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title: "World First UK LTD SWIFT/BIC code WFSTGB2LXXX · United Kingdom | Elucidate"
description: "Licensed in the United Kingdom: Authorised E-Money Institution (FCA). SWIFT/BIC code WFSTGB2LXXX for World First UK LTD, United Kingdom. 1 branch BIC."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l
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United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
# World First UK LTD
Legal name in the LEI record WORLD FIRST UK LIMITED
World First UK Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales, with its head office in London. The FCA authorises it as an electronic money institution under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011, with Firm Reference Number 900508. Its direct parent is World First (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd. According to its 2024 accounts, its ultimate parent is Ant International (Cayman) Holding Limited. Under the WorldFirst brand it provides UK businesses with multi-currency World Accounts, international payments, spot and forward FX and the World Card.
Register status
Licensed in the United Kingdom
Authorised E-Money Institution · FCA
Prudential licence
[3 licences and registrations ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#licences)
BIC **WFSTGB2LXXX** LEI **[549300OQHYGBN8W1QP06](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300OQHYGBN8W1QP06)** [Licence no. **900508**](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#licences) Connected to Swift Swift GPI live member [**1** branch code](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#branches) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Held by World First UK Limited (LEI 549300OQHYGBN8W1QP06). 3 entries on 3 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [FCA Financial Services Register - E-Money Institutions](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/fca-emi) FCA Linked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised E-Money InstitutionE-Money / Stored Value Institution | 900508 | [United Kingdom](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb) | Active | 2018-05-16 | — | - Payment services - E-money / stored value | [Search the register ↗](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/) |
| [FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/fca-psd) FCA Linked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 502759 | [United Kingdom](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb) | Cancelled - Authorised PI | — | Ended 2016-02-15 | - Payment services | [Search the register ↗](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/) |
| [Money Services Business Registry](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/fintrac-msb) FINTRAC Linked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Foreign MSB (FMSB)Money Transmitter / Remittance | M12551579 | [Canada](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ca) | Ceased | 2012-02-22 | Ended 2024-12-03 | - Money remittance - Currency exchange | [Search the register ↗](https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/msb-esm/msb-eng) |
Licences and registrations listed here were granted in Canada. This BIC is registered in the United Kingdom.
Trading names on the register: WorldFirst (FCA-EMI, 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:** WFSTGB2LXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **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:** [1 branch code](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#branches)
- **BIC first registered:** 2008-07-26
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-24
## Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#overview-sources)
Customers
7,900
customers · This entity · 31 Dec 2024 · [company statement ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history/MzQ3NDEwOTIyNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0)
Employees
22
headcount · This entity · 31 Dec 2024 · [annual report ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history/MzQ3NDEwOTIyNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0)
Ownership
Group subsidiary
World First (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd.
Firm type
FX and business payments
Trades as WorldFirst
- **Ownership:** World First (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd. owns the firm, and its 2024 accounts name Ant International (Cayman) Holding Limited as its ultimate parent.
- **Direct parent:** [World First (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd. ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900REIBMS9X8PBK56), Singapore
- **Ultimate owner:** Ant International (Cayman) Holding Limited, Cayman Islands
- **Head office:** 2nd Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine's Way, E1W 1UN London, United Kingdom
- **Company register:** Companies House 05022388
- **Incorporated:** 21 Jan 2004
- **Founders:** Jonathan Quin · Nick Robinson
### Online
- **Websites & references:** [worldfirst.com ↗](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/) [portal.worldfirst.com ↗](https://portal.worldfirst.com/) customer login portal [worldfirst.com/global ↗](https://www.worldfirst.com/global/) WorldFirst global brand site [developers.worldfirst.com.cn ↗](https://developers.worldfirst.com.cn/) API documentation (group-level)
- **Official social accounts:** [LinkedIn ↗](https://www.linkedin.com/company/worldfirst/) · [X ↗](https://x.com/WorldFirstLtd) · [Facebook ↗](https://www.facebook.com/worldfirstfx) · [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/worldfirst/) · [YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/@worldfirst) · [TikTok ↗](https://www.tiktok.com/@worldfirstglobal)
Sources · 13 pages consulted
1. [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388)
2. [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/officers](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/officers)
3. [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/persons-with-significant-control](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/persons-with-significant-control)
4. [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history)
5. [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history/MzQ3NDEwOTIyNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history/MzQ3NDEwOTIyNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0)
6. [worldfirst.com/uk/](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/)
7. [worldfirst.com/global/compliance/regulatory-information/](https://www.worldfirst.com/global/compliance/regulatory-information/)
8. [worldfirst.com/uk/legal/terms-and-conditions/](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/legal/terms-and-conditions/)
9. [worldfirst.com/uk/security-and-safety/](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/security-and-safety/)
10. [worldfirst.com/uk/personal/](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/personal/)
