is Central Bank of Ireland?
In short
The Irish central bank supervises payment and electronic money firms, and its register separates payment institutions from e-money institutions.
The Central Bank of Ireland supervises payment institutions and electronic money institutions, the two categories that cover many crypto cards and on and off ramps. The register records which category a firm sits in, which tells you what the firm is allowed to do with the money. Coinbase appears as an e-money institution with PSD_EMI IE_CBI!C188493, and Kraken appears in the same category with PSD_EMI IE_CBI!C453020. Fire.com, Lemfi and Barclaycard are listed as payment institutions, with PSD_PI IE_CBI!C58301, PSD_PI IE_CBI!C182347 and PSD_PI IE_CBI!C155145. The category split is the part to read closely, since card spending and account balances sit with the institution type named in the register.
Sources
- euclid.eba.europa.eu, checked September 26, 2026