United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Stonex Financial LTD
StoneX Financial Ltd is a private limited company registered in England and Wales, with its head office in London. The FCA authorises it as an investment firm and, under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, as an authorised payment institution (FRN 446717). It is a wholly owned subsidiary of StoneX Group Inc., which is listed on Nasdaq. The firm offers cross-border payments (StoneX Payments), exchange clearing and execution as a Category 1 member of the London Metal Exchange, precious metals trading, securities brokerage and prime services. It also offers retail CFDs and spread bets under the StoneX Trading and FOREX.com brands, and StoneX Trading replaced the City Index brand in September 2026.
Licences and registrations
Held by Stonex Financial LTD (LEI 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754). 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 - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 446717 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-03-27 | — |
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| Money Services Business RegistryFINTRACLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Foreign MSB (FMSB)Money Transmitter / Remittance | M20049625 | Canada | Ceased | 2020-07-22 | Ended 2023-02-23 |
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Licences and registrations listed here were granted in Canada. This BIC is registered in the United Kingdom.
Trading names on the register: GTX Direct (FCA-PSD), Gain Capital (FCA-PSD), Forex.com (FCA-PSD), City Index (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
- IGLUGB2LXXX 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 IGLUGB2L directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- 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
- 7 branch codes
- Other BIC with this LEI
- ITFRGB21
- BIC first registered
- 2009-10-10
- Last updated
- 2020-10-03
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% StoneX Group Inc.
Firm type
Investment or brokerage
Trades as StoneX
- Ownership
- StoneX Group Inc., a Delaware corporation listed on Nasdaq, owns 100% of the firm directly.
- Direct parent
- StoneX Group Inc., United States 100%
- Head office
- Moor House, 1st Floor, 120 London Wall, EC2Y 5ET London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 05616586
- Incorporated
- 9 Nov 2005
- Former names
- INTL FCSTONE LTD · INTL FCSTONE (EUROPE) LTD · AMBRIAN COMMODITIES LIMITED
Online
- Websites & references
- stonex.com ↗
stonex.com ↗ group website
gpconnect.stonex.com ↗ StoneX Payments client login
cityindex.co.uk ↗ former City Index retail brand site
forex.com ↗ FOREX.com UK retail brand site
Wikidata Q113466021 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 16 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05616586/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05616586/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05616586/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05616586/filing-history/MzUwMjU5NzU0MGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- stonex.com/en-gb/business/compliance-library/
- stonex.com/en-gb/business/payments/
- stonex.com/en-gb/
- stonex.com/
- filesandimages.com/Brand/StoneX/PDF/SFL-AML-Statement-2025.pdf
- stonex.com/en/business/compliance-library/
- stonex.com/en-gb/media-room/press-releases/launch-of-stonex-trading-marks-a-new-era-for-city-index/
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913760/000091376024000192/intl-20241205.htm
- stonex.com/en/about/our-leadership/philip-smith/
- fca.org.uk/news/warnings/stonextradescom-clone-fca-authorised-firm
- fca.org.uk/news/warnings/gain-cap-holdings-gaincapholdingscouk-clone-fca-authorised-firm
- fxnewsgroup.com/forex-news/exchanges/ice-futures-us-imposes-100k-fine-on-stonex-financial/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as a MiFIDPRU investment firm and as an authorised payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (FRN 446717). The firm says it provides global payment services through its agents StoneX Group Inc. in the United States and StoneX Financial Pte Ltd in Singapore.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised investment firm (MiFIDPRU, non-SNI) | 446717 | In its own name | Active | stonex.com ↗ |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 446717 | In its own name | Active | stonex.com ↗ |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Canada | Foreign Money Services Business registration | M20049625 | In its own name | Withdrawn or expired | — |
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 states that it holds client money in segregated accounts with banks, exchanges, clearing houses and brokers under the FCA's Client Assets Sourcebook (CASS) rules.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Swift Direct find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
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
StoneX Payments offers cross-border and local-currency payments in more than 140 currencies to over 180 countries, through a network it puts at 385 or more correspondent banks. Its clients are banks, corporates, NGOs and governments, and the firm also offers white-label, API and host-to-host connections.
The firm serves clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa from London and pays out to more than 180 countries.
- Revenue
- USD 408.3m
- Sells to
- Financial institutions · Enterprises · Public sector · Consumers · Other
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Philip Andrew Smith Director (Chief Executive Officer of StoneX Group Inc.)
