Belgium · Payments & e-money
Ibanfirst S.A.
Legal name in the LEI recordIBANFIRST
iBanFirst SA is a Belgian public limited company (société anonyme) with its head office in Brussels. The National Bank of Belgium authorises it as a payment institution, and its EBA register entry also covers payment initiation and account information services. Marlin Equity Partners became the largest shareholder of the iBanFirst group in May 2021, and founder Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier became the second-largest. The firm offers businesses multi-currency accounts, cross-border payments, spot FX and deliverable forward payment contracts. It was founded in 2013 as FX4BIZ and renamed iBanFirst in 2016.
Licences and registrations
Held by Ibanfirst (LEI 549300CGF6CED54T4Y96). 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 RegisterNational Bank of BelgiumLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 0849872824 | Belgium | Active | 2013-05-22 | — |
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- 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.
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Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- FXBBBEBBXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under FXBBBEBB directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · SDD B2B · VOP · TIPS
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2014-01-11
- Last updated
- 2023-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Privately held
Firm type
FX and business payments
Trades as iBanFirst
- Ownership
- Marlin Equity Partners became the largest shareholder of the iBanFirst group in May 2021, and founder Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier became the second-largest shareholder alongside Elaia, Bpifrance and Xavier Niel.
- Head office
- Avenue Louise 489, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Company register
- Belgian Crossroads Bank for Enterprises 0849.872.824
- Founder
- Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier
- Former name
- FX4BIZ SA
Online
- Websites & references
- ibanfirst.com ↗
fr.ibanfirst.com ↗ French-language country site (France and Belgium)
nl.ibanfirst.com ↗ Dutch-language country site (Netherlands and Belgium)
docs.ibanfirst.com ↗ API documentation
support.ibanfirst.com ↗ help centre
blog.ibanfirst.com ↗ blog
info.ibanfirst.com ↗ press releases and marketing pages
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q46931324 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 15 pages consulted
- ibanfirst.com/
- ibanfirst.com/legal
- ibanfirst.com/about-us
- ibanfirst.com/platform/security
- ibanfirst.com/platform/accounts-and-setup
- ibanfirst.com/complaints
- support.ibanfirst.com/en/articles/249330-account-segregation-explained
- info.ibanfirst.com/en-gb/ibanfirst-group-company-overview-key-financial-figures
- info.ibanfirst.com/ibanfirst-reaches-profitability
- info.ibanfirst.com/ibanfirst-teams-up-with-global-investment-firm-marlin-equity-partners-to-finance-organic-
- marlinequity.com/news/marlin-signs-definitive-agreement-to-complete-growth-equity-investment-in-ibanfirst/
- info.ibanfirst.com/ibanfirst-strengthens-its-governance-and-announces-two-new-appointments
- fintechfutures.com/regulations-compliance/ibanfirst-secures-emi-licence-from-fca-with-plans-to-scale-uk-oper
- fintechfutures.com/job-cuts-new-hires/ibanfirst-appoints-deputy-ceo-and-new-ned
- blog.ibanfirst.com/en/safeguarding-client-funds
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The National Bank of Belgium authorises the firm as a payment institution under PSD2, including payment initiation and account information services. The firm states that this authorisation lets it operate throughout the European Union.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Bank of Belgium Belgium | Payment institution (payment services, payment initiation, account information) | 0849.872.824 | In its own name | Active | ibanfirst.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 holds client funds apart from its own funds, in segregated accounts at several EU banking partners that it does not name.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Swift Direct info.ibanfirst.com ↗
SEPA Access not stated info.ibanfirst.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 businesses accounts in 25 currencies, cross-border payments with tracking, spot FX and deliverable forward payment contracts. The firm states these contracts fall outside MiFID and EMIR.
It serves business customers in the EU under its Belgian licence, with offices in ten EU countries. UK customers are served by the sister company iBanFirst Limited.
- Revenue
- EUR 65m
- Payment volume
- GBP 22bnamount processed annually, as stated by the group
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Enterprises
- Serves customers in 10 countries
- Belgium · France · Germany · Netherlands · Italy · Spain · Romania · Bulgaria · Hungary · Luxembourg
- Latest funding round
- Growth equity investment May 2021Led by Marlin Equity Partners
- Total raised
- EUR 46m to May 2021 · info.ibanfirst.com ↗
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier CEO & Founder
- Chief financial officer
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Arnaud De La Porte
Deputy CEO & Chief Financial Officer
- Compliance / MLRO
-
Geoffrey Lepage
Chief Compliance Officer
- Executive
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Sonia Azzouzi Boudier
Deputy CEO
- Executive
-
Julien Molez
Chief Operations Officer
- Executive
- Chi Fai Fung Chief Risk Officer
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The firm promoted Sonia Azzouzi Boudier to Deputy CEO and appointed Aurore Gaspar Colson as a non-executive director.
info.ibanfirst.com ↗ -
Licence
The group announced that sister company iBanFirst Limited had received authorisation from the FCA as an electronic money institution.
fintechfutures.com ↗
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
- FXBBBEBBXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- FXBBBank
- BECountry · Belgium
- BBLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300CGF6CED54T4Y96
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- 0849872824
- 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 to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- Register-entry ID
- 56437dd0cdc6
- National bank code
- Bank identification code 914
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
- Payment initiation
- Account information
- Licensed in
- Belgium
- Country · region
- Belgium · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- 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
- Founded
- 2016
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
- AVENUE LOUISE 350 BRUSSELS 1050 BELGIUM
- Operational address
- AVENUE LOUISE 350 BRUSSELS 1050 BRUSSELS BELGIUM
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>FXBBBEBBXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300CGF6CED54T4Y96</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>FXBBBEBBXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300CGF6CED54T4Y96</LEI>
<Nm>IBANFIRST S.A.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BRUSSELS</TwnNm>
<Ctry>BE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>AVENUE LOUISE 350 BRUSSELS 1050</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.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2014-11-03 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2025-07-03 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2014-11-03 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-BusinessISO 20022 messages | 2014-11-03 | Head office | — |
| Verification of Payee | 2025-07-19 | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. TIPS entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant. The ECB’s TIPS list does not separate participants from reachable parties. It includes institutions reachable in Swedish kronor as well as in euro.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
National bank codes
Bank identification code · Belgium
1 code file of 2026-09-01
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file |
|---|---|---|
| 914 | FXBBBEBB | Ibanfirst |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
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Sources & method
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Register entries are not screened against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- National bank codes—Belgium (Source: National Bank of Belgium).
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · 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.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: ibanfirst.com (official website) · original; Arnaud De La Porte: ibanfirst.com (official website) · original; Geoffrey Lepage: ibanfirst.com (official website) · original; Sonia Azzouzi Boudier: ibanfirst.com (official website) · original; Julien Molez: ibanfirst.com (official website) · original.
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