United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Opal Transfer LTD
Opal Transfer Ltd is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales in April 2003 and based in London. The FCA authorises it as an authorised payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, reference 533677. Companies House records its founder and sole director, Gita Petkevica, as holding 75% or more of its shares. It sells money transfers from the United Kingdom to EU and other European countries, mainly to consumers, online, through a mobile app and by telephone.
Licences and registrations
Held by Opal Transfer LTD (LEI 213800D9VGJPQFNUK934). 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 & RAISPsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 533677 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-05-17 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Opal Transfer (FCA-PSD)
- 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
- OPTRGB21XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Passive participant (no connection)This BIC is registered for identification only. The institution has no direct connection to the Swift network. Messages and payments reach it through a correspondent bank. The “1” in the eighth character of OPTRGB21 marks a passive participant.
- 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
- 2018-08-04
- Last updated
- 2018-08-04
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Privately held
Firm type
Money remittance
Trades as Opal Transfer
- Ownership
- Companies House records Gita Petkevica, the founder and director, as a person with significant control holding 75% or more of the shares.
- Major shareholder
- Gita Petkevica 75% · 23 Apr 2026
- Head office
- 1 King William Street, EC4N 7AF London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 04741528
- Incorporated
- 23 Apr 2003
- Founder
- Gita Petkevica
Online
- Websites & references
- opaltransfer.com ↗
online.opaltransfer.com ↗ customer online transfer platform (login and registration) - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Facebook ↗
- Apps
- App Store ↗ · Google Play ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04741528
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04741528/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04741528/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04741528/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04741528/filing-history/MzUwMjE3NzM1MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=xhtml&download=1
- opaltransfer.com/
- opaltransfer.com/en/permits-and-licences
- opaltransfer.com/en/terms-and-conditions
- opaltransfer.com/en/about-us
- opaltransfer.com/en/frequently-asked-questions
- opaltransfer.com/en/contact-us
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, reference 533677. The firm also states that HM Revenue and Customs supervises it as a money service business under the Money Laundering Regulations.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 533677 | In its own name | Active | opaltransfer.com ↗ |
| HM Revenue and Customs United Kingdom | Money Services Business registration under the Money Laundering Regulations | XRML00000109447 | In its own name | Status unconfirmed | opaltransfer.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 accountsAccording to its terms and conditions, the firm keeps customers' funds for transfers not yet executed segregated from its own funds, under the UK Payment Services Regulations 2017.
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 sends money from the United Kingdom to all 27 EU countries and to Norway, Monaco, San Marino and Ukraine, with payment by debit card or bank transfer. According to its website, transfers outside the EU are arranged through its customer service centre.
The firm serves senders in the United Kingdom under its FCA authorisation. Transfers from EU countries to the United Kingdom appear on the shared Opal Transfer website under a separate Lithuanian entity, Opal Transfer EU, UAB.
- Sells to
- Consumers · Small businesses
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Gita Petkevica Director (described by the firm as managing director)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
Inga Poskiene stepped down as a director on 30 September 2023, leaving Gita Petkevica as the sole director.
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
Head-office record
- BIC
- OPTRGB21XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- OPTRBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 21Location · passive
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 213800D9VGJPQFNUK934
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 533677
- 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 on the UK company number the register gives.
- Register-entry ID
- 15313e7df406
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
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- www.opaltransfer.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.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 72 KING WILLIAM STREET FLOOR 2 LONDON EC4N 7HR UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 72 KING WILLIAM STREET FLOOR 2 LONDON LONDON EC4N 7HR
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+
- Debtor agent, creditor agent or an intermediary agent
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>OPTRGB21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800D9VGJPQFNUK934</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>OPTRGB21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800D9VGJPQFNUK934</LEI>
<Nm>OPAL TRANSFER LTD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>72 KING WILLIAM STREET FLOOR 2 LONDON EC4N 7HR</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>This BIC is not connected to Swift. Messages reach the institution through a correspondent bank, so it cannot be the instructing or instructed agent.
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
- 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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