--- title: "Currencies Direct Spain, Ede, S.l. · Electronic money institution (Bank of Spain) · Spain | Elucidate" description: "Currencies Direct Spain, Ede, S.l. is authorised by Bank of Spain as an electronic money institution in Spain. Licence 6716. Register status, licences, activities and ownership." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/currencies-direct-spain-ede-s-l-5e7cfd0ff812 --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Spain](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/es) 3. Currencies Direct Spain, Ede, S.l. Spain · Payments & e-money # Currencies Direct Spain, Ede, S.l. Trading as CURRENCIES DIRECT SPAIN Currencies Direct Spain, E.D.E., S.L. is a Spanish limited company with its head office in Mojácar, Almería. The Bank of Spain authorises it as an electronic money institution under registration number 6716. It provides the EU services of the Currencies Direct brand and has a Portuguese branch, which Banco de Portugal lists under licence number 7972. It belongs to the Redpin group, which Palamon Capital Partners and Corsair jointly control, and it also operates the Redpin, Redpin Payments and PropertyPay trading names. Register status Licensed in Spain Electronic money institution · Bank of Spain Prudential licence [1 licence or registration ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/currencies-direct-spain-ede-s-l-5e7cfd0ff812#licences) BIC **No BIC** LEI **No LEI mapped** [Licence no. **6716**](https://elucidate.co/directory/currencies-direct-spain-ede-s-l-5e7cfd0ff812#licences) ## Licences and registrations Held by Currencies Direct Spain, Ede, S.l.. 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026. | Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [EBA PSD2 Register](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/eba-psd2) Bank of Spain | Electronic money institutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | 6716 | [Spain](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/es) | Active | 2019-10-24 | — | - Payment services - E-money / stored value | [Search the register ↗](https://euclid.eba.europa.eu/register/pir/search) | Trading names on the register: CURRENCIES DIRECT SPAIN (EBA-PSD2) - 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. No LEI is matched to this entry, and BICs are linked by LEI only. ## Overview Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/currencies-direct-spain-ede-s-l-5e7cfd0ff812#overview-sources) Customers 500,000 customers · Group · 18 Aug 2026 · [company statement ↗](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es/company) Employees 750 headcount · Group · 18 Aug 2026 · [company statement ↗](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es/company) Ownership Group subsidiary Firm type FX and business payments Trades as Currencies Direct - **Ownership:** The firm belongs to the Redpin group, whose holding company Redpin Holdings Limited is jointly controlled by Palamon Capital Partners and Corsair, with Blackstone Tactical Opportunities as a strategic investor. - **Ultimate owner:** Redpin Holdings Limited, United Kingdom - **Head office:** Avenida del Mediterráneo, 341, Local 3, 04638 Mojácar, Spain - **Company register:** Registro Mercantil de Almería, sheet AL-50299 (NIF B04897930) ### Online - **Websites & references:** [currenciesdirect.com ↗](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es) [redpincompany.com ↗](https://www.redpincompany.com/payments) Redpin Payments site (services in Spain and the EU provided by this entity) [help.currenciesdirect.com ↗](https://help.currenciesdirect.com/en) help centre [developer.currenciesdirect.com ↗](https://developer.currenciesdirect.com/api/build/#why-use-the-api) developer API documentation (group) - **Official social accounts:** [LinkedIn ↗](https://www.linkedin.com/company/currencies-direct) · [X ↗](https://x.com/currenciesd) · [Facebook ↗](https://www.facebook.com/currenciesdirect) · [YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/@currenciesdirect8440) - **Apps:** [App Store ↗](https://app.currenciesdirect.com/ios) · [Google Play ↗](https://app.currenciesdirect.com/android) Sources · 12 pages consulted 1. [currenciesdirect.com/en-es/regulatory-information](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es/regulatory-information) 2. [currenciesdirect.com/en-es](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es) 3. [currenciesdirect.com/en-es/security-of-funds](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es/security-of-funds) 4. [currenciesdirect.com/en-es/company](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es/company) 5. [assets.eu.ctfassets.net/hpvrsuzb1rf1/UwbqjrV9sflqDrUYB0UZX/672769f76831cb1fc26f8e2ce597dfec/currencies\_direct-cdl](https://assets.eu.ctfassets.net/hpvrsuzb1rf1/UwbqjrV9sflqDrUYB0UZX/672769f76831cb1fc26f8e2ce597dfec/currencies_direct-cdleu-bs2b-en.pdf.pdf) 6. [currenciesdirect.com/en-gb/partner-terms-and-conditions-eu](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-gb/partner-terms-and-conditions-eu) 7. [redpincompany.com/payments](https://www.redpincompany.com/payments) 8. [redpincompany.com/media/redpin-launch-payments-platform-spain-international-home-buying-market](https://www.redpincompany.com/media/redpin-launch-payments-platform-spain-international-home-buying-market) 9. [redpincompany.com/media/redpin-launches-following-140m-backing-from-blackstone](https://www.redpincompany.com/media/redpin-launches-following-140m-backing-from-blackstone) 10. [palamon.com/news/currencies-direct-relaunches-as-redpin](https://www.palamon.com/news/currencies-direct-relaunches-as-redpin) 11. [blackstone.com/news/press/currencies-direct-announces-140-million-strategic-investment-from-blackstone/](https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/currencies-direct-announces-140-million-strategic-investment-from-blackstone/) 