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
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.
- my paysafecard Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- paysafecard Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- paysafecard MasterCard Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Paysafe Cash 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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- 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
- 05761861 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 March 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Gresham Street, 1st Floor, London, EC2V 7AD, England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Mark Wiseman | Director | Feb 1974 | 12 Oct 2015 | 35 other companies |
| Alan Osborne | Director | Oct 1974 | 6 Mar 2023 | 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
- 39
- closed down
- 24
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 39 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 32 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Prepaid Services Company’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
12 April 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
- Paysafecard.Com Wertkarten Gmbh took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
1 July 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2006
30 March 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 67 events
- All 67 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 55
Firms connected to Prepaid Services Company
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Prepaid Services Company. 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 Prepaid Services Company
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 39 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 67 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