United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Bluesnap Payment Services LTD
Trading asBluesnap
BlueSnap Payment Services Ltd is a private limited company registered in England and Wales. The FCA authorises it as a payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, reference 629580. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of BlueSnap, Inc. of the United States. Payroc WorldAccess, LLC acquired the BlueSnap group in October 2025. The firm provides online card payment processing and related payment services to merchants in the UK under the BlueSnap brand.
Licences and registrations
Held by Bluesnap Payment Services LTD (LEI 2549001DZUVVGE9R5308). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCA | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 629580 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-03-14 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Bluesnap (FCA-PSD)
- 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.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% BlueSnap, Inc.
Firm type
Merchant acquiring and processing
Trades as BlueSnap
- Standing
- Payroc WorldAccess, LLC acquired the BlueSnap group, including this firm, in October 2025. The firm moved its registered office to 30 Old Bailey, London on 14 August 2026.
- Ownership
- BlueSnap, Inc. owns 100% of the firm, and Payroc WorldAccess, LLC acquired the BlueSnap group in October 2025.
- Direct parent
- BlueSnap, Inc. ↗, United States 100%
- Ultimate owner
- Payroc WorldAccess, LLC, United States
- Head office
- Medius House, 2 Sheraton Street, W1F 8BH London, United Kingdom (registered office: 30 Old Bailey, London, United Kingdom, EC4M 7AU)
- Company register
- Companies House 09042365
- Incorporated
- 15 May 2014
- Founders
- Daniel Kleinberg · Tomer Herzog
Online
- Websites & references
- bluesnap.com ↗
developers.bluesnap.com ↗ developer docs
status.bluesnap.com ↗ status page
support.bluesnap.com ↗ support guides - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09042365
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09042365/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09042365/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09042365/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09042365/filing-history/MzQ5OTI3NjQ4MGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- bluesnap.com/
- bluesnap.com/legal/
- bluesnap.com/terms-and-conditions/
- bluesnap.com/press-media/payroc-completes-acquisition-of-bluesnap/
- bluesnap.com/press-media/payroc-definitive-agreement-bluesnap/
- ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/05/ftc-takes-action-against-bluesnap-its-former-ceo-
- algoodbody.com/insights-publications/central-bank-enforcement-on-safeguarding-bluesnap-payment-services-
- fxnewsgroup.com/forex-news/regulatory/irish-c-bank-takes-enforcement-action-against-bluesnap-payment-serv
- paymentsdive.com/news/payroc-scoops-up-another-peer/756587/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as a payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, reference 629580. According to its accounts, its card processing depends on partner banks and card scheme sponsorship.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 629580 | In its own name | Active | bluesnap.com ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It provides card-not-present payment processing, payment orchestration, invoicing and recurring billing tools to merchants and software platforms in the UK.
The BlueSnap site terms say UK customers contract with this firm, while EEA customers contract with the Irish sister company.
- Revenue
- GBP 3.18m
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Small businesses · Platforms and marketplaces
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- James Oberman Director
- Executive
- Brian David Gaynor Director
- Executive
- Nikhita Hyett Director
- Executive
- Kevin Michael Hodges Director
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The firm appointed James Oberman, chief executive of Payroc, as a director after James McGivern resigned on 13 April 2026.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Kevin Michael Hodges as a director on 18 March 2026.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
Henry Helgeson, former chief executive of BlueSnap, resigned as a director of the firm on 28 January 2026.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Payroc WorldAccess, LLC completed its acquisition of the BlueSnap group, including this firm.
bluesnap.com ↗ -
Enforcement
The Central Bank of Ireland fined sister company BlueSnap Payment Services Ireland Limited EUR 324,240 for breaching safeguarding requirements between 2021 and 2022.
algoodbody.com ↗ -
Other
Companies House issued a first Gazette notice of compulsory strike-off, its second in 2024, and discontinued the action in September 2024.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Enforcement
The US Federal Trade Commission sued parent company BlueSnap, Inc. and two former executives, who agreed to a USD 10 million settlement.
ftc.gov ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 629580
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives
- Elucidate firm ID
- 6046e469e49a
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- Payment Institution
- Activities
- Payment services
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2018-03-14
- Website
- www.bluesnap.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
- Direct parent
- Bluesnap, Inc. · United States254900CJSNH59YLFIJ73 ↗
- Branch of (GLEIF)
- Bluesnap, Inc. · United States254900CJSNH59YLFIJ73 ↗
The Bluesnap, Inc. group has 2 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: none holds a BIC.
Including BlueSnap Payment Services Ireland Limited.
See the Bluesnap, Inc. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Medius House, 2 Sheraton Street, London, W1F 8BH
- Country
- United Kingdom
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 one address line
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>2549001DZUVVGE9R5308</LEI>
<Nm>BLUESNAP PAYMENT SERVICES LTD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>W1F 8BH</PstCd>
<TwnNm>London</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Medius House, 2 Sheraton Street</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.
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.
Register entries are not matched against the OFAC or EU sanctions lists. Where the legal entity also holds a BIC, the matches for that BIC are on its page. Always screen against the official lists.
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.
Read the methodology →Register for this page
- FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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