Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Also registered under the Money Laundering Regulations
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
2 Gresham Street, 1st Floor, London, EC2V 7AD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7608 8460 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode EC2V 7AD
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- NETELLER Digital Wallet Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- NET+ Prepaid Card (brand name) Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Neteller (UK) Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Optimal Payments Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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
- g) Execution of payment transactions via telecoms, IT system or network operator
- h) Issuing Electronic Money
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
- 04478861 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 July 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Gresham Street, 1st Floor, London, EC2V 7AD, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Elliott Mark Wiseman | Director | Feb 1974 | 14 Feb 2018 | 34 other companies |
| Alan Osborne | Director | Oct 1974 | 21 Dec 2020 | 2 other companies |
| Mark Aidan Jeffrey | Director | May 1958 | 12 Sep 2023 | 3 other companies |
| Christopher Daniels | Director | Jul 1979 | 30 Sep 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Chi Eun Lee | Director | Nov 1969 | 10 Jan 2025 | 3 other companies |
| Oliver Walter Laird | Director | May 1970 | 3 Feb 2025 | 4 other companies |
| Rahad Hassan | Director | Jan 1988 | 28 Jul 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Thayalini (yalini) Arinaminpathy (pathy) (Dr) | Director | Apr 1979 | 1 Apr 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Thomas Neale John Fleming | Director | Sep 1977 | 14 May 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Avril Mollaghan | Secretary | Not published | 6 Mar 2023 | – |
Other companies run by these 9 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
- 38
- closed down
- 24
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 38 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 9 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 9 directors run together
- All 40 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Paysafe Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
31 December 2023
- Paysafe Group Holdings III Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Paysafe Group Limited gave up control
Companies House
25 April 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Paysafe Financial Services Limited"
FCA register
2018
16 March 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Paysafe Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
9 December 2015
- Changed its registered name from "Optimal Payments Limited"
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2012
30 April 2012
- Changed its registered name from "Neteller (UK) Ltd"
FCA register
2011
16 June 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2002
5 July 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 92 events
- All 92 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 77
Firms connected to Paysafe Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Paysafe Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its phone number
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Paysafe Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 38 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 92 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, 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