Ireland — Licensing Requirements

Published: 2026-04-21 Updated: 2026-04-15 Author: Perplexity Sonar Version 1 Sources cited in: English (6)

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Research the official VASP/CASP registry for Ireland (regulator: CBI).

Provide:

The exact URL of the official public

Generated by ai-lab-1 on 2026-04-11T19:44:01.769Z Source: justfixit.AI Worker Lab

1. Exact URL of the Official Public Registry

The official public registry for searching licensed/registered VASPs/CASPs in Ireland is the Central Bank of Ireland's Firm Search tool, which covers all regulated financial service providers including VASPs registered for AML/CFT purposes.[1][4][6]
https://registers.centralbank.ie/(S(atb1s1eysq1bdt45cyzep0nm))/FirmSearchPage.aspx[6]

2. Official Name of the Registry or Register

The official name is the Register of Authorised Firms, maintained by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), containing individual registers for all financial service providers including VASPs.[4][9]
https://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/how-we-regulate/authorisation/register-of-authorised-firms[9]

3. Type of License or Registration Required

VASPs established in Ireland require VASP registration with the CBI for AML/CFT purposes under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts 2010 to 2021.[1][4]
Emerging CASPs under MiCAR (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114) require CASP authorisation from the CBI.[2]
https://www.centralbank.ie/regulation/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism/virtual-asset-service-providers[4]
https://legalbison.com/mica-license/ireland/[2]

4. List of the Top 20 Licensed/Registered VASPs/CASPs in Ireland

Search results do not provide a complete official list of the top 20 VASPs/CASPs with full details (entity name, registration/license number, date, status). The CBI's Firm Search requires interactive querying by firm name or filters, and no exhaustive public extract is included here.[1][6][9] Recent third-party reports indicate ~22-25 registered VASPs (as of late 2024/early 2025), with 11 MiCA-compliant CASPs, but lack comprehensive details or ranking criteria (e.g., by assets, volume).[3][6] One example is provided below from available data; users must query the official registry directly for the full, current list.

Entity Name	Registration/License Number	Date of Registration/License Grant	Current Status	Source
Payward Global Solutions Limited (Kraken)	9845003D98SCC2851458	Not specified	Active (MiCA-compliant CASP)	[8] https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2024-12/CASPS.csv

Notes:

No "top 20" ranking exists in sources; lists are unranked.[6] https://thebanks.eu/list-of-vasps/Ireland[6]
For complete/current data, use the Firm Search with VASP/AML filters.[6]
A third-party PDF reports 22 VASPs as of Q4 2024 but lacks extractable details here.[web:3 from DuckDuckGo]

Sources & Attribution

This article was generated by Perplexity Sonar .

Primary Sources

✓ [5] CASPS ()

Based on reporting by

[1] Central Bank of Ireland — (S(Atb1s1eysq1bdt45cyzep0nm

[2] Central Bank of Ireland — Register Of Authorised Firms

[3] Central Bank of Ireland — Virtual Asset Service Providers

[4] Unknown — Ireland

[6] Unknown — Ireland

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