ClearBank Europe has received CASP status from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, becoming the first Dutch credit institution to complete the MiCAR notification process. EURC and USDC access follows.
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ClearBank Europe completed a notification under EU crypto-asset rules on 9 April 2026, receiving confirmation from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets that it may now operate as a Crypto Asset Service Provider. No Dutch credit institution had completed that process before.
The status formally allows ClearBank Europe to offer digital asset services across the European Union. The bank will deploy Circle’s Mint platform to give clients access to two regulated stablecoins: EURC, referenced to the euro, and USDC, referenced to the US dollar.
How the process works
EU credit institutions have access to a notification route under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation that is separate from the standard CASP licensing process.
ClearBank is the first Dutch bank to use it. The practical result is that clients can now move between traditional fiat currencies and digital assets within a regulated banking environment, with ClearBank acting as the institutional counterparty throughout.
The bank is authorised by the European Central Bank and supervised by De Nederlandsche Bank. Its European entity has been building a digital assets strategy since it received its credit institution licence in the Netherlands. The MiCAR notification is the first public output of that strategy at scale.
Where this fits in ClearBank’s broader picture
The group has been assembling digital asset infrastructure across multiple markets. In January 2026, ClearBank selected Taurus-PROTECT as its wallet infrastructure provider. In the UK, a deepened partnership with Coinbase supports a savings account product where eligible customer deposits carry Financial Services Compensation Scheme protection.
ClearBank Group holds £18 billion in customer deposits and provides clearing and embedded banking services to clients including Revolut, Coinbase, and Wealthify. Its European operations represent the first stage of a plan to deliver digital clearing at scale across the continent.
ClearBank Europe CEO Tristan Kirchner described the MiCAR confirmation as the bank’s entry into regulated digital clearing, framing it as the beginning of a broader phase of expansion rather than a standalone milestone.
Why other banks will be watching
The notification route ClearBank used is available to all EU credit institutions. Few have taken it. ClearBank completing the process first in the Netherlands gives other European banks a concrete reference point for how to access regulated crypto-asset services without creating a separate licensed vehicle. The speed of ClearBank’s move is likely to accelerate internal assessments at peer institutions across the EU.
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