Ebury Mass Payments Limited

Reference number: 577057

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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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In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When ebury.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01494 484183 is
  • Who else gives the postcode HP11 1NL
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Other names (5)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Ebury Trading name
  • Global Corporate Payments Trading name
  • Frontierpay Ltd Former name
  • The FX Firm Limited Former name
  • Frontierpay Former trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguarded
    Your 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, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (4 permissions)
  • 1. Services enabling cash to be placed on a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
  • 3. Executing payment transactions (no credit line)
  • 5. Issuing and/or acquiring of payment instruments.
  • 6. Money remittance.

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
07061945
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
30 October 2009 (16 years old)
Registered office
Fourth Floor, 80-100 Victoria Street, Cardinal Place, London, SW1E 5JL, England
Nature of business
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Juan Manuel Fernandez Lobato Director Sep 1972 26 Aug 2022 11 other companies
Karan Ghuwalewala Director Dec 1988 15 Aug 2025 1 other company

Other companies run by these 2 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
11
closed down
3
are FCA-registered
3

In the full report: all 11 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 3 on the FCA register
  • The 1 company these 2 directors run together
  • All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Key dates in its history

Ebury Mass Payments’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (11) All events (35)

2020

5 May 2020

  • Changed its registered name from "Frontierpay Ltd"

FCA register

2018

26 February 2018

  • No longer regulated by the FCA
  • Became an authorised payment institution

FCA register

2017

20 October 2017

  • Ebury Mass Payments Holdco Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Owain Walters no longer has significant control

Companies House

3 January 2017

  • Changed its registered name from "The FX Firm Limited"

FCA register

2016

31 October 2016

  • Owain Walters gained significant control

Companies House

2013

1 April 2013

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date

FCA register

2012

4 July 2012

  • Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date

FCA register

2010

11 January 2010

  • Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date

FCA register

2009

30 October 2009

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 35 events

  • All 35 events in its history (11 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 18
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Firms connected to Ebury Mass Payments

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ebury Mass Payments. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm
1
share a director
1
past links
2

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
  • 2 past links through former directors
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  • 11 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 35 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Ebury Mass Payments Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Ebury Mass Payments Limited (FRN 577057) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since February 2018 and works as a payment or money transfer firm. The FCA has placed no limits on its permissions.
What is Ebury Mass Payments’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01494 484183 and the website ebury.com for Ebury Mass Payments. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Ebury Mass Payments a scam or clone?
Ebury Mass Payments is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Ebury Mass Payments?
It depends on the product, but payment and e-money balances should be safeguarded in a separate account, with no upper limit on the protected amount. You can also refer complaints about Ebury Mass Payments to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Ebury Mass Payments?
Ebury Mass Payments is owned by Ebury Mass Payments Holdco Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 20 October 2017. Before that, it was controlled by Mr Owain Walters.
Who runs Ebury Mass Payments?
Companies House lists 2 directors of Ebury Mass Payments: Juan Manuel Fernandez Lobato and Karan Ghuwalewala.
How long has Ebury Mass Payments been in business?
The company was formed on 30 October 2009, and has held its current FCA authorisation since February 2018.
Does Ebury Mass Payments use any other names?
It trades as Ebury and Global Corporate Payments. It has previously used 3 other names: Frontierpay Ltd, The FX Firm Limited and Frontierpay.

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