United Arab Emirates · Money service business
Travelex Emirates Exchange - LLC
Travelex Emirates Exchange LLC is a limited liability company based in Abu Dhabi. The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) licenses it as an exchange business in category B. It belongs to the Travelex group, which Travelex International Limited heads in the United Kingdom. It runs Travelex-branded currency exchange stores at Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah airports and at Port Rashid. Its services include walk-up currency exchange, online currency reservations collected in store and a same-rate buy-back service. It also pays tax-free shopping refunds in cash as an agent of Planet.
Licences and registrations
Held by Travelex Emirates Exchange - LLC. 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 24 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBUAE Register of Licensed Financial Institutions - Exchange BusinessCentral Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) | Exchange BusinessMoney Transmitter / Remittance | 03.01.02.080.2006.01 | United Arab Emirates | Active | — | — |
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Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory. No LEI is matched to this entry, and BICs are linked by LEI only.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Firm type
Bureau de change
Trades as Travelex
- Ownership
- Travelex International Limited (formerly Travelex Topco Limited) lists the firm among its group companies, but the direct shareholders and their percentages are not published.
- Ultimate owner
- Travelex International Limited, United Kingdom
- Head office
- P.O. Box 94 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Company register
- Abu Dhabi commercial licence CN-1080296
- Name in the local language
- ترافلكس الإمارات للصرافة - ذ.م.م
Online
- Websites & references
- travelexae.com ↗
buy.travelexae.com ↗ online currency ordering site
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- centralbank.ae/media/hw0lreyi/cb-register-august-2026.pdf
- travelexae.com/
- travelexae.com/terms-and-conditions
- travelexae.com/media/7340/key-facts-statement-kfs-travelex.pdf
- travelexae.com/about-us
- travelexae.com/customer-protection
- travelex-corporate.com/about-us/travelex-group-companies
- travelex-corporate.com/about-us/our-leadership-team
- airport-suppliers.com/travelex-undertakes-major-uae-airport-expansion/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelex
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The CBUAE licenses the firm to carry on exchange business in category B, under identification number 03.01.02.080.2006.01. It pays tax-free shopping refunds as an agent of Planet, the VAT refund operator.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) United Arab Emirates | Exchange Business, category B | 03.01.02.080.2006.01 | In its own name | Active | centralbank.ae ↗ |
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.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It exchanges banknotes in more than 60 currencies at airport and seaport stores in the UAE. It also takes online reservations for collection in store, offers a same-rate buy-back guarantee and pays tax-free shopping refunds in cash.
It serves customers in the United Arab Emirates only, mainly from stores at Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah airports and at Port Rashid.
- Sells to
- Consumers · Enterprises
- Serves customers in
- United Arab Emirates
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Philip Bowcock CEO, Travelex group (group-level role, not of this entity)
- Executive
- Daryl Norman Group Chief Compliance and Risk Officer, Travelex group (group-level role)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The Travelex group appointed Philip Bowcock as chief executive, succeeding Richard Wazacz.
travelex-corporate.com ↗ -
Other
Travelex announced 13 new stores at Zayed International and Dubai International airports, taking its UAE network to 60 locations.
airport-suppliers.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
- Licence no. · CBUAE-EB
- 03.01.02.080.2006.01
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- LEI
- No LEI mapped
- Elucidate firm ID
- 08eeddb0d7f1
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
- 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
- Money Transmitter / Remittance
- Activities
- Currency exchange
- Licensed in
- United Arab Emirates · Middle East & North Africa
- First registered
- Not published
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
No LEI is matched to this entry, so GLEIF relationship records cannot be linked.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Abu Dhabi
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
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. No LEI or clearing code is mapped in the directory
- Postal address
- Structured: town and country
<FinInstnId>
<Nm>Travelex Emirates Exchange - LLC</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>Abu Dhabi</TwnNm>
<Ctry>AE</Ctry>
</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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- CBUAE Register of Licensed Financial Institutions - Exchange Business—Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · source ↗ as at 24 September 2026
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