Joining forces with Crypto Finance, Custody and trading of crypto assets
Strong partners – even stronger together, Commerzbank and Crypto Finance
- Our platform offers bank-grade security for crypto assets and full segregation of assets for every single client.
- Your designated contacts will be there to assist you from onboarding to settling day-to-day business transactions.
- Our trading, transaction and portfolio reporting ensures transparency at all times.
Benefits for you, Security is our number one priority
State-of-the-art IT security architecture
Cryptographic key material is stored and processed securely by using multi-party computation (MPC)1 methods and hardware security modules.
Segregation of IT components
Solution components are operated in different IT environments to enhance security.
Cold storage
Maximum security through the use of additional, physically isolated IT components.
Extended authorisation standards
A strict role and authorisation management system extends the bank standard (ISO 27001 – certification of information security systems).
IT audit and security risk assessments
Regular external and internal IT security assessments are conducted in addition to Commerzbank’s standard processes and requirements.
Backup and recovery
Comprehensive backup and recovery processes to ensure maximum reliability and availability.
Three steps to trading and custody, Crypto assets made easy
Open a crypto asset account
You can open a crypto asset account with Commerzbank (minimum EUR 500,000 volume). We always hold your crypto assets on our own infrastructure (i.e. they will not be forwarded to third parties).
Open a trading account
By completing a separate onboarding process with our partner Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH, you will lay the foundation for executing trades.
Use secure transfer processes
Transferring crypto assets between Commerzbank and Crypto Finance meets the highest security standards.
Through our wide range of digital assets, we enable our corporate clients to seize the opportunities offered by Bitcoin and Ether for the first time. In this way, we are also positioning ourselves as a reliable and expert partner to our corporate clients on these markets of the future.
Divisional Board member Capital Markets, Commerzbank AG
We are the leading name in digital transformation for corporate clients
Another top performance: in 2025, Commerzbank took first place in the Corporate Banking Digitalisation category in FINANCE Magazine's Banking Survey, as in the previous year.
We have also been named the best bank for corporate clients and five other categories.
(FINANCE magazine, July/August 2025 issue)
Frequently asked questions and answers
Corporate clients can store Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) securely with Commerzbank – fully compliant with regulatory requirements. To do so, they need to open a crypto asset account with Commerzbank and a trading account for crypto assets with our cooperation partner Crypto Finance.
Our products are geared towards all existing clients in the Corporate Clients segment who are domiciled in Germany.
A minimum volume of EUR 500,000 per client is required for a crypto asset account. This may be built up within the space of twelve months.
We would be happy to discuss the access procedures and usage conditions of the platform with you in person.
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Procedure for splitting the cryptographic key material across several IT components