The ++OCC's own December 2025 findings++ confirmed that all nine of the largest US national banks imposed "inappropriate restrictions" on lawful businesses between 2020 and 2023, with digital assets named explicitly among the restricted sectors.
In the UK, the ++UK Cryptoasset Business Council's January 2026 "Locked Out" report++ found that roughly 40% of UK bank payments to crypto exchanges are blocked or delayed, a figure that holds even against FCA-registered platforms. HM Treasury reportedly stated around the same time that it doesn't expect FCA-authorized crypto firms to face banking restrictions. UK banks kept blocking regardless. By July 2026, the gap between government position and bank behavior was significant enough to trigger a formal cross-party Parliamentary inquiry.
Full regulatory licensing doesn't fix this on its own. MiCA contains no requirement that banks service licensed crypto-asset service providers and no anti-discrimination protection built in. A business can be fully MiCA-authorized and still get refused or cut off. So the ranking below weights licensing depth and purpose-built crypto banking stability more heavily than a generic fintech feature checklist would.
How we ranked these
- Licensing depth. A real license from a real regulator, not just a claim of being "crypto-friendly."
- IBAN and currency coverage. How many currencies, and whether the IBAN is genuinely named to your business or a shared pooled account.
- Crypto-fiat integration depth. Whether crypto and fiat sit in one connected platform or are bolted together.
- Best-fit use case. Every provider here trades off differently depending on your business type and volume.
Revolut Business doesn't appear on this list. It's the most recognizable name in this space, and it's genuinely MiCA compliant with a full EU banking license. But it's a mainstream retail-leaning neobank that added crypto as a feature, not a business built specifically to serve crypto-adjacent industries.
At a glance
| Provider | Licensing | Currencies/IBANs | Crypto integration | Best for |
| Orbital | Multi-jurisdiction EMI (Gibraltar, UK, Estonia, Switzerland) | Named IBANs/vIBANs, EUR/GBP/USD+ | Deep, native crypto accounts, OTC desk | High-volume crypto-native B2B |
| Bankera | EMI via Pervesk UAB (Bank of Lithuania) | Dedicated IBANs, SEPA/SEPA Instant/SWIFT | Explicitly crypto-friendly, supports exchanges | iGaming and payment service providers |
| Xace | FCA-authorised (UK) + MFSA-regulated (Malta) | IBANs in 20+ currencies | High-risk-friendly fiat rails | iGaming, esports, affiliates |
| Fipto | PI license (ACPR) + MiCA CASP license (AMF), Paris | Named EUR/USD IBANs, 45+ currencies | USDC, EURC, EURCV wallets | MiCA-compliant EU cross-border settlement |
| BVNK | EMI + MiCA CASP license (Malta MFSA), multiple regulatory approvals globally | Virtual accounts (ACH/SEPA/Fedwire/SWIFT) | Native USDC/USDT wallets | Enterprise-scale stablecoin operations |
1. Orbital: deep crypto-native, multi-jurisdiction licensing
Orbital operates as an electronic money institution regulated across the UK, Gibraltar, Estonia, and Switzerland. It combines named IBANs and vIBANs in EUR, GBP, USD, and more with genuine crypto accounts, an OTC trading desk, and fiat-to-crypto exchange under one platform, backed by SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification.
The multi-jurisdiction licensing is the standout feature here. For a business that operates across several markets, that spread reduces the risk of a single regulator's policy shift cutting off the account entirely.
2. Bankera: built for iGaming and payment agents specifically
Bankera runs as an EMI via Pervesk UAB, regulated by the Central Bank of Lithuania. It offers dedicated corporate IBANs, SEPA, SEPA Instant, and SWIFT payments, and is explicitly positioned to serve crypto exchanges, mining operations, and staking businesses.
For an iGaming payment agent specifically, this is one of the more direct fits on this list: EU banking infrastructure paired with a provider that doesn't treat crypto-adjacent revenue as automatically suspect.
3. Xace: high-risk-friendly by design
Xace holds an FCA authorization in the UK and MFSA regulation in Malta, offering IBANs in more than 20 currencies alongside SEPA, SWIFT, Faster Payments, BACS, and CHAPS. It's built specifically for gaming, esports, and affiliate businesses, sectors that get filtered out by most mainstream banking risk models before a human ever reviews the application.
The trade-off: this level of high-risk specialization tends to come with a narrower product set than a broader multi-jurisdiction platform like Orbital.
4. Fipto: MiCA-compliant, built for cross-border settlement
Fipto is a Paris-based payment institution licensed by the ACPR as a Payment Institution and by the AMF as a MiCA CASP, the first European stablecoin payment provider to hold that specific PI-plus-CASP combination. It supports named EUR and USD IBANs alongside USDC, EURC, and EURCV wallets across 45-plus currencies.
Its distinguishing feature is a "stablecoin sandwich" settlement method, fiat to stablecoin to fiat, built for faster settlement in high-friction corridors. That ties directly into the corridor-speed problem covered in our wire transfer vs stablecoin settlement guide.
5. BVNK: enterprise-scale stablecoin infrastructure
BVNK provides stablecoin payment infrastructure through a single API, with virtual accounts spanning ACH, SEPA, Fedwire, and SWIFT alongside native USDC and USDT wallets. It holds a MiCA CASP license from Malta's MFSA alongside an existing EMI license, plus additional regulatory approvals reported across other markets, and carries ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certification.
This is built for enterprise volume and technical integration depth rather than a simple dashboard experience, so it suits a business with the internal capability to work through an API-first platform.
Licensing isn’t enough
Every provider above holds real licenses. MiCA doesn't obligate any bank to service a licensed CASP, and the OCC's own findings show that even lawful, licensed businesses got cut off from mainstream banks based on internal policy, not compliance failure.
What protects a business here is choosing a provider that treats crypto-adjacent industries as a core part of its business model, built to keep serving that client base rather than dropping it the moment risk appetite shifts.
What none of these solve
Every provider above is built for a business plugging into a self-serve account, choosing currencies and integration depth from a menu. None of them are built for a business that needs manual handling of large, irregular trades alongside standard banking, or fiat and crypto banking built specifically around high-risk verticals at genuine enterprise volume.
Which one fits your business
| Your situation | Best fit |
| Multi-jurisdiction crypto-native business | Orbital |
| iGaming payment agent | Bankera |
| Gaming, esports, or affiliate business | Xace |
| MiCA-compliant EU cross-border settlement | Fipto |
| Enterprise-scale, API-first stablecoin operations | BVNK |
| Enterprise B2B, need manual large-trade handling + banking built around your vertical | Different category, see crypto + IBAN |
Related reading: Crypto + IBAN for Business · Pay-by-Crypto for B2B · Crypto for cross-border B2B payments: where it beats SWIFT (and where it doesn't)
