United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Ecommpay Limited
Ecommpay Limited is a private limited company based in London. The FCA authorises it as an authorised payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, firm reference number 607597. Ecommpay Holding Limited of Cyprus owns all of its shares, and its founder Aleksejs Sjarki is recorded as its person with significant control. It sells card acquiring, a payment gateway, alternative payment methods and payouts to online merchants, and it is a principal member of Visa and Mastercard.
Licences and registrations
Held by Ecommpay Limited (LEI 21380072F2364UCFZR33). 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 & RAISPsFCA | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 607597 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-04-30 | — |
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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
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Ecommpay Holding Limited
Firm type
Merchant acquiring and processing
Trades as Ecommpay
- Ownership
- Ecommpay Holding Limited of Cyprus owns 100% of the firm, and Companies House records Aleksejs Sjarki as holding 75% or more of the shares as person with significant control.
- Direct parent
- Ecommpay Holding Limited, Cyprus 100%
- Major shareholder
- Aleksejs Sjarki (person with significant control, ownership of shares 75% or more)
- Head office
- 5th Floor, Churchill House, 142-146 Old Street, EC1V 9BW London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 08580802
- Incorporated
- 24 Jun 2013
- Founder
- Aleksejs Sjarki
Online
- Websites & references
- ecommpay.com ↗
developers.ecommpay.com ↗ developer documentation
dashboard.ecommpay.com ↗ merchant dashboard login - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- ecommpay.com/compliance/regulatory-notice/
- ecommpay.com/compliance/safeguarding-of-funds/
- ecommpay.com/about-us/
- ecommpay.com/compliance/
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08580802/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08580802/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08580802/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08580802/filing-history/MzUyOTAwMzc3N2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=xhtml&download=1
- newsbywire.com/ecommpay-reveals-customer-tolerance-for-payments-friction-has-hit-zero/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as an authorised payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, firm reference number 607597. It has a branch in Riga, Latvia, which it says handles back-office and technical services.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 607597 | 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 accountsThe firm says it keeps merchant funds in designated safeguarding accounts at approved banks, may invest part of them in secure liquid assets held by an FCA-authorised custodian, and also holds a PSD Bond insurance policy brokered by Howden Insurance Brokers Limited.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Visa Direct ecommpay.com ↗
Mastercard Direct ecommpay.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 acquires card payments directly as a Visa and Mastercard principal member and gives online merchants access to alternative payment methods, open banking, Direct Debit and payouts through one gateway. Its 2025 annual report lists its main sectors as travel, financial services, digital goods, mobility and retail.
It mainly serves UK merchants under its FCA authorisation. According to its 2025 annual report, it now refers EU merchants to ECOMMBX LTD, a Cyprus electronic money institution under common control, and earns referral commissions from them.
- Revenue
- EUR 15.6m
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Small businesses · Financial institutions
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chair & chief executive
- Aleksejs (Aleex) Sjarki Group CEO / Group Chair
- Chair
- Willem Wellinghoff Chief Compliance Officer, UK Chair
- Chief financial officer
- Davlatdzons Huskadamovs Group Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Arturs Gocs Group Chief Operating Officer; director
- Executive
- Paul Anthony Marcantonio Non-Executive Director
- Executive
- Miranda McLean Chief Marketing Officer; director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
Moshe Winegarten resigned as a director on 29 September 2025, and Miranda McLean was appointed a director on 30 September 2025.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
Paul Marcantonio resigned as UK Managing Director on 7 November 2024 and was reappointed as a non-executive director on 8 November 2024.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
Founder Aleksejs Sjarki resigned as a director of the firm on 10 October 2024. He remains Group CEO and Group Chair.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Willem Wellinghoff and Arturs Gocs as directors on 11 September 2023.
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
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 607597
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives
- Elucidate firm ID
- 84592f518a77
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.
- Main licence class
- Payment Institution
- Activities
- Payment services
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2018-04-30
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
- Address on the register
- 5th Floor, Churchill House, 142-146 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BW
- Country
- United Kingdom
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 two address lines
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>21380072F2364UCFZR33</LEI>
<Nm>Ecommpay Limited</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>EC1V 9BW</PstCd>
<TwnNm>London</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>5th Floor, Churchill House</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>142-146 Old Street</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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- FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
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