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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
12 Floor (South), 40 Leadenhall St, London, EC3A 2BJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 020 3650 6300 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Whether EC3A 2BJ is a shared office: 49 other firms give it
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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- a) Services enabling cash placement on a payment account
- b) Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account
- c) Execution of payment transactions (not covered by a credit line)
- d) Execution of payment transactions (covered by a credit line)
- e) Issuing payment instruments or acquiring payment transactions
- f) Money remittance
- h) Issuing Electronic Money
Limits on what they may do
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Agents and distributors
The firm will not onboard any agents or use any distributors.
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
- 06014261 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 November 2006 (19 years old)
- Registered office
- 40 Leadenhall Street, 12th Floor (South), London, EC3A 2BJ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Joshua Bennett | Director | Jan 1983 | 31 May 2024 | 3 other companies |
| Neil James Francis Maffey | Director | Feb 1986 | 31 May 2024 | 1 other company |
| Michael James Hunter Quinn | Director | Oct 1987 | 31 May 2024 | 1 other company |
| Margarita Kavazi | Director | Sep 1993 | 19 Jan 2026 | 3 other companies |
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
- 5
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 5 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, including one no longer authorised
- The 1 company these 4 directors run together
- All 24 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Monex Europe’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
20 December 2023
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Agents and distributors)
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2021
3 February 2021
- Schneider Foreign Exchange Limited stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Monex International Markets PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
- Schneider Foreign Exchange Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2006
30 November 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 47 events
- All 47 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 40
Firms connected to Monex Europe
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Monex Europe. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Monex Europe
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 47 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