Belgium · Payments & e-money
WorldRemit Belgium
WorldRemit Belgium is a Belgian public limited company (SA/NV) based in Brussels. The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) authorises it as a payment institution under the Belgian Law of 11 March 2018. It is a subsidiary of WorldRemit Ltd of the United Kingdom, part of the Zepz group. It contracts with WorldRemit-brand customers resident in the EEA for online international money transfers and airtime top-up. The group set it up to serve EEA customers after Brexit, and it took over those customers from the UK entity from 18 September 2019.
Licences and registrations
Held by WorldRemit Belgium (LEI 699400DMH3D91MDMGM15). 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 RegisterNational Bank of Belgium | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 0718634495 | Belgium | Active | 2019-03-26 | — |
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- 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.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
WorldRemit Ltd
Firm type
Money remittance
Trades as WorldRemit
- Ownership
- WorldRemit Ltd of the United Kingdom is the direct parent, according to the entity's GLEIF record, and the firm belongs to the Zepz group.
- Direct parent
- WorldRemit Ltd, United Kingdom
- Head office
- Rue du Commerce 31, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
- Company register
- Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE) 0718.634.495
- Incorporated
- 2019
Online
- Websites & references
- worldremit.com ↗
zepz.io ↗ group parent (Zepz) website - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
- Apps
- App Store ↗ · Google Play ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- assets.ctfassets.net/sb7j5o4oxtgv/1VCMpJnajMXY9xmGHBJ0YO/f8d667dea8f91f55374c13fbaceddfc7/080626_WRTermsEU-EEA
- worldremit.com/en-se/about-us/terms-and-conditions
- worldremit.com/en-se/worldremit-group
- worldremit.com/en-se/about-us/keeping-your-money-safe
- worldremit.com/en/faq/implications-of-brexit
- bportugal.pt/en/entidadeautorizada/worldremit-belgium-sanv
- zepz.io/
- zepz.io/press/zepz-appoints-barrie-morris-as-interim-ceo-as-mark-lenhard-steps-down/
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/fireblocks-and-zepz-join-forces-to-scale-stablecoin-remittance-adoption-for
- eu-startups.com/2025/04/zepz-secures-e152-million-financing-to-enhance-global-remittances-across-worldrem
- bog.gov.gh/notice/scam-alert-world-remit-money-doubling-scheme/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The NBB authorises the firm as a payment institution under the Belgian Law on Payment Institutions of 11 March 2018. The firm says it passports this licence across the rest of the EEA.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Bank of Belgium Belgium | Payment institution (money remittance) | 0718.634.495 | In its own name | Active | worldremit.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
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that customer money not yet paid out is kept in a special account that holds only customers' money, and that this money is not a bank deposit.
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
It sends money from the EEA to recipients abroad by bank transfer, cash pickup or mobile money, and sends airtime top-up to mobile phones.
It serves WorldRemit customers resident in 30 EEA countries under its Belgian licence. UK senders are served by the UK entity.
- Payment volume
- USD 17bnamount transferred for customers (Zepz group, WorldRemit and Sendwave brands)
- Sells to
- Consumers
- Serves customers in 30 countries
- Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czechia · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Barrie Morris Interim Chief Executive Officer, Zepz (group level)
- Chair
- Melissa Birge Chair of the Zepz Board of Directors (group level)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
Zepz, the group parent, appointed its CFO Barrie Morris as interim CEO after CEO Mark Lenhard announced he would step down.
zepz.io ↗ -
Other
Zepz, the group parent, announced it would use Fireblocks infrastructure for stablecoin-based remittances across WorldRemit and Sendwave.
prnewswire.com ↗ -
Funding
Zepz, the group parent, secured EUR 152 million in revolving and term debt facilities led by HSBC, replacing a EUR 74 million arrangement.
eu-startups.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.
Regulator warnings
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Impersonation Bank of Ghana, Ghana
The Bank of Ghana warned of a money-doubling scheme using the name "Worldremit" and stated it was distinct from the WorldRemit money transfer firm.
bog.gov.gh ↗
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
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- 0718634495
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- a620f1d0aa9b
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.
- Main licence class
- Payment Institution
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Payment services
- Licensed in
- Belgium · Europe & Central Asia
- First registered
- 2019-03-26
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
- Worldremit Ltd. · United Kingdom213800BO4SXT9R8PHV43 ↗
The Worldremit Ltd. group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 3 countries: 1 holds a BIC and 2 do not.
Including Worldremit LTD, Worldremit PTY LTD.
See the Worldremit Ltd. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- Rue du Commerce 31, Bruxelles, 1000
- Country
- Belgium
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>699400DMH3D91MDMGM15</LEI>
<Nm>WorldRemit Belgium</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>1000</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Bruxelles</TwnNm>
<Ctry>BE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>Rue du Commerce 31</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.
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.
Read the methodology →Register for this page
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- 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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