United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Kantox Limited
Legal name in the LEI recordKANTOX LTD
Kantox Ltd is a private limited company registered in England and Wales, with its head office in London. The FCA authorises it as an authorised payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (FRN 580343). It has been part of the BNP Paribas group since BNP Paribas completed its acquisition of Kantox in July 2023. The firm owns Kantox Ltd through Kantox Holding, Ltd. It provides currency management automation software to corporate clients, together with FX execution, hedging, payments and collections. A sister company in Barcelona, Kantox European Union, S.L., holds its own Bank of Spain authorisation.
Licences and registrations
Held by Kantox LTD (LEI 213800G2682LV7UAU667). 4 entries on 3 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
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| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 580343 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-04-06 | — |
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| HMRC MLR Supervised Business RegisterHMRCLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Money Service BusinessMoney Transmitter / Remittance | XSML00000191579 | United Kingdom | Active | 2024-05-13 | — |
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| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Small Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 556978 | United Kingdom | Cancelled - Small PI | — | Ended 2012-12-21 |
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| Money Services Business RegistryFINTRACLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | MSB (foreign indicator not selected)Money Transmitter / Remittance | M14591832 | Canada | Ceased | 2014-02-05 | Ended 2019-12-05 |
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Licences and registrations listed here were granted in Canada. This BIC is registered in the United Kingdom.
- 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
- KANTGB2LXXX 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 KANTGB2L directly.
- 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
- 2013-10-05
- Last updated
- 2026-01-24
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Kantox Holding, Ltd
Firm type
FX and business payments
Trades as Kantox
- Ownership
- Kantox Holding, Ltd (Companies House 13648526) holds 75% or more of the shares and voting rights. Kantox has been a BNP Paribas group company since July 2023.
- Direct parent
- Kantox Holding, Ltd, United Kingdom
- Ultimate owner
- BNP Paribas SA, France
- Head office
- 10 Harewood Avenue, NW1 6AA London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 07657495
- Incorporated
- 3 Jun 2011
- Founders
- Philippe Gelis · Antonio Rami · John Carbajal
Online
- Websites & references
- kantox.com ↗
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000NMa1sAAD
- beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07657495
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07657495/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07657495/persons-with-significant-control
- kantox.com/kantox-regulatory-environment
- kantox.com/about-kantox
- kantox.com/legal-notice
- kantox.com/kantox-for-ceos
- kantox.com/privacy-policy
- kantox.com/blog/kantox-appoints-mathieu-lacour-as-new-chief-executive-officer
- group.bnpparibas/en/press-release/bnp-paribas-receives-approvals-and-completes-the-acquisition-of-kantox
- group.bnpparibas/en/press-release/bnp-paribas-signed-an-agreement-for-the-acquisition-of-kantox
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantox
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 (FRN 580343). Kantox states that its activity falls within the payment instrument exclusion from MiFID II and that it is subject to EMIR for OTC derivatives.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 580343 | In its own name | Active | register.fca.org.uk ↗ |
| HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) United Kingdom | Money Service Business (Money Laundering Regulations supervised business register) | XSML00000191579 | In its own name | Active | — |
| Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) United Kingdom | Small Payment Institution (cancelled 21 December 2012) | 556978 | In its own name | Withdrawn or expired | — |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Canada | Money Services Business registration (ceased 5 December 2019) | M14591832 | In its own name | Withdrawn or expired | — |
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 accountsKantox states that it places client funds in segregated safeguarding accounts with its banking partners, in line with the UK Payment Services Regulations 2017. It adds that FSCS protection does not apply.
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
Kantox sells currency management automation software to corporate treasury and finance teams. The software covers FX hedging programmes, dynamic pricing, centralised in-house FX, hedge accounting reports and automated multi-currency payments and collections.
The firm serves clients from London under its UK authorisation. According to Kantox, the brand has clients in 83 countries and serves EEA clients through its Spanish sister company.
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Small businesses
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Mathieu Lacour Chief Executive Officer; director
- Chief financial officer
- Maria Chamorro Chief Financial and Operating Officer
- Compliance / MLRO
- David Minguillon Chief Compliance & Risk Officer
- Founder
- Toni Rami Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer
- Founder
- John Carbajal Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
- Executive
- Mark Holmes Contact named on the FCA register
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
Kantox appointed Mathieu Lacour as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding founder Philippe Gelis. Lacour had been Deputy CEO since September 2024.
kantox.com ↗ -
Leadership
Mathieu Lacour was appointed a director of Kantox Ltd, according to Companies House.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
Co-founder Philippe Gelis resigned as a director of Kantox Ltd, according to Companies House.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
Mathieu Lacour, formerly of BNP Paribas Global Markets in Asia, joined Kantox as Deputy CEO.
kantox.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
BNP Paribas completed its acquisition of Kantox after receiving all regulatory approvals. It had signed the agreement in October 2022.
group.bnpparibas ↗
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
- KANTGB2LXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- KANTBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 2LLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 213800G2682LV7UAU667
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 580343
- Licence no. · HMRC-MLR
- XSML00000191579
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 556978
- Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB
- M14591832
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entries: Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives.Register entry: Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- Register-entry IDs
- dd32e646aaa7 · 8a3a141a33fd
- Companies House no.
- 07657495 ↗
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-money · Money service businessPayment 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
- 4 entries on 3 registers
- Activities
- Payment services
- Money remittance
- Currency exchange
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- www.kantox.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.
Persons with significant control
Companies House · company 07657495 ↗ · as at 9 October 2026
Companies House lists 1 person with significant control for Kantox Ltd: 1 company.
| Name | Type | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantox Holding, Ltd ↗ | Company · UK | 75–100% of shares · 75–100% of votes · Can appoint or remove directors | 9 March 2022 |
| Bnp Paribas Sa | Company · France · through Kantox Holding, Ltd | 75–100% of shares · 75–100% of votes · Can appoint or remove directors | 12 July 2023 |
Companies report persons with significant control to Companies House. Elucidate has not verified them.
A person with significant control holds more than 25% of the shares or votes, can appoint or remove the board, or has significant influence or control. Dates of birth and addresses are not shown.
Matched on the Companies House number that the FCA register gives for this firm.
See the register at Companies House ↗Addresses
- Registered address
- 10 HAREWOOD AVENUE FLOOR 5 LONDON NW1 6AA UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 10 HAREWOOD AVENUE LONDON LONDON NW1 6AA UNITED KINGDOM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
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- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
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<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>KANTGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800G2682LV7UAU667</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>KANTGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800G2682LV7UAU667</LEI>
<Nm>KANTOX LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>10 HAREWOOD AVENUE FLOOR 5 LONDON NW1 6AA</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
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- HMRC MLR Supervised Business Register—HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) · register ↗ as at 24 September 2026
- Money Services Business Registry—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Persons with significant control—Companies House · source ↗ as at 9 October 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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