Bank Index

SMARTFLOW PAYMENTS LIMITED

E-money or payment institution · WELWYN GARDEN CITY, United Kingdom · overall 5.0 / 10

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How this 5.0 is built

Average of 10 scored needs: 5.0. Regulation in United Kingdom: 91/100 (World Bank governance indicators). Licence confirmed by a regulator's own list. 2 scores backed by filings or its own pages.

SMARTFLOW PAYMENTS LIMITED is recorded in the global register as an e-money or payment institution in WELWYN GARDEN CITY, United Kingdom. The register names Financial Conduct Authority as its regulator and shows the licence as registered. Established 2017. Collected from open registers.

On its own website: “Sends - open a secure online bank account today. Manage your finances with ease. Open a multi-currency account and easily transfer money worldwide using SEPA, SWIFT, and UK Local Payments”

Legal name
SMARTFLOW PAYMENTS LIMITED
Regulated by
Financial Conduct Authority
Licence confirmed
yes, on a regulator's own list
Established
2017
Website
sends.co

Scores, 0 to 10

7.5Lowest fees
The bank's own page states no monthly account fee. The ceiling here is 7.5 and not 10 because transfer and card prices were not read on that page. It reads: “No monthly fees • FCA regulated • Secure onboarding • Trusted by UK businesses” · source
6.0United Kingdom
Licensed and operating in its home country per the register entry; the depth of its offer here has not been checked yet. · source
6.0Fast digital onboarding
An e-money or payment institution: it moves money and issues accounts but takes no deposits and lends nothing. · source
6.0Online businesses: e-commerce and SaaS
An e-money or payment institution: it moves money and issues accounts but takes no deposits and lends nothing. · source
5.5Fintech companies that need a partner bank
An e-money or payment institution: it moves money and issues accounts but takes no deposits and lends nothing. · source
5.5Startups & VC-backed companies
An e-money or payment institution: it moves money and issues accounts but takes no deposits and lends nothing. · source
5.0Business cards (Visa, Mastercard)
An e-money or payment institution: it moves money and issues accounts but takes no deposits and lends nothing. · source
4.5Cross-border payments, FX and multi-currency accounts
Its own business page names SEPA, SWIFT, so payments can leave the country. The score stops at 4.5 because the page did not give the currencies the account holds or the margin on the exchange rate, and the rubric needs both to go higher. · source
4.0Financial strength & stability
An e-money or payment institution: it moves money and issues accounts but takes no deposits and lends nothing. · source
3.5Trade, manufacturing & import-export
An e-money or payment institution: it moves money and issues accounts but takes no deposits and lends nothing. · source
2.0Best interest on business balances
An e-money or payment institution: it moves money and issues accounts but takes no deposits and lends nothing. · source

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