# Easybank (Austria)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/easybank-at
> research date 2026-05-30 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [easybank — official](https://www.easybank.at/)

## Key details

- **Parent:** customers
- **Launch:** 1996

## Overview

**Easybank (Austria)** is **Austrian direct/online bank** + **BAWAG Group AG WBAG: BG subsidiary** + **Austria's largest direct/online bank by customers ~750K+** + **founded 1996 by BAWAG as Austria's first internet-only bank** <sup>[1][1], [Austria report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AT)</sup>.

## History

**1996 — easybank founded by BAWAG as Austria's first internet-only bank** distinctive Austrian digital banking heritage.

**2010 — easybank mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **easybank AG** (Austrian direct/online bank; BAWAG Group AG subsidiary).

**Major shareholders**: **BAWAG Group AG (WBAG: BG; Austrian commercial bank group) fully owned**.

**Regulators**: **FMA Austria + OeNB + ECB**.

## Technical integration

easybank mobile app (iOS + Android; ~750K+ customers) + easybank.at web + easybank Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + Stuzza (Austrian national QR payment standard) + Wero (post-EPI launch).

## Implementations & partners

**BAWAG Group parent**: BAWAG (BAWAG Mobile Austria; WBAG: BG; Austrian commercial bank group).

**Major Austrian banking + payments competitors**: [Erste Group Bank AG (Austria)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/erste-group) (Erste George Austria; Erste Group; Austria's largest commercial bank by retail customers) + Raiffeisen Mein ELBA (Raiffeisen Mein ELBA Austria; Raiffeisen Bank International; Austrian banking group; CEE focus) + Bank Austria (Bank Austria Mobile Banking; UniCredit Italian parent; Austrian commercial bank) + BAWAG (BAWAG Mobile Austria) + HYPO NOE (Hypo NOE Lower Austria; Austrian regional commercial bank) + ING Austria (ING Austria; ING Group Austrian online bank) + [N26](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/n26) (N26 German digital bank; Austrian operations) + [Revolut](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/revolut) (Revolut UK global; Austrian operations).

**Regulators**: FMA Austria + OeNB + ECB.

## Status

**Active, Austrian direct/online bank + BAWAG Group AG WBAG:BG subsidiary + Austria's largest direct/online bank by customers ~750K+ + founded 1996 by BAWAG as Austria's first internet-only bank** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.easybank.at/ "easybank — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easybank "easybank — Wikipedia"
[at-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AT

- [1] [easybank — official][1]
- [2] [easybank — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Austria report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AT)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/AT-austria.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [easybank-at.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/easybank-at). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.