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Central Bank of Ireland - Company Reference Numbers

  • 27-08-2014 11:04pm
    #1
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭


    Are the reference numbers provided through search results on the central banks website official registration numbers or something else? For example if you go to http://registers.centralbank.ie/FirmRegisterDataPage.aspx?firmReferenceNumber=C40419&register=2

    You'll see that the AIB Mortgage Bank has a reference number of C40419, however on cro.ie it has a company number of 404926. Is the reference number an official identifier or just something being used by the CBofI.


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  • #2
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    When you say 'official registration numbers' what do you mean? As in, when a number is an 'official' number that usually just means it's used for various official purposes (well that's what I'd take it to mean), so are you asking whether the central bank reference number is used for other purposes too?


  • #3
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Yes, is it used for other purposes too. Could it be used to identify a credit institution as being licensed in Ireland for example?


  • #4
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    Evil Phil wrote: »
    Yes, is it used for other purposes too. Could it be used to identify a credit institution as being licensed in Ireland for example?

    I don't actually know, but seeing as the number doesn't appear as an option on either this form or in the pdf files found here, I'd guess not (though perhaps the number can be used internally by the CBI). On the off chance that you haven't seen those pages before, it looks like you can use them to check whether a firm is authorised if you have the firm's name.


  • #5
    Fiskar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭Fiskar


    The C Code is a registration code for the Central Bank. The entity is either registered, approved, authorised by the Central Bank.

    The code is an official identifier, however it does not mean the entity is regulated or authorised by the Central Bank, the registers available on the Central Bank website should clarify what it is in the eyes of the Bank. There are a number of registers so plenty of reading!


  • #6
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    Fiskar wrote: »
    The C Code is a registration code for the Central Bank. The entity is either registered, approved, authorised by the Central Bank.

    Out of curiosity, do you know what's the difference between each designation?


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  • #7
    Fiskar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭Fiskar


    Registration implies exactly that, it is not regulated or supervised by the the CB.
    Authorisation is the full monty, regulated, supervised and provision of returns to CB.
    Approval sits in between, it is neither an authorisation or registration.


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