Germany · Payments & e-money
Stonex Financial GMBH
StoneX Financial GmbH is a German limited liability company (GmbH) based in Frankfurt am Main. BaFin authorises it as a payment institution for money remittance (Finanztransfergeschäft) under the German Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG), with BaFin-ID 10141964. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of StoneX Group Inc., whose shares are listed on Nasdaq. It offers cross-border payments and currency conversion to corporates, financial institutions and non-profit organisations under the StoneX Payments brand. It was founded as the Frankfurt fintech Giroxx GmbH, which StoneX acquired in May 2020 and renamed on 1 October 2020.
Licences and registrations
Held by StoneX Financial GmbH (LEI 529900UII9BRFWEF0W05). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBA PSD2 RegisterFederal Financial Supervisory AuthorityLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 141964 | Germany | Active | 2018-06-28 | — |
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- 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
- IGLUDEFFXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under IGLUDEFF directly.
- 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
- 2020-08-01
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% StoneX Financial Ltd
Firm type
FX and business payments
Trades as StoneX Payments
- Standing
- The firm was formerly Giroxx GmbH. StoneX Financial Ltd acquired it in May 2020, and it has operated as StoneX Financial GmbH since 1 October 2020.
- Ownership
- StoneX Group Inc. owns 100% of the firm through its London-based subsidiary StoneX Financial Ltd (formerly INTL FCStone Ltd), which acquired it in 2020.
- Direct parent
- StoneX Financial Ltd, United Kingdom 100%
- Ultimate owner
- StoneX Group Inc., United States
- Head office
- Taunustor 1 (TaunusTurm), 60310 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Company register
- Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main HRB 101212
- Founders
- Klaus Hoffmann · Jörg Sonnenschein
- Former name
- Giroxx GmbH
Online
- Websites & references
- stonex.com ↗
payments.stonex.com ↗ StoneX Payments domain, now redirecting to the payments section of stonex.com
gpconnect.stonex.com ↗ StoneX Payments client login platform
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- stonex.com/en/business/compliance-library/
- stonex.com/en/business/payments/
- payments.stonex.com/
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/stonex-financial-ltd-finalizes-the-acquisition-of-frankfurt-based-giroxx-30
- ir.stonex.com/news-releases/news-release-details/stonex-payments-partners-pathfinder-group-expanding-cr
- bportugal.pt/en/entidadeautorizada/stonex-financial-gmbh
- uzraudziba.bank.lv/en/market/payment-service-providers/payment-institutions/service-providers-from-the-eea/f
- lb.lt/en/sfi-financial-market-participants/stonex-financial-gmbh
- vdtev.de/en/stonex-financial-gmbh/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StoneX_Group_Inc.
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank supervise the firm. BaFin authorises it as a payment institution for money remittance under § 1(1) sentence 2 no. 6 ZAG. It passports this licence to other EEA states under the freedom to provide services, but the total number of host states is not published.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Germany | Payment institution – money remittance (Finanztransfergeschäft) under § 1(1) sentence 2 no. 6 ZAG | 10141964 | In its own name | Active | stonex.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
- Not disclosedThe firm's current website does not say how it safeguards client funds.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Swift Direct
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 StoneX, its Payments business pays out in over 140 currencies to more than 180 countries through a network of correspondent banks, with a focus on emerging and less-traded currencies.
It serves business clients from Germany and, according to the Latvian, Lithuanian and Portuguese central bank registers, provides services in those states under its German licence without a branch.
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Financial institutions · Other · Small businesses
- Serves customers in 4 countries
- Germany · Latvia · Lithuania · Portugal
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
The research found no fines, investigations, security incidents, licence changes or corporate events from the last three years.
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
- IGLUDEFFXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- IGLUBank
- DECountry · Germany
- FFLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 529900UII9BRFWEF0W05
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- 141964
- 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 to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- Register-entry ID
- 021186ce5379
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
- Money remittance
- Payment services
- Licensed in
- Germany
- Country · region
- Germany · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- 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
- TAUNUSTOR 1 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60310 GERMANY
- Operational address
- TAUNUSTOR 1 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60310 FRANKFURT AM MAIN GERMANY
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>IGLUDEFFXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>529900UII9BRFWEF0W05</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>IGLUDEFFXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>529900UII9BRFWEF0W05</LEI>
<Nm>STONEX FINANCIAL GMBH</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>FRANKFURT AM MAIN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>DE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>TAUNUSTOR 1 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 60310</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
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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Register entries are not screened against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · 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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