Bluesnap Payment Services Ltd
Reference number: 629580
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
30 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bluesnap.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01460 202025 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC4M 7AU
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Bluesnap Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguardedYour money must be kept in a separate safeguarded account. If the firm fails, all safeguarded funds should be returned to you. With no upper limit, unlike the capped amounts under FSCS. Safeguarding works differently from FSCS, but protects your full balance when the rules are followed correctly.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- 3. Executing payment transactions (no credit line)
- 5. Issuing and/or acquiring of payment instruments.
- 6. Money remittance.
Limits on what they may do
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Regulated Activities: PSD Only
The firm may only cary out payment service activities.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 09042365 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 May 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 30 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AU, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikhita Hyett | Director | Feb 1982 | 1 Sep 2020 | None |
| Brian David Gaynor | Director | Apr 1969 | 28 Nov 2022 | None |
| Kevin Michael Hodges | Director | Jul 1978 | 18 Mar 2026 | 2 other companies |
| James Oberman | Director | Jan 1959 | 28 Apr 2026 | None |
Other companies run by these 4 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 2
- still active
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 11 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Bluesnap Payment Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
14 March 2018
- Became an authorised payment institution
FCA register
2015
5 May 2015
- FCA imposed a requirement (Regulated Activities: PSD Only)
FCA register
2014
4 August 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
15 May 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 18
Firms connected to Bluesnap Payment Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bluesnap Payment Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Bluesnap Payment Services
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 23 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- How safeguarding works fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk