Canada · Crypto

Bitpay Inc.

Legal name in the LEI recordBitPay, Inc.

BICNo BIC LEI254900IYKQ2CK7J70T91 Licence no.M23611454

Licences and registrations

Held by Bitpay Inc. (LEI 254900IYKQ2CK7J70T91). 3 entries on 2 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.

Register	Licence	Number	Jurisdiction	Status	Registered	Ends	Activities	Register entry
Money Services Business RegistryFINTRAC	Foreign MSB (FMSB)Crypto-Asset Service Provider	M23611454	Canada	Active	2023-11-21	Renews 2028-08-20	Money remittance Payment services Crypto-assets	Search the register ↗
MSB Registrant SearchFinCEN	—Money Transmitter / Remittance	Not published by the register	United States	Active	2025-07-23	—	Money remittance	Search the register ↗
Money Services Business RegistryFINTRAC	MSBCurrency Exchange	M15287616	Canada	Ceased	2015-02-11	Ended 2016-12-05	Currency exchange	Search the register ↗

Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.

Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.

Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.

Identifiers

Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB: M23611454
Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB: M15287616
BIC: Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
LEI: 254900IYKQ2CK7J70T91 ↗
How the LEI was matched: Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
Elucidate firm ID: 7a693cb6c5fc
Merged register entry: c17ec09f2056 · FINCEN-MSB

Profile

Type: Crypto · Money service business
Regulation: AML registration only
Main licence class: Crypto-Asset Service Provider
Activities: Money remittance
Currency exchange
Payment services
Crypto-assets
Licensed in: Canada · North America
Head office: United States
First registered: 2015-02-11
Website: www.bitpay.com ↗

Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.

Ownership and group

GLEIF relationship records

GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.

Addresses

Address on the register: 400 - 10400 OLD ALABAMA RD CONNECTOR, ALPHARETTA, 30009
Country: United States

ISO 20022 identification

As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)

This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.

Identified by: Name and postal address, with its LEI
Postal address: Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in two address lines

<FinInstnId>
  <LEI>254900IYKQ2CK7J70T91</LEI>
  <Nm>BITPAY INC.</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <PstCd>30009</PstCd>
    <TwnNm>ALPHARETTA</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>US</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>400 - 10400 OLD ALABAMA RD</AdrLine>
    <AdrLine>CONNECTOR</AdrLine>
  </PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>

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The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.

Sources & method

Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. LEIs are matched through GLEIF, and a BIC is linked only through a shared LEI.

An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.

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An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.

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Registers for this page

Money Services Business Registry—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
MSB Registrant Search—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) · source ↗ as at 24 September 2026

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