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title: "Creation Financial Services Limited SWIFT/BIC code BNPAGB3SXXX · United Kingdom | Elucidate"
description: "Licensed in the United Kingdom: Authorised Payment Institution (FCA). SWIFT/BIC code BNPAGB3SXXX for Creation Financial Services Limited, United Kingdom."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s
---

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United Kingdom · Payments & e-money

# Creation Financial Services Limited

Creation Financial Services Limited is a private limited company incorporated in England in 1973 as Selfridges Finance Limited. Its head office is in Solihull. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorises it under firm reference number 313153 as a consumer credit firm. It also appears on the FCA register as an authorised payment institution. It is wholly owned by Alpha Credit S.A. of Belgium, part of the BNP Paribas group, and forms part of BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK. Its sister company Creation Consumer Finance Limited also trades as Creation. The firm administers credit card and store card accounts for UK consumers, including cards run for retail partners. It closed its own-brand Creation Credit Card on 1 December 2025.

Register status

Licensed in the United Kingdom

Authorised Payment Institution · FCA

Prudential licence

[1 licence or registration ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#licences)

BIC **BNPAGB3SXXX** LEI **[529900TWF4TMWZ4JU335](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/529900TWF4TMWZ4JU335)** [Licence no. **313153**](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#licences) Connected to Swift [In a G-SIB group · BNP Paribas](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#group) Head-office BIC only [Group: BNP Paribas](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/R0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#claim)

## Licences and registrations

Held by Creation Financial Services Limited (LEI 529900TWF4TMWZ4JU335). 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 & RAISPs](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/fca-psd) FCA Linked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 313153 | [United Kingdom](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb) | Active | 2018-05-21 | — | - Payment services | [Search the register ↗](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/) |

Trading names on the register: OMODA JAECOO EUROPE FINANCE (FCA-PSD), BNP Paribas Personal Finance (FCA-PSD)

-   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.

## Regulatory status

### FSB · global systemically important banks

2025 list

- **G-SIB:** BNP Paribas
- **Relation:** In a G-SIB groupGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
- **Bucket:** 2 of 5 · extra capital buffer 1.5% of risk-weighted assets
- **On the list since:** 2011

## Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

- **BIC:** BNPAGB3SXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **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:** 2023-10-21
- **Last updated:** 2024-05-25

## Overview

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#overview-sources)

Customers

Not published

Employees

845

headcount · This entity · 31 Dec 2024 · [company statement ↗](https://s3.creation.co.uk/public/documents/cfs-s172-statement-2024.pdf)

Ownership

Group subsidiary

100% Alpha Credit S.A.

Firm type

Lending or buy now, pay later

Trades as Creation

- **Standing:** The firm closed its own-brand Creation Credit Card to all customers on 1 December 2025. Existing cardholders must still repay their outstanding balances. Companies House lists the company as active.
- **Ownership:** Alpha Credit S.A. of Belgium owns 100% of the firm, and BNP Paribas SA is the ultimate parent.
- **Direct parent:** Alpha Credit S.A., Belgium 100%
- **Ultimate owner:** BNP Paribas, France
- **Head office:** Air, 35 Homer Road, B91 3QJ Solihull, United Kingdom
- **Company register:** Companies House 01091883
- **Incorporated:** 23 Jan 1973
- **Former names:** SEARS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED · SELFRIDGES FINANCE LIMITED

### Online

- **Websites & references:** [creation.co.uk ↗](https://www.creation.co.uk/) [bnpparibas-pf.co.uk ↗](https://www.bnpparibas-pf.co.uk/) Corporate site of BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK (group level), linked from the creation.co.uk footer [Wikipedia ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNP_Paribas_Personal_Finance_UK) group article
- **Official social accounts:** None found
- **Apps:** [App Store ↗](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/creation-credit-card/id1485284478) · [Google Play ↗](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.isaac.bnpparibas_cards.creation&pli=1) · [App Store ↗](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/creation-finance/id6444340959) · [Google Play ↗](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.bnpparibaspf.strategicoam&hl=en)

Sources · 13 pages consulted

1.  [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883)
2.  [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)
3.  [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/persons-with-significant-control](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/persons-with-significant-control)
4.  [register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000MfRA4AAN](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000MfRA4AAN)
5.  [creation.co.uk/](https://www.creation.co.uk/)
6.  [creation.co.uk/about-us/our-companies/creation-financial-services-ltd](https://www.creation.co.uk/about-us/our-companies/creation-financial-services-ltd)
7.  [creation.co.uk/about-us/legal-information](https://www.creation.co.uk/about-us/legal-information)
8.  [creation.co.uk/credit-cards/](https://www.creation.co.uk/credit-cards/)
9.  [creation.co.uk/credit-cards/closure/](https://www.creation.co.uk/credit-cards/closure/)
10.  [s3.creation.co.uk/public/documents/cfs-s172-statement-2024.pdf](https://s3.creation.co.uk/public/documents/cfs-s172-statement-2024.pdf)
11.  [bnpparibas-pf.co.uk/news/introducing-our-new-chief-commercial-officer](https://www.bnpparibas-pf.co.uk/news/introducing-our-new-chief-commercial-officer)
12.  [finance-connect.com/bnp-paribas-personal-finance-opens-new-headquarters-in-solihull/](https://finance-connect.com/bnp-paribas-personal-finance-opens-new-headquarters-in-solihull/)
13.  [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNP\_Paribas\_Personal\_Finance\_UK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNP_Paribas_Personal_Finance_UK)

