United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Cb Payments, LTD
CB Payments, Ltd is a London-based private limited company wholly owned by Coinbase Global, Inc. The FCA authorises it as an electronic money institution and, since July 2026, as a MiFID investment firm. The FCA also registers it as a cryptoasset firm under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. Trading as Coinbase, it offers e-money wallets, crypto-asset trading and custody and investment services to customers in the UK and some non-EEA territories, and its UK Coinbase Card is issued by Paysafe Financial Services Limited.
Licences and registrations
Held by Cb Payments, LTD (LEI 213800DJQ5OCWSES4R64). 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 | 900635 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-07-12 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Coinbase (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
- CBPAGB22XXX 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 CBPAGB22 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
- 2021-02-06
- Last updated
- 2021-03-18
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Coinbase Global, Inc.
Firm type
Crypto exchange or broker
Trades as Coinbase
- Ownership
- According to its 2025 accounts, the firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc., a US company listed on Nasdaq that is also its ultimate parent.
- Direct parent
- Coinbase Global, Inc., United States 100%
- Head office
- The Scalpel, 18th Floor, 52 Lime Street, EC3M 7AF London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 09708629
- Incorporated
- 29 Jul 2015
Online
- Websites & references
- coinbase.com ↗
help.coinbase.com ↗ UK help centre
status.coinbase.com ↗ status page - Official social accounts
- X ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09708629
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09708629/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09708629/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09708629/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09708629/filing-history/MzU0NjQ5NDMzOGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-first-enforcement-action-against-firm-enabling-cryptoasset-tradin
- fca.org.uk/news/warnings/coinbaseie-clone-fca-authorised-firm
- fca.org.uk/news/warnings/bitletnet-clone-fca-registered-firm
- fca.org.uk/news/warnings/coinhosts-inc-clone-fca-authorised-firm
- coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement/uk
- coinbase.com/en-gb
- coinbase.com/en-gb/card
- globalventuring.com/corporate/europe/coinbase-uk-regulate-stablecoins/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Several models
- Licensed firm it operates under
- Paysafe Financial Services Limited, United Kingdom Issuer of the Coinbase Card in the UK as a principal issuing member of Visa
The FCA authorises the firm as an electronic money institution and as a MiFID investment firm. The FCA also registers it as a cryptoasset firm under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. The UK Coinbase Card is issued under Paysafe Financial Services Limited's e-money licence.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Electronic Money Institution | 900635 | In its own name | Active | register.fca.org.uk ↗ |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Cryptoasset firm registered under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 | 900635 | In its own name | Active | coinbase.com ↗ |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | MiFID investment firm authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 | 1045733 | In its own name | Active | coinbase.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.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that it safeguards funds received for e-money under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 in segregated accounts. Its 2025 accounts show EUR 397.6 million of safeguarded customer cash held at six banks.
- Crypto-asset custody
- Held by the firmThe firm provides hosted crypto-asset wallets and a crypto-asset exchange service. According to its user agreement, the Coinbase Group holds customers' assets on a custodial basis, segregated by ledger entries.
- Card issuer
- Paysafe Financial Services Limited United Kingdom
- Safeguarding bank · Deposit-holding bank
- Clearbank, Ltd. United Kingdom
- Safeguarding bank
- Citibank Ltd
- Safeguarding bank
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. United States
- Safeguarding bank
- Customers Bank United States
- Safeguarding bank
- Banking Circle
- Safeguarding bank
- AS LHV Group Estonia
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Visa Through a partner coinbase.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 provides fiat e-money wallets, crypto-asset buying, selling and hosted wallets, and equities and derivatives trading under its investment firm authorisation. Derivatives are offered to institutional and advanced traders.
Its user agreement covers customers in the UK and in Switzerland, Andorra, Gibraltar, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Monaco and San Marino.
- Revenue
- EUR 270.3m
- Sells to
- Consumers · Enterprises
- Serves customers in 9 countries
- United Kingdom · Switzerland · Andorra · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey · Monaco · San Marino
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Keith Grose UK Chief Executive Officer; Executive Director
- Executive
- Philip Akinyeye Executive Director
- Executive
- Alesia Haas Non-Executive Director
- Executive
- Sean Martin Independent Non-Executive Director
- Executive
- Laurence Krieger Independent Non-Executive Director
- Executive
- Daniel Seifert Non-Executive Director
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Licence
The FCA authorised the firm as a MiFID investment firm on 6 July 2026, permitting it to arrange equities and derivatives transactions.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Laurence Krieger and Usman Naeem as non-executive directors, and Marc Zeitouni resigned as a director.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Other
Coinbase Global, Inc. announced a global workforce reduction, which the firm's accounts say affected about 30 of its employees.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Licence
The FCA registered the firm as a cryptoasset firm under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, and customers then migrated to it from an affiliate.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Keith Grose as a director on 5 September 2024.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Enforcement
The FCA fined the firm GBP 3,503,546 for repeatedly breaching a voluntary requirement not to onboard high-risk customers.
fca.org.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.
Regulator warnings
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Impersonation Financial Conduct Authority, United Kingdom
The FCA warned that fraudsters operating as bitlet.net were impersonating the firm.
fca.org.uk ↗ -
Impersonation Financial Conduct Authority, United Kingdom
The FCA warned that fraudsters using the name Coinbaseie were impersonating the firm.
fca.org.uk ↗ -
Impersonation Financial Conduct Authority, United Kingdom
The FCA warned that fraudsters using the name Coinhosts Inc were impersonating the firm.
fca.org.uk ↗
Entries on regulators’ consumer-warning lists that name the firm or its brand. An impersonation warning is about fraudsters posing as the firm, not about the firm itself.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- CBPAGB22XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- CBPABank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 22Location · reverse billing
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 213800DJQ5OCWSES4R64
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-EMI
- 900635
- 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
- d3629a0a47b8
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.coinbase.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
- 5 FLEET PLACE LONDON EC4M 7RD UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 5 FLEET PLACE LONDON LONDON EC4M 7RD 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>CBPAGB22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800DJQ5OCWSES4R64</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>CBPAGB22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800DJQ5OCWSES4R64</LEI>
<Nm>CB PAYMENTS, LTD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>5 FLEET PLACE LONDON EC4M 7RD</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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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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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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