United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Payoneer Payment Services (UK) Limited
Payoneer Payment Services (UK) Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales. Since 13 January 2023 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has authorised it as an electronic money institution, under firm reference number 966835. It is wholly owned by Payoneer Holdings UK Inc. of Delaware and belongs to the group headed by Payoneer Global Inc., which is listed on Nasdaq. It provides Payoneer accounts, receiving accounts, international transfers and cards to customers in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar. It took over these customers from Payoneer Europe Limited in 2023.
Licences and registrations
Held by Payoneer Payment Services (UK) Limited (LEI 9845003924D75A7CCD27). 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 - E-Money InstitutionsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised E-Money InstitutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | 966835 | United Kingdom | Active | 2023-01-13 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Payoneer (FCA-EMI)
- 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
- PAAVGB22XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Reverse billingThe institution is connected to Swift. Messages sent to it are billed to the institution, not to the sender. The “2” in the eighth character of PAAVGB22 marks reverse billing.
- 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
- 2023-08-05
- Last updated
- 2023-08-05
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Payoneer Holdings UK Inc.
Firm type
FX and business payments
Trades as Payoneer
- Standing
- The firm's ultimate parent, Payoneer Global Inc., agreed on 12 June 2026 to be acquired by Nuvei. Completion is expected in mid-2027, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.
- Ownership
- Payoneer Holdings UK Inc. of Delaware owns 100% of the firm, and its results are consolidated by Payoneer Global Inc.
- Direct parent
- Payoneer Holdings UK Inc., United States 100%
- Ultimate owner
- Payoneer Global Inc., United States
- Head office
- 5.2 Central House, 1 Ballards Lane, N3 1LQ London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 12029160
- Incorporated
- 3 Jun 2019
- Former name
- PAYONEER GLOBAL SERVICES UK LIMITED
Online
- Websites & references
- payoneer.com ↗
payoneer.custhelp.com ↗ customer help centre
investor.payoneer.com ↗ group investor relations - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · Payoneer Community forum ↗
- Apps
- App Store ↗ · Google Play ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12029160
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12029160/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12029160/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12029160/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12029160/filing-history/MzQ4MzU4Nzg5MGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=0014G00002tE8t6QAC
- payoneer.com
- payoneer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/44777/~/uk-license---faq
- payoneer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18786/~/receiving-accounts---faq
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1845815/000110465926020487/payo-20251231x10k.htm
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuvei-to-acquire-payoneer-for-2-75-billion-creating-a-leading-global-platfo
- payoneer.com/newsroom/nuvei-to-acquire-payoneer-for-2-75-billion-creating-a-leading-global-platform-fo
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, with firm reference number 966835. According to its 2024 accounts, it outsources a substantial part of its operations to its parent company.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Electronic Money Institution | 966835 | In its own name | Active | register.fca.org.uk ↗ |
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 says it holds all relevant funds in a segregated, designated safeguarding bank account at an authorised financial institution, and its customer funds are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Bacs Access not stated payoneer.custhelp.com ↗
Swift Access not stated payoneer.custhelp.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
According to its 2024 accounts, it offers prepaid cards, digital wallets and international money transfers to business and individual clients, and it also provides capital advances against marketplace receivables.
It serves the Payoneer customers in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, and all of its 2024 turnover came from these two markets.
- Revenue
- USD 16.1m
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Platforms and marketplaces · Enterprises
- Serves customers in 2 countries
- United Kingdom · Gibraltar
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- James Richard Allum Director
- Executive
- Robert Daniel Schreiber Director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The firm appointed Robert Daniel Schreiber as a director on 7 June 2026, after Itai Peri resigned on 27 May 2026.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Nuvei agreed to acquire the ultimate parent, Payoneer Global Inc., for USD 7.40 per share in cash, about USD 2.75 billion in equity value.
prnewswire.com ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Itai Peri as a director on 17 June 2025, and Beatrice Ordonez resigned as a director the same day.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
Scott Howard Galit resigned as a director of the firm on 31 May 2024.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Other
Payoneer announced that it would move its UK and Gibraltar customers from Payoneer Europe Limited to the firm from late October 2023.
payoneer.custhelp.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
- PAAVGB22XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- PAAVBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 22Location · reverse billing
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 9845003924D75A7CCD27
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-EMI
- 966835
- 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
- ebd1b34014af
- Companies House no.
- 12029160 ↗
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
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- www.payoneer.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 12029160 ↗ · as at 9 October 2026
Companies House lists 1 person with significant control for Payoneer Payment Services (UK) Limited: 1 company.
| Name | Type | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payoneer Global Inc | Company · Companies Act Usa | 75–100% of shares · 75–100% of votes · Can appoint or remove directors | 31 May 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
- 37 BROADHURST GARDENS LONDON NW6 3QT UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 37 BROADHURST GARDENS LONDON LONDON NW6 3QT UNITED
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>PAAVGB22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>9845003924D75A7CCD27</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>PAAVGB22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>9845003924D75A7CCD27</LEI>
<Nm>PAYONEER PAYMENT SERVICES (UK) LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>37 BROADHURST GARDENS LONDON NW6 3QT</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 - E-Money Institutions—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · 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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