United States · Money service business
Olympia Currency and Global Payments Inc.
Olympia Currency and Global Payments Inc. is a company based in Calgary, Alberta. FINTRAC registers it as a money services business (M23946377), and FinCEN lists it as a money services business. Shift Connect Ltd. acquired it from Olympia Financial Group Inc. in April 2026. It offers currency exchange and cross-border payments to individuals and to small and mid-sized businesses in Canada. It took over this business from a division of Olympia Trust Company on 1 January 2024.
Licences and registrations
Held by Olympia Currency and Global Payments Inc. (LEI 984500S5A4CF95A5AE04). 2 entries on 2 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSB Registrant SearchFinCEN | —Money Transmitter / Remittance | Not published by the register | United States | Active | 2025-11-07 | — |
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| Money Services Business RegistryFINTRAC | MSBMoney Transmitter / Remittance | M23946377 | Canada | Active | 2023-02-02 | Renews 2027-10-08 |
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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.
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
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Shift Connect Ltd.
Firm type
FX and business payments
Trades as Olympia Currency & Global Payments
- Standing · Merged or acquired
- Olympia Financial Group Inc. sold the firm to Shift Connect Ltd. The sale closed on 15 April 2026. On 29 September 2026 the firm's website olympiacgp.com redirected to Shift Connect's website.
- Ownership
- Shift Connect Ltd. acquired the firm from Olympia Financial Group Inc. in a sale that closed on 15 April 2026.
- Direct parent
- Shift Connect Ltd., Canada
- Head office
- 4000, 520 - 3 Avenue SW, T2P 0R3 Calgary, Canada
Online
- Websites & references
- olympiacgp.com ↗
- Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 8 pages consulted
- newsfilecorp.com/release/292806/Olympia-Financial-Group-Inc.-Announces-Closing-of-Previously-Announced-Sal
- newsfilecorp.com/release/289648/Olympia-Financial-Group-Inc.-Announces-Sale-of-Olympia-Currency-and-Global
- ir.olympiafinancial.com/news/news-details/2026/Olympia-Financial-Group-Inc--Announces-Sale-of-Olympia-Currency-an
- newswire.ca/news-releases/shift-connect-ltd-acquires-olympia-currency-and-global-payments-elevating-i
- olympia2023ir.q4web.com/news/news-details/2024/Olympia-Financial-Group-Inc.-Announces-Strategic-Reorganization-of
- olympiacgp.com/
- shiftconnect.com
- newsfilecorp.com/release/309431/Olympia-Financial-Group-Inc.-Announces-Second-Quarter-2026-Results
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
FINTRAC registers the firm in its own name as a money services business for money remittance, currency exchange and payment services. It is also registered with FinCEN as a money services business.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Canada | Money services business registration (money remittance, currency exchange, payment services) | M23946377 | In its own name | Active | — |
| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) United States | Money services business registration (money transmitter, currency exchange) | — | In its own name | Active | — |
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.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Olympia Financial Group describes the firm as a "boutique foreign exchange and global payments business" serving individuals and small and mid-sized businesses across Canada.
Its former parent says the firm serves clients across Canada. The January 2024 reorganisation was intended to give it access to the Ontario market alongside Western Canada.
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Consumers · Enterprises
- Serves customers in
- Canada
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Neil McCullah President, Olympia Global Payments
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Merger / acquisition
Olympia Financial Group Inc. completed the sale of the firm to Shift Connect Ltd. on 15 April 2026.
newsfilecorp.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Olympia Financial Group Inc. agreed to sell the firm to Shift Connect Ltd., subject to Bank of Canada approval under the Retail Payment Activities Act.
newsfilecorp.com ↗ -
Other
The firm took over Olympia's currency and global payments business, which Olympia Trust Company had run as a division since 2005.
olympia2023ir.q4web.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
- Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB
- M23946377
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- 28e8c42c9b60
- Merged register entry
- daded100f6c1 · FINTRAC-MSB
Profile
- Type
- Money service businessRemittance, currency exchange, cheque cashing and money orders. Usually registered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor rather than licensed prudentially. Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- AML registration onlyRegistered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor (FinCEN, FINTRAC, HMRC, AUSTRAC, Hong Kong Customs…) without a prudential licence.
- Main licence class
- Money Transmitter / Remittance
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Currency exchange
- Licensed in
- United States · North America
- Head office
- Canada
- First registered
- 2025-11-07
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
- Direct parent
- Olympia Financial Group Inc. · Canada254900XMT2DOH6ID7393 ↗
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- 520 3 AVE SW #4000, Calgary, T2P0R3
- Country
- Canada
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 one address line
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>984500S5A4CF95A5AE04</LEI>
<Nm>Olympia Currency and Global Payments Inc.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>T2P0R3</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Calgary</TwnNm>
<Ctry>CA</Ctry>
<AdrLine>520 3 AVE SW #4000</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
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.
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Read the methodology →Registers for this page
- MSB Registrant Search—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) · source ↗ as at 24 September 2026
- Money Services Business Registry—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- 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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