Crown Agents Bank

Crown Agents Bank is a UK bank authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the FCA and PRA. It specialises in moving money into hard-to-reach and emerging markets through FX, cross-border payments, trade finance, guaranteed deposits, structured solutions and derivatives. The site lists integrations with Bloomberg, Reuters, 360T and FXAll, plus a consolidated single-instruction API for cross-currency workflows.

Its customers are banks, non-bank financial institutions, humanitarian and development organisations, corporates, governments and development agencies. Income is presented in the group's materials as FX, payments and other banking income.

The bank traces its history to 1833 and was established as Crown Agents Bank in 1989. Its headquarters are in London, and the parent company, CAB Payments Holdings plc, has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 2023. Other entities include CAB Europe in Amsterdam, CAB Global Markets in Abu Dhabi and a New York representative office. The company currently has open vacancies in London across front-office FX and sales, risk and compliance, technology and operations.

Product: FX, cross-border payments, trade finance, guaranteed deposits, structured solutions and derivatives for emerging and frontier markets, accessible via an API and trading platforms.