Finsbury Foreign Exchange Solution Ltd
Reference number: 572524
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
Check their details
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Finsbury Foreign Exchange Solution Ltd, 167-169 Great Portland Street, Fifth Floor, London, W1W 5PF, United Kingdom
Also trades as 4 other names
- Finsbury Forex
- FinsburyFX
- Link To Pay
- Link World Money
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 05237898
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 September 2004 (21 years old)
- Registered office
- 167-169 Great Portland Street, Fifth Floor, London, W1W 5PF
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robson Leite Sampaio | Director | Jul 1964 | 22 Oct 2018 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- 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.
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- 6. Money remittance.
Limits on what they may do
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Voluntary Undertaking
With immediate effect, Finsbury Foreign Exchange Solution Ltd undertakes to: a) Return all relevant funds to customers as soon as practicable; b) Provide the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with the following within 1 week of this undertaking: i. a bank statement(s) to evidence the return of relevant funds under paragraph (a); and ii. written confirmation from the Director of Finsbury FX whether Finsbury FX is holding any relevant funds; c) Not provide payment services, other than in order to comply with paragraph (a); d) Not on-board or register any new payment service users; e) Take all reasonable steps to stop incoming payments from any existing customers, including issuing appropriate communications to discourage further payments and working with banking providers to ensure appropriate controls are implemented to block new payments; f) place a statement in a prominent place on its website within 48 hours of signing this undertaking, informing customers that Finsbury FX has ceased providing payment services in the UK, and that customers should contact Finsbury FX if they have any queries. Duration The undertakings set out above are to take effect immediately on their acceptance by the FCA and notification of such to the Firm via email.
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds 2 earlier registered names for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- Bangladesh Money Transfers (UK) Ltd
- Finsbury Foreign Exchange Ltd
Names it no longer trades under
This firm has retired one trading name. If you were contacted under one of these, the name did belong to this firm, but check the current details above before going ahead.
Show the retired name
- Banglaesh Money Transfer UK
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