Financial market entities (NBS)
The National Bank of Slovakia maintains the register of financial market entities – banks, insurers, investment firms, fund managers, payment institutions, financial agents and financial advisers. A company providing financial services without an entry is providing them without authorisation. For subordinate and tied financial agents the register also names the institution they work for in each sector.
What the register contains
- Whether the entity is regulated by the National Bank of Slovakia
- Types of licences and authorisations held, with validity date and registration number
- For agents, the institution they work for, separately for each sector (insurance, credit, capital market, pension savings …)
- For institutions, the list of their agents – current and former
- Authorisation history: when an authorisation or a link to an institution ended
- Foreign entities active in Slovakia, including those without an IČO
Fields we return
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| is_regulated | Whether the entity is regulated by the National Bank of Slovakia. |
| license_types | Array of licence and authorisation types. |
| categories | Array of categories the entity is classified under. |
| entity_id | NBS register entity ID for /v1/nbs/entities/{entity_id}. |
| is_natural_person | The entity is a natural person – sole trader. |
| licences | Every authorisation with category, sector, parent institution, validity date and status (current or ended). |
| agents_count | Number of current agents working for the entity. |
What it is used for
If you are entering a financial intermediation or asset management agreement, an entry in the NBS register is the basic authorisation check. Without it the counterparty may not provide the service.
For a financial agent you can check which institution and sector they may intermediate for – and whether that link still holds.
Institutions can pull the list of their agents from `/v1/company/ico/{ico}/nbs-agents` and reconcile it with their own records.
When assessing a counterparty, a regulated entity means a higher degree of supervision and capital requirements – relevant context for a risk view.
Frequently asked questions
Does an entry mean the entity is trustworthy?
It means it holds a licence and is supervised. That is different from trustworthiness, but it is a verifiable fact you can check before signing.
Why is license_types an array?
Because one entity may hold several authorisations at once – a payment institution licence and financial intermediation, for instance. Reducing it to a single value would throw information away.
Since when do you have agent relation history?
The NBS register only publishes the current state. We store every weekly change since September 2026 – from then on you can see when an agent stopped working for an institution. Earlier changes cannot be reconstructed.
Are natural-person financial agents included?
Yes. Natural persons are registered under their own IČO as sole traders, so they carry the same authorisations and relations as companies.
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A free account requires no payment card. Our database holds 2 170 415 entities from 55 public registers.