PingPong Payment (UK) Limited

Reference number: 974154

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Website, phone number and address

Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When pingpongx.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 3885 6216 is
  • Who else gives the postcode EC2V 8BB
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Other names (1)

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

  • PingPong UK Trading name: A name it trades under now.

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.
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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

  • Institution to refrain from AIS or PIS for an indefinite period
    Must comply with the requirements in regulation 78A(2)(b)of the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 to refrain from providing account information services or payment initiation services for an indefinite period

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 status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
14 May 2020 (6 years old)
Registered office
35 King Street, London, EC2V 8BB, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
  • Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Ning Wang Director Jun 1973 10 Mar 2025 None
Zheng Xu Director Feb 1978 10 Mar 2025 None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

  • Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
  • All 6 people who have been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2025Full accountsAudited

Profit before tax

−£3.20m

Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time

Total equity

£2.33m

No earlier figure to compare

Cash at bank

£4.17m

+46% from £2.86m

Owed within a year

£4.55m

No earlier figure to compare

* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 6 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2021 to 2025
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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About these figures
Turnover
Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
Profit before tax
What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
Net assets, or total equity
Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
Total assets and total liabilities
Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
Cash at bank
Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
Owed within a year, owed after a year
Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 12602063. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.

Key dates in its history

PingPong Payment (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2025

10 March 2025

  • Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over

Companies House

30 January 2025

  • Yu Chen took control (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2023

7 July 2023

  • Yu Chen gave up control
  • Yu Chen took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

6 May 2023

  • Flc3 (Hong Kong) Limited gave up control
  • Flc3 (Hong Kong) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Yu Chen gave up control

Companies House

13 April 2023

  • FCA imposed a requirement (Institution to refrain from AIS or PIS for an indefinite period)
  • Became an authorised e-money institution

FCA register

2022

14 April 2022

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date

FCA register

16 March 2022

  • Board replaced: its only director left and 2 new directors took over

Companies House

2020

14 May 2020

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Yu Chen took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 24 events

  • All 24 events in its history (13 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 10
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Firms connected to PingPong Payment (UK)

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with PingPong Payment (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm
1
share its postcode
1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

  • How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
  • Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like PingPong Payment (UK)

Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.

In London

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  • Every company its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 6 years of accounts, charted
  • All 24 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is PingPong Payment (UK) Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, PingPong Payment (UK) Limited (FRN 974154) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since April 2023 and works as a payment or money transfer firm. The FCA has placed a limit on what it may do.
What is PingPong Payment (UK)’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 3885 6216 and the website pingpongx.com for PingPong Payment (UK). If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is PingPong Payment (UK) a scam or clone?
PingPong Payment (UK) 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 PingPong Payment (UK)?
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 PingPong Payment (UK) to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns PingPong Payment (UK)?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of PingPong Payment (UK): Mr Yu Chen (25–50% of shares). Before that, it was controlled by Yu Chen and Flc3 (Hong Kong) Limited.
Who runs PingPong Payment (UK)?
Companies House lists 2 directors of PingPong Payment (UK): Ning Wang and Zheng Xu.
How long has PingPong Payment (UK) been in business?
The company was formed on 14 May 2020, and has held its current FCA authorisation since April 2023.
What do PingPong Payment (UK)’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show profit before tax of −£3.20m (not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time) and total equity of £2.33m (no earlier figure to compare).
Does PingPong Payment (UK) use any other names?
It trades as PingPong UK.

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