- Executive
- Stuart Andrew Sam Davison Director (Chief Operating Officer of StoneX Group Inc.)
- Executive
- Justin James van Wijngaarden Director
- Executive
- Ashish Vekaria Director
- Executive
- Gregory Kallinikos Director
- Executive
- Kevin Paul Shea Company Secretary
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
StoneX Group retired the City Index UK brand on 12 September 2026 and relaunched the firm's UK retail business as StoneX Trading.
stonex.com ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Kevin Paul Shea as company secretary on 13 February 2026, replacing David Albert Bolte.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed Gregory Kallinikos and Ashish Vekaria as directors on 20 October 2025.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Enforcement
ICE Futures US settled charges that the firm brokered non-bona fide EFRP transactions, and the firm agreed to pay USD 100,000.
fxnewsgroup.com ↗ -
Leadership
Sean Michael O'Connor resigned as a director of the firm on 1 May 2025.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Other
The firm issued 35,000,000 new USD 1 ordinary shares to its parent on 27 March 2025, raising share capital to USD 132 million.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Leadership
StoneX Group Inc. appointed Philip Smith as Group Chief Executive. He had until then been the firm's Chief Executive Officer.
sec.gov ↗
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.
Regulator warnings
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Impersonation Financial Conduct Authority, United Kingdom
The FCA warned that stonextrades.com was a clone falsely claiming to be StoneX Financial Ltd.
fca.org.uk ↗ -
Impersonation Financial Conduct Authority, United Kingdom
The FCA warned that Gain Cap Holdings (gaincapholdings.co.uk) was a clone using the name of a company acquired by StoneX Financial Ltd.
fca.org.uk ↗
Entries on regulators’ consumer-warning lists that name the firm or its brand. An impersonation warning is about fraudsters posing as the firm, not about the firm itself.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- IGLUGB2LXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- IGLUBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 2LLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 446717
- Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB
- M20049625
- 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: Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- Register-entry IDs
- 1e09b43079c3 · 09cbe80b3648
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.
- Register licences
- 2 entries on 2 registers
- Activities
- Payment services
- Money remittance
- Currency exchange
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- www.stonex.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
- MOOR HOUSE FLOOR 1 120 LONDON WALL LONDON EC2Y 5ET UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- MOOR HOUSE FLOOR 1 120 LONDON WALL LONDON LONDON EC2Y 5ET UNITED KINGDOM
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>IGLUGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300AWF3TOHRYL7754</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>IGLUGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300AWF3TOHRYL7754</LEI>
<Nm>STONEX FINANCIAL LTD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>MOOR HOUSE FLOOR 1 120 LONDON WALL LONDON EC2Y 5ET</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.
Network
Branch network
All 7 branch BICs connect to the head office, spread across 2 functions. Largest: Securities & custody (3), Treasury & markets (2).
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Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IGLUGB2LCOI | COININVEST | London | MOOR HOUSE FLOOR 1 120 LONDON WALL LONDON LONDON EC2Y 5ET UNITED KINGDOM | 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754 | 2021-05-08 |
| IGLUGB2LCST | CUSTODY | London | MOOR HOUSE FLOOR 1 120 LONDON WALL LONDON LONDON EC2Y 5ET UNITED KINGDOM | 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754 | 2021-10-30 |
| IGLUGB2LDVP | SECURITIES MARKETS | London | MOOR HOUSE FLOOR 1 120 LONDON WALL LONDON LONDON EC2Y 5ET UNITED KINGDOM | 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754 | 2024-04-10 |
| IGLUGB2LFXP | FXPB | London | LONDON LONDON UNITED KINGDOM | 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754 | 2020-10-03 |
| IGLUGB2LPME | STONEX PRECIOUS METALS | London | MOOR HOUSE FLOOR 1 120 LONDON WALL LONDON LONDON EC2Y 5ET UNITED KINGDOM | 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754 | 2025-07-26 |
| IGLUGB2LSFT | SECURITIES FINANCING TRANSACTIONS | London | MOOR HOUSE FLOOR 1 120 LONDON WALL LONDON LONDON EC2Y 5ET UNITED KINGDOM | 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754 | 2023-02-18 |
| IGLUGB2LTWS | TREASURY WORK STATION | London | MOOR HOUSE FLOOR 1 120 LONDON WALL LONDON LONDON EC2Y 5ET UNITED KINGDOM | 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754 | 2020-10-03 |
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Sources & method
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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
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Money Services Business Registry—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · 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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