11. [worldfirst.com/uk/help-center/making-payments/world-card-user-guide/](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/help-center/making-payments/world-card-user-guide/)
12. [worldfirst.com/uk/legal/terms-and-conditions/world-card-cashback-promotion/](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/legal/terms-and-conditions/world-card-cashback-promotion/)
13. [worldfirst.com/en-hk/about-us/](https://www.worldfirst.com/en-hk/about-us/)
## Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#overview-sources)
- **Operates under:** Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as an electronic money institution under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011, with Firm Reference Number 900508. It was previously an FCA-authorised payment institution (reference 502759) until that authorisation was cancelled in February 2016.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Electronic Money Institution | 900508 | In its own name | Active | [register.fca.org.uk ↗](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000001EjQQFAA3) |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 502759 | In its own name | Withdrawn or expired | — |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Canada | Foreign Money Services Business registration | M12551579 | 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](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#overview-sources)
- **Safeguarding:** Segregated safeguarding accountsAccording to its World Account terms, the firm holds funds equal to customers' e-money balances in bank accounts kept separate from its business accounts, safeguarded as the law requires. [worldfirst.com ↗](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/legal/terms-and-conditions/)
- **Payment schemes and card networks:** Mastercard Access not stated [worldfirst.com ↗](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/help-center/making-payments/world-card-user-guide/)
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](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#overview-sources)
- Multi currency accounts
- International money transfer
- FX conversion
- FX hedging
- Debit cards
- Domestic payments
It offers businesses multi-currency accounts with local receiving details, international and supplier payments (including to China), spot and forward FX, and the World Card on the Mastercard network. Personal transfers on the WorldFirst UK site are provided by a separate firm, AIUK Services Limited (FRN 927634).
It serves business customers in the United Kingdom under its FCA authorisation. Its FINTRAC registration for Canadian customers ceased on 3 December 2024.
- **Revenue:** GBP 19.7mThis entity · 31 Dec 2024 · [annual report ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history/MzQ3NDEwOTIyNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0)
- **Sells to:** Small businesses · Enterprises · Platforms and marketplaces
- **Serves customers in:** United Kingdom
## Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#overview-sources)
- **Executive:** Leiming Chen Director Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/officers)
- **Executive:** Wenyi Shi Director Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/officers)
- **Executive:** Hoi Yan Irene Lau Director Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/officers)
## Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#overview-sources)
1. May 2026
Leadership
Director Yi Zhou left the board on 31 May 2026.
[find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history)
2. Jun 2025
Other
The firm moved its registered office from Millbank Tower to International House, 1 St Katharine's Way, London, on 13 June 2025.
[find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history)
3. Dec 2024
Merger / acquisition
Ant International was spun off from Ant Group on 4 December 2024 and became the firm's ultimate parent company.
[find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history/MzQ3NDEwOTIyNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0)
4. Dec 2024
Merger / acquisition
Between September and December 2024 the firm sold its Singapore, Dutch, Australian and Japanese subsidiaries to other Ant International companies.
[find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history/MzQ3NDEwOTIyNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0)
5. Oct 2024
Leadership
Yi Zhou was appointed a director on 29 October 2024.
[find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history)
6. Mar 2024
Leadership
Director Ying Zhao left the board on 13 March 2024.
[find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history)
7. Oct 2023
Leadership
Co-founder Jonathan Quin stepped down as a director on 10 October 2023.
[find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/filing-history)
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:** WFSTGB2LXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. WFST Bank 2. GB Country · United Kingdom 3. 2L Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** 549300OQHYGBN8W1QP06
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300OQHYGBN8W1QP06)
- **Licence no. · FCA-EMI:** 900508
- **Licence no. · FCA-PSD:** 502759
- **Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB:** M12551579
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. Register entries: 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:** 5dc7470dfd6e · 3d3a963f1ba3
- **Companies House no.:** [05022388 ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388)
## Profile
- **Type:** Payments & e-money · Money service business
- **Regulation:** Prudential licence
- **Register licences:** [3 entries on 3 registers](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l#licences)
- **Activities:** - Payment services - E-money / stored value - Money remittance - Currency exchange
- **Licensed in:** [United Kingdom](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb)
- **Website (register):** [www.worldfirst.com/uk ↗](https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/)
- **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
- **Direct parent:** Worldfirst (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd. · Singapore[254900REIBMS9X8PBK56 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900REIBMS9X8PBK56)
- **Ultimate parent:** 蚂蚁科技集团股份有限公司 · China[30030071TC2VB5OCSC22 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/30030071TC2VB5OCSC22)
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
## Persons with significant control
Companies House · company [05022388 ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388) · as at 9 October 2026
The company states that no person or legal entity has significant control over it.
Companies report persons with significant control to Companies House. Elucidate has not verified them.
A person with significant control holds more than 25% of the shares or votes, can appoint or remove the board, or has significant influence or control. Dates of birth and addresses are not shown.
Matched on the Companies House number that the FCA register gives for this firm.