## Authorisation

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#overview-sources)

- **Operates under:** Its own licences

The FCA authorises the firm under firm reference number 313153 for consumer credit activities and insurance distribution. The FCA register also lists it as an authorised payment institution.

| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised firm (consumer credit and insurance distribution) | 313153 | In its own name | Active | [register.fca.org.uk ↗](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000MfRA4AAN) |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 313153 | In its own name | Active | [register.fca.org.uk ↗](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000MfRA4AAN) |

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](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#overview-sources)

-   Lending

The firm administers credit card and store card accounts for UK consumers, including cards it runs for retail partners and branded card programmes. It closed its own-brand Creation Credit Card on 1 December 2025.

The firm serves consumers in the United Kingdom under its FCA authorisation.

- **Sells to:** Consumers · Enterprises
- **Serves customers in:** United Kingdom

## Leadership

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#overview-sources)

- **Chief executive:** Stephen Andrew Robert Hunt Director; Chief Executive Officer, BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)
- **Executive:** Lakshmi Krishna Moorthy Director Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)
- **Executive:** Ethel Paraud Director Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)
- **Executive:** Anais Raynaud Director Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)
- **Executive:** Michael Stefan Redferne Director Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)
- **Executive:** Gaetan Benoit Vercruysse Director Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)

## Recent events

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#overview-sources)

1.  May 2026

    Leadership

    The firm appointed Gaetan Benoit Vercruysse as a director on 2 May 2026.

    [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)

2.  Dec 2025

    Other

    The firm closed its Creation Credit Card to all customers on 1 December 2025 under Clause 14 of the credit agreement.

    [creation.co.uk ↗](https://www.creation.co.uk/credit-cards/closure/)

3.  Jan 2025

    Other

    BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK moved its Solihull headquarters to the AIR building on Homer Road.

    [finance-connect.com ↗](https://finance-connect.com/bnp-paribas-personal-finance-opens-new-headquarters-in-solihull/)

4.  Oct 2023

    Leadership

    The firm appointed Anais Raynaud as a director on 25 October 2023.

    [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)

5.  Jun 2023

    Leadership

    The firm appointed Michael Stefan Redferne as a director on 30 June 2023, after Jean Pierre Charles resigned on 31 May 2023.

    [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/officers)

6.  Mar 2023

    Other

    Alpha Credit S.A. replaced BNP Paribas Personal Finance S.A. as the firm's person with significant control on 31 March 2023.

    [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01091883/persons-with-significant-control)

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:** BNPAGB3SXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. BNPA Bank 2. GB Country · United Kingdom 3. 3S Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** 529900TWF4TMWZ4JU335
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/529900TWF4TMWZ4JU335)
- **Licence no. · FCA-PSD:** 313153
- **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:** 7b411d49dfca

## Profile

- **Type:** Payments & e-money
- **Regulation:** Prudential licence
- **Register licences:** [1 entry on 1 register](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#licences)
- **Activities:** - Payment services
- **Licensed in:** [United Kingdom](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb)
- **Website (register):** [www.creation.co.uk ↗](https://www.creation.co.uk/)
- **Country · region:** United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- **FSB G-SIB list:** [In a G-SIB group · BNP Paribas](https://elucidate.co/directory/creation-financial-services-limited-bnpagb3s#regulatory) list of 2025
- **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

- **Direct parent:** [BNP Paribas](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-bnpafrpp) · France[R0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/R0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83)
- **FSB G-SIB list:** [In a G-SIB group · BNP Paribas](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/R0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83) bucket 2 · 2025 list GLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.

The BNP Paribas group has 140 institutions in the directory, in 63 countries: 136 hold a BIC and 4 do not.

Including [BNP Paribas](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-bnpafrpp), [Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SPA](https://elucidate.co/directory/banca-nazionale-del-lavoro-spa-bnliitrr), [BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-fortis-sa-nv-gebabebb), [BNP Paribas](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-bnpaus3n), [BNP Paribas Financial Markets](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-financial-markets-bnabfrpp).

[See the BNP Paribas group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/R0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83)

Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.

## Addresses

- **Registered address:** CHADWICK HOUSE BLENHEIM COURT SOLIHULL B91 2AA UNITED KINGDOM
- **Operational address:** CHADWICK HOUSE, BLENHEIM COURT SOLIHULL SOLIHULL B91 2AA 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

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>BNPAGB3SXXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>529900TWF4TMWZ4JU335</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

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>BNPAGB3SXXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>529900TWF4TMWZ4JU335</LEI>
  <Nm>CREATION FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>SOLIHULL</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>GB</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>CHADWICK HOUSE BLENHEIM COURT SOLIHULL B91 2AA</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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