Canada · Money service business
Transferwise LTD
Legal name in the LEI recordWISE PAYMENTS LIMITED
The register name differs from the legal name in GLEIF. This can follow a rename. Treat the LEI match as indicative.
Licences and registrations
Held by Transferwise LTD (LEI 213800U4GNTXRFYZKG18). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money Services Business RegistryFINTRAC | MSB (foreign indicator not selected)Money Transmitter / RemittanceGLEIF legal name: WISE PAYMENTS LIMITED | M13239314 | Canada | Ceased | 2013-12-06 | Ended 2016-01-13 |
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BICs mapped to the same LEI
Mapped to this LEI in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file
8 BICs are mapped to LEI 213800U4GNTXRFYZKG18. Not merged with this entry: the name matches, but none of these BICs is registered in Canada, where this entry is listed.
- Transferwise LTD BIC TRWIHKK1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Transferwise LTD BIC TRWINZ21 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Transferwise LTD Netherlands BIC TRWINL21 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Wise Asia-Pacifc Pte. Ltd. BIC TRWISGSG Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Wise Payments Limited BIC TRWIGB21 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Wise Payments Limited BIC TRWIGB22 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Wise Payments Limited BIC TRWIGB2B Payments & e-moneyPrudential licence
- Wise Payments Limited BIC TRWIGB2L Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Identifiers
- Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB
- M13239314
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- GLEIF legal name
- WISE PAYMENTS LIMITED
- Elucidate firm ID
- bc84e5288220
Profile
- Type
- Money service businessRemittance, currency exchange, cheque cashing and money orders. Usually registered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor rather than licensed prudentially. Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- AML registration onlyRegistered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor (FinCEN, FINTRAC, HMRC, AUSTRAC, Hong Kong Customs…) without a prudential licence.
- Main licence class
- Money Transmitter / Remittance
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Currency exchange
- Licensed in
- Canada · North America
- Head office
- United Kingdom
- First registered
- 2013-12-06
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
- 2ND FLOOR, 186-188 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1V 2NT
- 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>213800U4GNTXRFYZKG18</LEI>
<Nm>TRANSFERWISE LTD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>EC1V 2NT</PstCd>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>2ND FLOOR, 186-188 CITY ROAD</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.
Its LEI is also mapped to 8 BICs in Swift’s directory. Where one of them identifies this institution, use that BIC instead.
The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. LEIs are matched through GLEIF, and a BIC is linked only through a shared LEI.
An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.
Register entries are not matched against the OFAC or EU sanctions lists. Where the legal entity also holds a BIC, the matches for that BIC are on its page. Always screen against the official lists.
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.
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- Money Services Business Registry—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
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