FINTECH capital deposit account
With its practical note 3/2023 of November 30, 2023, the Federal Commercial Register Office (EHRA) confirms the prevailing opinion, which is also supported by the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF), which regulates companies that have a so-called Fintech license within the meaning of Art 1b BankG, you are allowed to open a capital payment account for start-ups, capital increases and additional payments. such confirmations must be accepted by the commercial register offices:
“The Federal Office for the Commercial Register (EHRA) therefore shares the view of the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF), according to which capital contributions in accordance with Art. 1 Paragraph 633 CO can also be deposited for persons according to Art. 1b BankG.”
