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Amazon has cancelled its UK Payment Institution licence — the e-money migration is complete
Two months after taking a native UK e-money authorisation, Amazon Payments UK Limited's payment institution licence (FRN 799814) shows as 'Cancelled – Authorised PI' on the FCA register, effective 15 September 2026. What the register shows, why the PI licence became redundant, and what changes for merchants' due-diligence files.
Who got a payments licence in Europe this summer — 17 new EBA-register institutions, 2 UK grants, 5 UK cancellations
From the EBA and FCA registers, August–September 2026: 17 newly authorised payment and e-money institutions across nine EU states (Bybit Payments' Austrian EMI, Prosegur's crypto-custody unit as a Spanish PI, NorthCrypto, MUVU Bulgaria), two UK grants and five UK cancellations, including Amazon. Each EU row cited to the register, with what the licence category permits.
Amazon quietly becomes a UK e-money institution — with two telling restrictions
Amazon Payments UK Limited is an FCA-authorised electronic money institution as of 15 July 2026 (FRN 1041721) — unannounced and unreported. The grant bars agents, distributors and AIS/PIS, and Amazon's Luxembourg EMI now shows as cancelled on the UK register. Spotted by License Watch.
Brite Payments quietly secures a UK EMI licence from the FCA
Brite Payments is now an FCA-authorised electronic money institution in the UK (FRN 1033237, effective 21 April 2026). No press release, no coverage — the entry surfaced in License Watch, our register-monitoring feed. Here's what the register shows and why it matters.