Visa Payments Limited
Reference number: 537580
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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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Phone number
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Address
1 Sheldon Square, London, W2 6TT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When visa.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3144 2356 is
- Who else gives the postcode W2 6TT
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Earthport PLC 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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- 1. Services enabling cash to be placed on a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
- 2. Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
- 3. Executing payment transactions (no credit line)
- 4. Executing payment transactions (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
- 03428888 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 September 1997 (29 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Sharon Julie Dean | Director | Jun 1971 | 10 Aug 2022 | 23 other companies |
| Tim Moncrieff | Director | Mar 1986 | 20 Oct 2025 | 3 other companies |
| Richard Cusack | Secretary | Not published | 3 Aug 2020 | – |
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
- 23
- closed down
- 5
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 23 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 2 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 3 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 56 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Visa Payments’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
28 February 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Earthport PLC"
FCA register
2019
8 May 2019
- Visa Inc took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2018
10 May 2018
- Became an authorised payment institution
FCA register
2016
31 August 2016
- Various Shareholders became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Various Shareholders stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
12 April 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
1997
3 September 1997
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 123 events
- All 123 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 114
Firms connected to Visa Payments
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Visa Payments. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Visa Payments
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 23 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 123 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