Changeflow GovPing Banking & Finance FCA Restricts Bazar Money Transfer Limited from...
Priority review Enforcement Added Final

FCA Restricts Bazar Money Transfer Limited from Payment Services

Favicon for www.fca.org.uk FCA News & Press Releases
Filed
Detected
Email

Summary

The FCA imposed restrictions on Bazar Money Transfer Limited (BMTL) on 21 November 2025, preventing it from providing regulated payment services. BMTL was no longer meeting the conditions for registration as a small payment institution. Following representations from BMTL, the FCA issued a Second Supervisory Notice on 6 March 2026, maintaining the restrictions in place.

What changed

The FCA imposed restrictions on Bazar Money Transfer Limited (BMTL), preventing it from providing regulated payment services. The restrictions were initially imposed on 21 November 2025 and maintained following BMTL's representations through a Second Supervisory Notice issued on 6 March 2026. BMTL, which was registered with the FCA for money remittance services to retail and corporate customers, no longer met the conditions for registration as a small payment institution.

BMTL customers should immediately seek alternative authorised or registered payment services firms for their money transfer needs. BMTL must not provide any regulated payment services or cryptoasset business to customers. Customers who have not received expected funds should contact the FCA Supervision Hub. The FCA emphasises that any cryptoasset exchange provider or custodian wallet provider operating in the UK must be separately registered with the FCA under the Money Laundering Regulations.

What to do next

  1. Verify any current payment service providers are FCA-authorised or registered
  2. Redirect customers to alternative FCA-authorised payment services firms immediately
  3. BMTL customers awaiting funds should contact the FCA Supervision Hub

Archived snapshot

Apr 9, 2026

GovPing captured this document from the original source. If the source has since changed or been removed, this is the text as it existed at that time.

FCA imposes restrictions on Bazar Money Transfer Limited

News stories First published:

08/04/2026

Last updated: 08/04/2026
On 21 November 2025, we imposed restrictions on Bazar Money Transfer Limited (BMTL), preventing it from providing regulated payment services.


BMTL is registered with the FCA to provide money remittance services to retail and corporate customers.

As BMTL was no longer meeting the conditions for registration as a small payment institution, we acted to impose restrictions to protect consumers, preventing BMTL from carrying out any regulated payment services.

Following representations made by BMTL, on 6 March 2026, we issued a Second Supervisory Notice, keeping the restrictions in place.

Anyone who needs to send or receive money should use an alternative authorised or registered payment services firm.

Any BMTL customers who haven’t received expected funds should contact our Supervision Hub.

BMTL is also not registered to carry on cryptoasset business and must not provide these services to customers.

More information

You can read the Second Supervisory Notice which outlines our concerns and the basis for imposing the restrictions.

Find out more about the restrictions on the Financial Services Register.

The FCA is the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing supervisor of UK cryptoasset businesses under the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs).

Any cryptoasset exchange provider or custodian wallet provider which operates its business in the UK must be registered with the FCA – Cryptoassets: Who needs to register.

Was this page useful? Yes No What can we do to improve pages like this? What did you find helpful? Submit Feedback
Second Supervisory Notice 2026: Bazar Money Transfer Limited

Named provisions

Second Supervisory Notice - Bazar Money Transfer Limited

Get daily alerts for FCA News & Press Releases

Daily digest delivered to your inbox.

Free. Unsubscribe anytime.

About this page

What is GovPing?

Every important government, regulator, and court update from around the world. One place. Real-time. Free. Our mission

What's from the agency?

Source document text, dates, docket IDs, and authority are extracted directly from FCA.

What's AI-generated?

The plain-English summary, classification, and "what to do next" steps are AI-generated from the original text. Cite the source document, not the AI analysis.

Last updated

Classification

Agency
FCA
Filed
April 8th, 2026
Instrument
Enforcement
Legal weight
Binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Substantive

Who this affects

Applies to
Consumers Financial advisers Government agencies
Industry sector
5222 Fintech & Digital Payments
Activity scope
Money remittance Payment services Cryptoasset services
Geographic scope
United Kingdom GB

Taxonomy

Primary area
Payments
Operational domain
Compliance
Topics
Consumer Finance Consumer Protection

Get alerts for this source

We'll email you when FCA News & Press Releases publishes new changes.

Optional. Personalizes your daily digest.

Free. Unsubscribe anytime.