12. [lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/98450087EEB1B6A5YI25](https://lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/98450087EEB1B6A5YI25) ## Authorisation Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/currencies-direct-spain-ede-s-l-5e7cfd0ff812#overview-sources) - **Operates under:** Its own licences The Bank of Spain authorises the firm as an electronic money institution under Law 21/2011 and Royal Decree 778/2012, registration number 6716. The firm states that its Portuguese branch is authorised by Banco de Portugal under licence number 7972. | Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Bank of Spain (Banco de España) Spain | Electronic Money Institution (Entidad de Dinero Electrónico) | 6716 | In its own name | Active | [currenciesdirect.com ↗](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es/regulatory-information) | | Banco de Portugal Portugal | Branch of an EU electronic money institution (Currencies Direct Spain, EDE SL Sucursal em Portugal) | 7972 | In its own name | Active | [currenciesdirect.com ↗](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es/regulatory-information) | 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/currencies-direct-spain-ede-s-l-5e7cfd0ff812#overview-sources) - **Safeguarding:** Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that client funds are held in segregated accounts and moved to safeguarding accounts if still held the day after receipt, and that both are designated as client accounts. [currenciesdirect.com ↗](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es/security-of-funds) - **Card issuer:** Transact Payments Malta Limited Malta [currenciesdirect.com ↗](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es) - **Payment schemes and card networks:** Mastercard Through a partner [currenciesdirect.com ↗](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es) 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/currencies-direct-spain-ede-s-l-5e7cfd0ff812#overview-sources) - International money transfer - FX conversion - Multi currency accounts - FX hedging - Debit cards - Payouts and mass payments It offers currency transfers, digital currency wallets, forward contracts and a multi-currency Mastercard debit card to private clients and businesses, with a focus on property purchases and sales in Spain, and runs the Redpin Payments platform for property professionals. It provides the Currencies Direct group's EU services from Spain, has a branch in Portugal and more than 20 branches across Spain, and serves Brazil in collaboration with Banco BS2. - **Payment volume:** EUR 11bncurrency traded in the last year, as the Currencies Direct brand states it Group · 18 Aug 2026 · [company statement ↗](https://www.currenciesdirect.com/en-es/company) - **Sells to:** Consumers · Small businesses · Other - **Serves customers in 3 countries:** Spain · Portugal · Brazil - **Latest funding round:** Strategic investment (group level) · GBP 140m Mar 2022 Led by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities [blackstone.com ↗](https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/currencies-direct-announces-140-million-strategic-investment-from-blackstone/) ## Recent events Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/currencies-direct-spain-ede-s-l-5e7cfd0ff812#overview-sources) 1. Jul 2025 Other The Redpin group launched Redpin Payments in Spain, a property payments platform whose services in Spain are provided by the firm. [redpincompany.com ↗](https://www.redpincompany.com/media/redpin-launch-payments-platform-spain-international-home-buying-market) 2. Nov 2023 Leadership The group relaunched as Redpin and appointed Arnaud Loiseau as group chief executive, with Currencies Direct continuing as a brand. [redpincompany.com ↗](https://www.redpincompany.com/media/redpin-launches-following-140m-backing-from-blackstone) 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. · EBA-PSD2:** 6716 - **BIC:** Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory - **LEI:** No LEI mapped - **Elucidate firm ID:** 5e7cfd0ff812 ## Profile - **Type:** Payments & e-money - **Regulation:** Prudential licence - **Main licence class:** E-Money / Stored Value Institution - **Activities:** - Payment services - E-money / stored value - **Licensed in:** [Spain](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/es) · Europe & Central Asia - **First registered:** 2019-10-24 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 No LEI is matched to this entry, so GLEIF relationship records cannot be linked. ## Addresses - **Address on the register:** AVENIDA DEL MEDITERRÁNEO 341, MOJÁCAR, 04638 - **Country:** Spain ## 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. No LEI or clearing code is mapped in the directory - **Postal address:** Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in one address line ```xml CURRENCIES DIRECT SPAIN, EDE, S.L. 04638 MOJÁCAR ES AVENIDA DEL MEDITERRÁNEO 341 ``` - CBPR+ does not accept the character Á in names and addresses. Transliterate before sending. 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. ## Related institutions ### Other payments & e-money institutions in Spain - [Sheffield Ventures, S.l. 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No BIC Payments & e-money Prudential licence Spain · Licensed by Bank of Spain · 8620 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 549300ORPMRMXB2JO334](https://elucidate.co/directory/abanca-servicios-financieros-e-f-c-s-a-b5a87a51f763) [See all →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?type=payments&cc=ES) [Other entries on EBA-PSD2 →](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/eba-psd2) 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. 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