United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Prepaid Services Company Limited
Trading aspaysafecard MasterCard · paysafecard · Paysafe Cash · my paysafecard
Prepaid Services Company Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales, with its office in London. The FCA authorises it as an electronic money institution under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (firm reference number 900021). It is a subsidiary of paysafecard.com Wertkarten GmbH of Austria and belongs to the group headed by Paysafe Limited. In the UK it issues PaysafeCard prepaid payment codes, the PaysafeCard account and the PaysafeCard Mastercard, which consumers use to pay online.
Licences and registrations
Held by Prepaid Services Company Limited (LEI 529900XAT6DRA2ICCJ70). 2 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 | 900021 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-04-12 | — |
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| Money Services Business RegistryFINTRAC | Foreign MSB (FMSB)Money Transmitter / Remittance | M24749331 | Canada | Active | 2024-02-16 | Renews 2028-03-31 |
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Trading names on the register: paysafecard MasterCard (FCA-EMI), paysafecard (FCA-EMI), Paysafe Cash (FCA-EMI), my paysafecard (FCA-EMI), PAYSAFECARD, PAYSAFECASH (FINTRAC-MSB)
- 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
paysafecard.com Wertkarten GmbH
Firm type
E-money and accounts
Trades as PaysafeCard
- Ownership
- paysafecard.com Wertkarten GmbH of Vienna holds 75% or more of the shares and voting rights, according to Companies House, within the group headed by Paysafe Limited.
- Direct parent
- paysafecard.com Wertkarten GmbH, Austria
- Ultimate owner
- Paysafe Limited, Bermuda
- Head office
- 1st Floor, 2 Gresham Street, EC2V 7AD London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 05761861
- Incorporated
- 30 Mar 2006
- Former name
- PAYSAFECARD.COM LIMITED
Online
- Websites & references
- paysafecard.com ↗
paysafe.com ↗ group website with regulatory disclosures
paysafecash.com ↗ Paysafe Cash brand site
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
- Apps
- Google Play ↗ · App Store ↗
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05761861
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05761861/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05761861/persons-with-significant-control
- paysafe.com/en/paysafegroup/regulatory-disclosures/
- paysafecard.com/en-gb/
- paysafecard.com/en-gb/terms-and-conditions/
- paysafecard.com/en-gb/company-1/legal-notice/
- fsc.gi/regulated-entity/prepaid-services-company-limited-16281
- fca.org.uk/news/warnings/paysafe-finance-clone-fca-firms
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as an electronic money institution (FRN 900021) to issue e-money and provide associated payment services. The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission lists it for incoming e-money services from the United Kingdom.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) United Kingdom | Authorised E-Money Institution | 900021 | In its own name | Active | paysafe.com ↗ |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Canada | Foreign money services business (money transmitter / remittance) | M24749331 | In its own name | Active | — |
| Gibraltar Financial Services Commission Gibraltar | Incoming services from the United Kingdom: e-money (15 Electronic money) | — | In its own name | Active | fsc.gi ↗ |
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
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Mastercard Direct paysafe.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 issues PaysafeCard prepaid codes, sold in shops and online, for paying at participating online merchants. It also offers a registered PaysafeCard account. The PaysafeCard Mastercard is closed to new sign-ups.
It serves UK consumers under its FCA authorisation and provides e-money services into Gibraltar from the United Kingdom. FINTRAC registers it as a foreign money services business in Canada.
- Sells to
- Consumers · Enterprises
- Serves customers in 3 countries
- United Kingdom · Gibraltar · Canada
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Elliott Mark Wiseman Director
- Executive
- Mark Aidan Jeffrey Director
- Executive
- Alan Osborne Director
- Executive
- Christopher Daniels Director
- Executive
- Thayalini (Yalini) Arinaminpathy (Pathy) Director
- Executive
- Thomas Neale John Fleming Director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The firm appointed Thomas Neale John Fleming as a director on 14 May 2026, according to Companies House.
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Leadership
The firm appointed Dr Thayalini (Yalini) Arinaminpathy as a director on 1 April 2026, according to Companies House.
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Leadership
Giacomo Dummond Austin resigned as a director on 13 October 2025, according to Companies House.
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Leadership
David Fura resigned as a director and the firm appointed Rahad Hassan as a director on 28 July 2025.
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Leadership
The firm appointed Oliver Walter Laird as a director on 3 February 2025, according to Companies House.
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Leadership
The firm appointed Chi Eun Lee as a director on 10 January 2025, according to Companies House.
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Leadership
The firm appointed Christopher Daniels as a director on 30 September 2024, according to Companies House.
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
- 900021
- Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB
- M24749331
- 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
- daf981bd566a
- Merged register entry
- b9fa118b1dfc · FINTRAC-MSB
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.
- Main licence class
- E-Money / Stored Value Institution
- Activities
- Payment services
- E-money / stored value
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2018-04-12
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
- 2, Gresham Street, 1st Floor, London, EC2V 7AD
- 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 one address line
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>529900XAT6DRA2ICCJ70</LEI>
<Nm>Prepaid Services Company Limited</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>EC2V 7AD</PstCd>
<TwnNm>London</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>2, Gresham Street, 1st Floor</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
- Money Services Business Registry—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · 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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