United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Mercury Foreign Exchange Limited
Trading asMercury FX
Mercury Foreign Exchange Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales and based in London. The FCA authorises it as an electronic money institution (FRN 900858). CoinCorner Ltd of the Isle of Man holds about 40% of its ordinary shares, and director Alastair Constance holds about 36%. It offers multi-currency e-money accounts, currency exchange, forward hedging and international payments to individuals and businesses. It also provides e-money accounts through partner platforms such as CoinCorner, which acts as its distributor.
Licences and registrations
Held by Mercury Foreign Exchange Limited (LEI 254900TD2L1VUMO0MW11). 3 entries on 2 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 - E-Money InstitutionsFCA | Authorised E-Money InstitutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | 900858 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-07-13 | — |
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| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCA | Small Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 509783 | United Kingdom | Cancelled - Small PI | — | Ended 2011-10-06 |
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| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCA | Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 531127 | United Kingdom | PSD Revoked PI | — | Ended 2018-07-12 |
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Trading names on the register: Mercury FX (FCA-EMI, FCA-PSD)
- 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.
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
Privately held
Firm type
FX and business payments
Trades as Mercury
- Ownership
- CoinCorner Ltd holds about 40% of the ordinary shares and Alastair Constance about 36%, according to the confirmation statement dated 17 June 2026.
- Major shareholders
- CoinCorner Ltd 40.5% · 17 Jun 2026
Alastair Constance 36.4% · 17 Jun 2026 - Head office
- 5 Approach Road, Raynes Park, SW20 8BA London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 06445887
- Incorporated
- 5 Dec 2007
Online
- Websites & references
- mercury.global ↗
mercury-fx.com ↗ former domain; pages point to mercury.global - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- mercury.global/
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06445887
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06445887/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06445887/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06445887/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06445887/filing-history/MzQ4MTU5Njc0M2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06445887/filing-history/MzU0MjQwNjMxN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- mercury-fx.com/regulation
- mercury-fx.com/about-us/who-we-are
- coincorner.com/terms
- mercury.global/insights
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as an electronic money institution under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (FRN 900858), for issuing e-money and providing payment services. CoinCorner Ltd distributes its e-money under regulation 33 of those Regulations. Its earlier FCA payment institution registrations (509783 and 531127) ended in 2011 and 2018.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Electronic Money Institution | 900858 | In its own name | Active | register.fca.org.uk ↗ |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Payment Institution | 531127 | In its own name | Withdrawn or expired | — |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Small Payment Institution | 509783 | 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 accountsIts distributor CoinCorner states that customer funds are held in one or more segregated accounts and safeguarded under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011. The safeguarding banks are not named.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Faster Payments Through a partner mercury-fx.com ↗
SEPA Instant Credit Transfer Through a partner mercury-fx.com ↗
Swift Through a partner mercury-fx.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 personal and business e-accounts in over 40 currencies, with IBANs in GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, CHF, NOK, SEK and DKK, forward hedging of up to one year and payments to 160 countries.
It serves customers from the UK under its FCA authorisation, and a sister company, Mercury International (Pty) Ltd, operates in South Africa under its own FSCA licence.
- Revenue
- GBP 550,770
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Consumers · Platforms and marketplaces · Enterprises
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
- Latest funding round
- Strategic investment Dec 2024Led by CoinCorner Ltd
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Alastair Constance Director
- Executive
- Matthew Robert Collins Director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Merger / acquisition
The firm acquired 100% of Mercury Tech Labs Limited, the developer of its payments software, which had been under common ownership.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Funding
The FCA approved an investment by CoinCorner in the firm on 5 December 2024, according to the firm's 2024 accounts.
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-EMI
- 900858
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 509783
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 531127
- 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
- e99b47f09833
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
- E-Money / Stored Value Institution
- Activities
- Payment services
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2018-07-13
- Website
- mercury.global ↗
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
- Collingham House, 10 - 12 GLADSTONE RD, London, SW19 1QT
- 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>254900TD2L1VUMO0MW11</LEI>
<Nm>Mercury Foreign Exchange Limited</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>SW19 1QT</PstCd>
<TwnNm>London</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Collingham House</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>10 - 12 GLADSTONE RD</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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Read the methodology →Registers for this page
- FCA Financial Services Register - E-Money Institutions—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · source ↗ 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.
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