Currencies Direct is one of Europe’s leading non-bank providers of currency exchange and international payment services. Since its formation in 1996 Currencies Direct has maintained its focus on being an innovative service provider of foreign exchange and international transfers for consumers and high net worth individuals with an extensive client base of 325,000. The company has also expanded its services to provide dynamic and pioneering ‘business to business’ solutions to help companies, tier 2/3 banks and other non-bank financial institutions process their international payments.
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+44 (0) 20 7847 9400
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www.currenciesdirect.com/en
Get in touch:
+44 (0) 20 7847 9400
customer.s@currenciesdirect.com
www.currenciesdirect.com/en
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 501-1000
Phone: +44 20 7847 9400
Total raised: $184.23M
Founded date: 1996
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Corsair Ca... | corsair-ca... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.03.2022 | - | $184.23M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.04.2026 | Young Britons Are Leaving the UK Earlier Than Ever as UK Prospects Fall | New research reveals a generational confidence crisis as under-35s look overseas for opportunity and stability LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, April 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Great Gen Z Exodus report by The TEFL Academy reveals that Briton... |
| 10.03.2022 | FX platform Currencies Direct receives £140m investment | Digital foreign exchange (FX) and cross-border payments firm Currencies Direct is set to receive a £140 million strategic investment from alternative asset manager Blackstone. Blackstone will pour £140m into Currencies Direct Blackstone wil... |
| 09.03.2022 | Currencies Direct Receives £140M Investment from Blackstone | Palamon Capital Partners, a pan-European growth investor, and Corsair, a private equity company targeting services, software, and payments investments in the financial services market, announced that funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opp... |
| 09.03.2022 | Blackstone backs Currencies Direct with £140 million for M&A opportunities | London-based digital foreign exchange player Currencies Direct has roped in £140 million investment from Blackstone. The funding will be made in partnership with Currencies Direct’s management team, led by Keith Hatton, and pan-European gro... |
| 07.08.2016 | Corsair Capital-backed Currencies Direct Appoints Antony Jenkins as Chairman | Currencies Direct, the leading UK non-bank provider of foreign exchange and international payment services, today announced that Antony Jenkins, formerly CEO of Barclays Plc, has joined the company as non-executive Chairman. He will focus o... |
| 28.09.2009 | Former Spanish Prime Minister In London Outlines Plans To Escape The Financial Crisis | José Maria Aznar, former Spanish Prime Minister, has visited London to present his solutions to the financial crisis to an audience of businessmen and policy-makers. In the speech, hosted at the National Liberal Club in Westminster and spon... |
| 19.08.2009 | Avoid The Great British Holiday Money Rip-Off | Airport bureaux de change up to 10 per cent more expensive than specialist firms We all know better, but too often we all still do it. In the rush to go on holiday, we’ve forgotten to sort out the spending money and end up buying it at the ... |
| 31.10.2005 | Overseas homeowners suffer from high charges on regular currency transfers | Currencies Direct helps Brits cut the costs of overseas regular transfers by £300 per year London, 31st October 2005 – Brits with a dream home in the sun are being overcharged by the banks when transferring money regularly from the UK, acco... |
| - | Blackstone backs Currencies Direct with £140 million for M&A opportunities | London-based digital foreign exchange player Currencies Direct has roped in £140 million investment from Blackstone. The funding will be made in partnership with Currencies Direct’s management team, led by Keith Hatton, and pan-European gro... |