Compliance for Germany
German company data end to end, detailed UBO modelling and signing authority under German rules, including Prokura.
At a glance
Region
Europe
Financial supervisor
BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority)
AMLR
AMLR applies here, as across the EU, from 10 July 2027.
Company data
Registries and data providers connected to Bits for this market.
German company register
Bundesanzeiger and the common register portal of the German federal states.
E-Justice
Registry data for German companies.
Identity verification
How you verify individuals in this market.
Veriff
ID document verification with passports, ID cards and passport cards.
Local capabilities
What Bits handles specifically for this market.
Company data end to end
Core company details, legal forms including Freier Beruf, status and registry information flow straight into entities.
Ownership in detail
UBOs are modelled in detail, subsidiaries are mapped as affiliates and supervisory board members land on the right relationships.
Signing authority
Bits works out who can sign for a German company, including sole and joint Prokura, quorum rules and power of attorney.
German roles
German role names show in the dashboard, and titles like Geschäftsführerin are recognised regardless of grammatical gender.
Registered associations
German registered associations (e.V.) work through organisation lookup.
Screening and risk
The same screening and risk engine runs in every market.
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Irish company data from the Companies Registration Office, with Irish entities and personal identity numbers supported in onboarding.
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Poland
Polish company data from the National Court Register, with Polish entities supported in onboarding.
Latvia
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