United States · Money service business
Boku Network Services, Inc.
Boku Network Services, Inc. is a Delaware corporation headquartered in San Francisco. It is a subsidiary of Boku, Inc., whose shares are listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) registers the firm as a money services business. The Boku group describes it as a limited-scope payment collection agent that collects funds from payment networks on behalf of merchants. Its Japan branch is registered with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) as a business operator concluding contracts that handle credit card numbers.
Licences and registrations
Held by Boku Network Services, Inc. (LEI 549300OB3EPL3IVC2016). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 24 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSB Registrant SearchFinCEN | —Money Transmitter / Remittance | Not published by the register | United States | Active | 2025-02-24 | — |
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- 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
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Boku, Inc.
Firm type
Merchant acquiring and processing
Trades as Boku
- Ownership
- Boku, Inc., whose shares are listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, directly consolidates the firm and is also its ultimate parent.
- Direct parent
- Boku, Inc., United States
- Head office
- 660 Market Street, 4th floor, Suite 400, 94104 San Francisco, United States (registered office: c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, United States)
- Company register
- Delaware file 4292396
- Incorporated
- 29 Jan 2007
- Former name
- Paymo Inc
Online
- Websites & references
- boku.com ↗
developer.boku.com ↗ developer documentation (Boku group)
investors.boku.com ↗ investor relations of the parent, Boku, Inc.
boku.zendesk.com ↗ customer support and help centre (Boku group)
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- boku.com/group-entities/
- boku.com/boku-network-services-inc-japan-branch/
- boku.com/
- boku.com/terms-of-service/
- boku.com/terms-of-service/united-states/
- lei.report/LEI/549300OB3EPL3IVC2016
- investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/boku-inc-di-reg-s-cat-3-144a--boku/2025-full-year-results/9476987
- investing.com/news/earnings/boku-posts-revenue-growth-as-emea-region-surges-39-4564712
- investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-boku-posts-solid-h1-2026-growth-as-stock-rises-
- businesswire.com/news/home/20240118330994/en/Boku-Welcomes-New-CEO-Stuart-Neal-After-Momentous-2023
- enterprisetimes.co.uk/2024/07/19/boku-hires-nat-west-veteran-as-cfo/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boku,_Inc.
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Several models
FinCEN registers the firm as a money services business. The Boku group describes it as a limited-scope payment collection agent for merchants. The group's pages disclose no US state money transmitter licence for it.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) United States | Money Services Business registration (money transmitter) | 31000293464577 | In its own name | Active | boku.com ↗ |
| Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Japan | Business Operator Concluding Contracts Handling Credit Card Numbers (Installment Sales Act), held by the Japan branch | 181 | In its own name | Active | boku.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
The firm collects funds for Boku group merchants from local payment methods such as direct carrier billing, digital wallets and account-to-account schemes.
The firm operates from San Francisco and through registered branches in Japan and Taiwan. The Boku group says it runs live payment methods in more than 60 countries.
- Revenue
- USD 128.8m
- Payment volume
- USD 15.7bntotal payment volume
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Platforms and marketplaces
- Serves customers in 3 countries
- United States · Japan · Taiwan
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Stuart Neal Chief Executive Officer
- Chief financial officer
- Rob Whittick Chief Financial Officer, Boku, Inc. (group)
- Executive
- Naoya Otsubo Japan Representative (Japan Branch)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Licence
The FinCEN money services business register lists a registration for the firm dated 24 February 2025.
boku.com ↗ -
Leadership
Boku, Inc. appointed Rob Whittick as group Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Keith Butcher.
enterprisetimes.co.uk ↗ -
Licence
METI registered the firm's Japan branch as a business operator concluding contracts that handle credit card numbers on 29 January 2024.
boku.com ↗ -
Leadership
Stuart Neal became Chief Executive Officer of Boku, Inc. on 1 January 2024, succeeding Jon Prideaux.
businesswire.com ↗
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
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- 8d9fdb83ad63
Profile
- Type
- Money service businessRemittance, currency exchange, cheque cashing and money orders. Usually registered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor rather than licensed prudentially. Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- AML registration onlyRegistered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor (FinCEN, FINTRAC, HMRC, AUSTRAC, Hong Kong Customs…) without a prudential licence.
- Main licence class
- Money Transmitter / Remittance
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Other money services
- Licensed in
- United States · North America
- First registered
- 2025-02-24
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
- Boku, Inc. · United States549300Y4P2ZPFKCZ0C60 ↗
The Boku, Inc. group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: 1 holds a BIC and 2 do not.
Including Boku Network Services IE Limited, Boku, Inc..
See the Boku, 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
- 660 Market St. 4th Floor, Suite 400, San Francisco, 94104
- 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 one address line
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>549300OB3EPL3IVC2016</LEI>
<Nm>Boku Network Services, Inc.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>94104</PstCd>
<TwnNm>San Francisco</TwnNm>
<Ctry>US</Ctry>
<AdrLine>660 Market St. 4th Floor, Suite 400</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
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An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.
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- MSB Registrant Search—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) · source ↗ as at 24 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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