Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
| Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht | |
BaFin Office in Bonn | |
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| Formed | 1 May 2002 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Headquarters | Bonn and Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Employees | 2,535 (31 December 2014) |
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| Website | www |
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (German: Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht), better known by its abbreviation BaFin, is Germany's integrated financial regulatory authority. Since 2014, it has been Germany's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision. It is an independent federal institution with headquarters in Bonn and Frankfurt and falls under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Finance. BaFin supervises about 2,700 banks, 800 financial services institutions, and over 700 insurance undertakings.