[See the register at Companies House ↗](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05022388/persons-with-significant-control)
## Addresses
- **Registered address:** 2ND FLOOR, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 1,ST KATHARINE'S WAY LONDON E1W 1UN UNITED KINGDOM
- **Operational address:** INTERNATIONAL HOUSE FLOOR 2 1 ST KATHARINE'S WAY LONDON LONDON E1W 1UN 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
```xml
WFSTGB2LXXX
549300OQHYGBN8W1QP06
```
### 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
```xml
WFSTGB2LXXX
549300OQHYGBN8W1QP06
WORLD FIRST UK LTD
LONDON
GB
2ND FLOOR, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 1, ST KATHARINE'S WAY LONDON E1W 1UN
```
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 codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [WFSTGB2L001](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-uk-ltd-wfstgb2l-001) | — | London | INTERNATIONAL HOUSE FLOOR 2 1 ST KATHARINE'S WAY LONDON LONDON E1W 1UN UNITED KINGDOM | [549300OQHYGBN8W1QP06](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300OQHYGBN8W1QP06) | 2026-04-04 |
[See every BIC in United Kingdom →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb#bics)
## Related institutions
### Subsidiaries in the directory
- [World First Asia LTD BIC WOFAHKH1 Money service business AML registration only Hong Kong SAR China · Registered with Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) · 14-02-01352 (CED-MSO) · LEI 549300QZET8Z4YJN9I45](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-asia-ltd-wofahkh1)
Entities that GLEIF records with this LEI as their direct parent.
### Same group
- [World First Netherlands B.V. BIC WOFTNL22 Payments & e-money Prudential licence Netherlands · Licensed by The Netherlands Bank · R161090 (EBA-PSD2) · LEI 549300KOOW3B2WK0K818](https://elucidate.co/directory/world-first-netherlands-b-v-woftnl22)
### Other payments & e-money institutions in the United Kingdom
- [Stonex Financial LTD BIC IGLUGB2L Payments & e-money Money service business Prudential licence United Kingdom · Licensed by FCA · 446717 (FCA-PSD) · also on FINTRAC-MSB · LEI 549300AWF3TOHRYL7754](https://elucidate.co/directory/stonex-financial-ltd-iglugb2l)
- [Dex International Limited · trading as DEXREMIT No BIC Payments & e-money Crypto Money service business Prudential licence United Kingdom · Licensed by FCA · 503929 (FCA-PSD) · also on HMRC-MLR, FINTRAC-MSB · LEI 9845003995D06S994R04](https://elucidate.co/directory/dex-international-limited-ff2b0c01c725)
- [Euronet Payment Services Ltd · trading as Ria Money Transfer, Ria No BIC Payments & e-money Money service business Prudential licence United Kingdom · Licensed by FCA · 504630 (FCA-PSD) · also on HMRC-MLR · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/euronet-payment-services-ltd-6f4dec33a392)
- [Instinet Europe Limited BIC ISNTGB2L Payments & e-money Prudential licence United Kingdom · Licensed by FCA · 140822 (FCA-PSD) · LEI 213800MXAKR2LA1VBM44](https://elucidate.co/directory/instinet-europe-limited-isntgb2l)
- [Isx Financial UK LTD BIC ISFIGB22 Payments & e-money Prudential licence United Kingdom · Licensed by FCA · 901034 (FCA-EMI) · LEI 2138007BDV9IRS8AYD07](https://elucidate.co/directory/isx-financial-uk-ltd-isfigb22)
- [Western Union Payment Services GB Limited · trading as Manning House, WU No BIC Payments & e-money Money service business Prudential licence United Kingdom · Licensed by FCA · 816890 (FCA-PSD) · also on HMRC-MLR · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/western-union-payment-services-gb-limited-0741de977896)
- [A to Z 4U Ltd · trading as SAAK REMIT, Saakpay No BIC Payments & e-money Money service business Prudential licence United Kingdom · Licensed by FCA · 570837 (FCA-PSD) · also on HMRC-MLR · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/a-to-z-4u-ltd-25c2ca0fa3b5)
- [Allied Wallet Limited No BIC Payments & e-money Prudential licence United Kingdom · Licensed by FCA · 900124 (FCA-EMI) · also on FCA-PSD · LEI 213800HO66BDXP716G24](https://elucidate.co/directory/allied-wallet-limited-8983cc2e32eb)
[See all →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?type=payments&cc=GB)
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Credits for this page
- **FCA Financial Services Register - E-Money Institutions**—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · [register ↗](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/) as at 25 September 2026
- **FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs**—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · [register ↗](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/) as at 25 September 2026
- **Money Services Business Registry**—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · [register ↗](https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/msb-esm/msb-eng) as at 25 September 2026
- **Ownership and group**—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- **Persons with significant control**—Companies House · [source ↗](https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_pscdata.html) as at 9 October 2026
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