Updated September 28, 2026
What is BaFin?
In short
BaFin is the German regulator that supervises banks and other financial firms and holds their permissions to operate.
BaFin, the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, is the German regulator that supervises banks, lenders and other financial firms and holds their permissions. Each permission has a number that sits in a public register, so you can see which authority authorises a firm before you apply. Commerzbank publishes its permission as BAK Nr. 100005. Berliner Volksbank, Consorsbank, Hanseatic Bank and Postbank also sit under BaFin on BorrowCue.
Sources
- commerzbank.de, checked September 26, 2026