LGT

LGT started in Liechtenstein in 1921 and grew over a century into a private bank with clients around the world. Clients can invest with the same strategy as the Princely Family, and LGT reports a net profit of CHF 281.6 million for the first half of 2026 and first-class credit ratings from Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

Besides private banking, the group offers asset structuring for families, real estate financing and advice on philanthropy. Its locations include Vaduz, Zurich, Singapore and Hong Kong, and the Liechtenstein financial center remains its home market.

As a licensed bank, LGT Bank AG needs no separate CASP authorization and can use the notification procedure of Article 60 of MiCA. The ESMA interim MiCA register lists the notification to the FMA with the date 19 December 2025, for custody and administration of crypto assets, execution of orders, reception and transmission of orders and transfer services.

The passport covers 13 further countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The French regulator AMF lists the bank on its white list of passported providers with a start of services in France on 1 February 2026.

In 2022 LGT Bank started bitcoin and ether trading and custody for its clients, with SEBA Bank as broker and custodian, a partnership that SEBA announced at the time. SEBA Bank in Zug is now AMINA Bank, and LGT clients hold their crypto assets next to their securities and cash at the bank.

The notification names four services and leaves out crypto advice and portfolio management, so those two are not part of the MiCA passport of LGT Bank AG. Liechtenstein also keeps its national blockchain law, which the page on crypto in Liechtenstein covers.

LGT Bank is the private bank of the LGT group, with LGT Bank AG in Vaduz as the Liechtenstein bank of the group. LGT serves wealthy clients, families and entrepreneurs from more than 40 locations and manages CHF 412.6 billion in client assets.

Clients of LGT Bank can buy, sell and hold bitcoin and ether, and the bank keeps these holdings next to their traditional assets. Since the MiCA notification of December 2025, LGT Bank AG also provides crypto custody, order execution and transfers under the European rules.

LGT Private Banking serves high net worth clients and families, who can invest with the same strategy as the Princely Family. The bank also works on sustainable investments and offers asset structuring for families, real estate financing and advice on philanthropy.

LGT Bank AG has its seat in Vaduz in Liechtenstein, and the group also runs private banking in Switzerland, with Zurich among its locations. Because Liechtenstein belongs to the EEA, the MiCA notification of LGT Bank AG reaches clients in the European Union through the passport.

The Princely House of Liechtenstein owns LGT and is at the same time the largest client of the bank. LGT has belonged to the Princely Family since its founding in 1921, and the family invests its own wealth with the strategy that LGT offers to clients.