Is Monerium crypto friendly?

Yes. Monerium is built for moving euros between bank rails and your own wallet, but its terms ban using the IBAN for P2P crypto platforms.

CBL Score: 10 of 16

CriterionScoreSource
Accepts exchange transfersyes (2)source · checked 8 September 2026
Stablecoin off-rampyes (2)source · checked 8 September 2026
Business accounts for Web3yes (2)source · checked 8 September 2026
Custodyno (0)source · checked 8 September 2026
Staking and yieldno (0)source · checked 8 September 2026
Cardno (0)source · checked 8 September 2026
Multiple jurisdictionsyes (2)source · checked 8 September 2026
Open to retailyes (2)source · checked 8 September 2026

Total 10 of 16. Yes scores 2, partial 1, no 0. A secondary source is press or a third party rather than the bank or its regulator. Unverified means no source could be found; the score stands until one is.

Standing

JurisdictionIceland · EEA
TypeBusiness banking
Health tagSolid Regulated e-money institution, EURe white paper in the MiCA register. The Icelandic regulator published AML findings in March 2024 with a remediation order and no fine. · checked 26 August 2026
P2P toleranceStrict Purpose-built for moving euros between bank rails and your own wallet, and closed to P2P by contract: section 17 of the personal terms bars using the IBAN to send or receive funds for coins traded on centralised P2P platforms, and section 16 bars third-party pass-through. terms · community-reported, separate from the score
Last verified8 September 2026

What Monerium allows and blocks

Allowed

  • A personal or business euro IBAN in your own name, linked to a self-custody wallet on Ethereum, Gnosis, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, Linea, Scroll, Noble or Camino
  • Euros sent to the IBAN by SEPA are minted as EURe in your wallet; EURe sent back is burned and paid out as euros to any SEPA bank account
  • Third-party SEPA payments in and out: salaries, invoices, taxes, and payments from any SEPA-connected bank account
  • SEPA Instant settlement in about five seconds, standard SEPA within one business day
  • Business accounts and API access for wallets, DeFi platforms, exchanges, fintechs and card programs
  • Spending EURe through partner cards such as Gnosis Pay and MetaMask Card, which are separate products with their own issuers

Blocked or restricted

  • Using the IBAN to receive or send funds for coins sold or bought on centralised P2P crypto platforms (personal and business terms, section 17)
  • Receiving a payment from a third party and then sending the matching amount of e-money back to that same party without Monerium's approval (section 16)
  • US residents, and sending e-money to US residents
  • Your first payment must come from an account in your own name at an EEA bank; the IBAN takes EUR only, so no USD or GBP deposits
  • GBP IBANs are not offered, so GBPe cannot be minted from a bank transfer; USDe has no published bank rail
  • Monerium does not hold crypto, offer staking or yield, or issue its own card
  • Anyone under 18, sanctions matches, prohibited nationalities, PEPs without source of funds, and people active in gambling, adult entertainment, arms or unlicensed crypto services

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Fees that matter

Regulatory history

2019Monerium EMI ehf. received an electronic money institution licence from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Iceland on 14 June 2019, passportable across the EEA; by November 2019 it was passported to Denmark, France, Germany, Lithuania, Sweden and the UK. source
2024The Financial Supervisory Authority of the Central Bank of Iceland published the results of an AML and CFT examination on 27 March 2024, finding deficiencies in risk assessment, PEP monitoring and sanctions screening, with a remediation order and an independent audit requirement. No fine. source
2024The Central Bank of Iceland's Financial Supervisory Authority published the outcome of an AML/CFT examination of Monerium EMI ehf. on 27 March 2024: risk assessment, PEP monitoring and sanctions screening did not fully meet Act 140/2018, and the firm was told to fix them and have an independent auditor verify the remediation. No fine was announced. source
2026Monerium's EURe white paper appears in the ESMA interim MiCA register as an e-money token issued by an electronic money institution supervised by the Central Bank of Iceland, with the white paper notified on 9 January 2026. Monerium ehf. was separately registered as a virtual asset service provider in Iceland on 19 March 2025. source

Questions about Monerium

Can I send euros from Monerium to Kraken or Coinbase?

Monerium does not publish a yes or no for named exchanges. Your IBAN is a normal SEPA account in your own name and can pay any SEPA bank account, so a transfer to an exchange in your name works like any other bank transfer. What the terms do ban is using the IBAN to settle trades on centralised P2P crypto platforms, and routing a third party's money straight back to them.

Is Monerium a bank?

No. Monerium hf. is an electronic money institution licensed in Iceland in 2019 and supervised by the Financial Supervisory Authority of the Central Bank of Iceland, passported across the EEA. SEPA payments run through its partner AS LHV Pank in Estonia. Monerium ehf. was also registered as a virtual asset service provider in Iceland in March 2025.

Is EURe MiCA compliant?

EURe is an e-money token under MiCA. Its white paper is in the ESMA interim MiCA register with a notification date of 9 January 2026, listing the Central Bank of Iceland as competent authority. Each token is redeemable at par by SEPA at any time, and the reserves sit in safeguarded accounts.

What does Monerium charge?

Nothing at the moment. One IBAN per customer, SEPA transfers in and out, and minting and burning EURe are all free. The fee schedule says fees may come later with notice.

Closest alternatives

11/16Rebind
Yes for euro transfers through a personal Monerium IBAN, but Rebind is an app, not a bank, and it never names exchanges.
9/16LHV
Yes. Crypto trading is built into the Estonian app, and the UK arm banks Coinbase and Bitstamp, but coins cannot leave the bank.
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