“Not an official EBA register and appears to be forged”, BaFin says of a rebuilt EU registry

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.BaFin has warned about a supposed bank that pointed customers to a self-run EU register to verify its authorisation. That shifts the question for investors: no longer only whether a provider is in the register, but whether the register is real.The EBA register is the directory listing the credit and payment institutions authorised in the European Economic Area. Anyone who wants to know whether a provider really holds an authorisation looks there. That very act of looking is what a scheme targets, one the German financial regulator BaFin warned about on October 9, 2026: the operators of a supposed European bank directed prospective customers to check their authorisation in a register that sat under their own domain. BaFin's wording is this: "The register displayed on this website is not an official EBA register and appears to be forged." It also names the address where the genuine directory sits: euclid.eba.europa.eu. The lesson is an uncomfortable one, because it demands one ste...