United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Cardaq Limited
Cardaq Limited is a private limited company based in London. The FCA authorises it as an electronic money institution under firm reference number 900088. IXXOV Limited owns all of the firm and is under the control of Hugo Remi. According to its 2025 accounts, its main business is card acquiring for e-commerce merchants and payment partners, alongside card issuing, as a principal member of Visa, Mastercard and UnionPay.
Licences and registrations
Held by Cardaq Limited (LEI 9845005BQBF16C161505). 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 - E-Money InstitutionsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised E-Money InstitutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | 900088 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-05-18 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Teido (FCA-EMI), Pridepay (FCA-EMI)
- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- 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.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- CAQAGB22XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Reverse billingThe institution is connected to Swift. Messages sent to it are billed to the institution, not to the sender. The “2” in the eighth character of CAQAGB22 marks reverse billing.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2023-08-05
- Last updated
- 2023-08-05
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% IXXOV Limited
Firm type
Merchant acquiring and processing
Trades as Cardaq
- Standing
- A FinTelegram report of 28 August 2026 says the FCA register records a restriction on new business for the firm. Under it, the firm may not take on new customers without the FCA's prior written consent. The firm's 2025 accounts say it has operated under heightened regulatory and scheme scrutiny and is carrying out a remediation programme.
- Ownership
- IXXOV Limited (Companies House 10575438) owns 100% of the firm, and the 2025 accounts state that IXXOV Limited is under the common control of Hugo Remi.
- Direct parent
- IXXOV Limited, United Kingdom 100%
- Head office
- One, Bartholomew Close, EC1A 7BL London, United Kingdom (registered office: Broadfield Law Uk Llp, One Bartholomew Close, London, United Kingdom, EC1A 7BL)
- Company register
- Companies House 07805564
- Incorporated
- 11 Oct 2011
- Founder
- Hugo Remi
- Former names
- COSPAY LIMITED · PAYCO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD
Online
- Websites & references
- cardaq.com ↗
cardaq.co.uk ↗ former main domain, still carrying the firm's regulatory footer
cardsapi.cardaq.co.uk ↗ card issuing API platform
gate.cardaq.co.uk ↗ merchant and payment facilitator portal
portal.cardaq.co.uk ↗ corporate and private account login - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07805564
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07805564/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07805564/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07805564/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07805564/filing-history/MzU0NzM2OTM4OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- cardaq.com/about
- cardaq.com/feedback/firm-status
- cardaq.com/materials/acquiring
- webdisclosure.com/press-release/cardaq-strengthens-leadership-team-and-expands-focus-on-payment-infrastruct
- webdisclosure.com/press-release/cardaq-announces-connected-payment-infrastructure-for-cross-border-business
- fintelegram.com/nigeria-payment-files-cardserv-cardaq-offshore-gambling-mcc/
- cardaq.co.uk/blog/what-being-visa-licensed-means-for-us-and-you
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as an electronic money institution (FRN 900088) to issue e-money and provide payment services. The firm's website states that it passports out to Gibraltar. Sister entities in Canada and the US operate under their own registrations.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Electronic Money Institution | 900088 | In its own name | Active | register.fca.org.uk ↗ |
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.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsAccording to its 2025 accounts, the firm keeps customer funds in segregated safeguarding accounts with approved credit institutions, separate from its own funds, and reconciles them daily.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Visa Direct cardaq.com ↗
Mastercard Direct cardaq.com ↗
UnionPay Direct cardaq.com ↗
Faster Payments Access not stated webdisclosure.com ↗
CHAPS Access not stated webdisclosure.com ↗
Swift Access not stated webdisclosure.com ↗
SEPA Credit Transfer and SEPA Instant Credit Transfer Access not stated webdisclosure.com ↗
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It offers card acquiring directly to merchants and through payment facilitator and third-party processing models. It also offers white-label card issuing and business e-money accounts.
The firm lists the UK, Ireland, Jersey, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man as its operating jurisdictions. Its 2025 accounts state that all its turnover arose in the UK.
- Revenue
- GBP 57.8m
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Enterprises · Platforms and marketplaces · Financial institutions
- Serves customers in 5 countries
- United Kingdom · Gibraltar · Jersey · Isle of Man · Ireland
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Hugo Remi CEO and Director
- Chief executive
- Noyan Nihat Co-CEO and Executive Director
- Executive
- Claire Huddleston Chief Operating Officer
- Executive
- Geoffrey William Greer Nicholson Director
- Executive
- Leeandra Jane Vaile Director
- Executive
- Ajeb Singh Wahiwala Director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The firm announced the appointment of Noyan Nihat as Co-CEO and Claire Huddleston as Chief Operating Officer.
webdisclosure.com ↗ -
Other
FinTelegram published whistleblower allegations about gambling-related merchant descriptors and said it had not verified them.
fintelegram.com ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Dmitrijs Boiko as a director on 27 November 2025.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Noyan Nihat and Ajeb Singh Wahiwala as directors on 8 September 2025.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Leeandra Jane Vaile as a director on 31 October 2024.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Geoffrey William Greer Nicholson as a director on 12 February 2024.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
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
Head-office record
- BIC
- CAQAGB22XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- CAQABank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 22Location · reverse billing
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 9845005BQBF16C161505
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-EMI
- 900088
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entry: Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives.
- Register-entry ID
- f73fafe7a3ba
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.
- Register licences
- 1 entry on 1 register
- Activities
- Payment services
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- www.cardaq.com ↗
- Country · region
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
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
- Registered address
- ONE, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE LONDON EC1A 7BL UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- ONE, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE LONDON LONDON EC1A 7BL UNITED KINGDOM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>CAQAGB22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>9845005BQBF16C161505</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>CAQAGB22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>9845005BQBF16C161505</LEI>
<Nm>CARDAQ LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>ONE, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE LONDON EC1A 7BL</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- FCA Financial Services Register - E-Money Institutions—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- 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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