Our company

June 2017

BCB Group is launched in the UK. Our founders are driven by a passion for the new era of digital finance. They understand the challenges organisations face in holding and transferring funds in the digital economy and resolve to design, build and continually evolve infrastructure for the blockchain era.

July 2018

Our subsidiary, BCB Payments Limited, is registered with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the Payments Services Regulations 2017 as an authorised payment institution.

March 2021

We raise $4.5m in a strategic funding round co-led by North Island Ventures and Blockchain.com Ventures.

January 2022

We raise $60 million in the largest series A funding round for a company in the blockchain industry in the UK.

April 2024

We announce our authorisation by the ACPR and the AMF respectively to act as an E-Money Institution and a registered Digital Assets Services Provider (DASP) in France.

June 2025

BCB X Societe Generale

BCB Markets, a subsidiary of BCB Group, a leading provider of payment and trading services for the digital asset economy, has  closed a deal with Societe Generale – FORGE, the digital asset subsidiary of Societe Generale, to distribute its Euro-linked stablecoin, in a further sign of the rapid growth of fiat-linked digital assets.

2025

BLINC 5 year Milestone

BLINC celebrates its 5th anniversary, having successfully redefined the way payments are made within the digital asset space. With $200 billion in transaction volume processed, it has linked over 400 institutional clients and created nearly 80,000 potential settlement connections across the global digital asset ecosystem. The currencies supported have now expanded to include USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, JPY, AUD, NZD and SGD.

February 2026

BCB announces both of our subsidiaries BCB Payments Limited and BCB Payments (Europe) SASU are registered as a Foreign Money Service Business with FinTRAC in Canada.

2026

Capital Pioneer Awards 2026

Capital Pioneer of the Year – Tim Renew – Shortlist 

The Young Pioneer Award- Millie Tobin and Filip Ivanov – Shortlist 

Payments Innovation of the Year –Shortlist 

Scale up of the Year- Shortlist 

Pioneering Team of the Year – Shortlist 

Partnership of the Year – Shortlist 

2025

Women in Governance, Risk and Compliance Awards

Tulika Dhar Risk Leader of the Year – winner

Sustainability Champion in GRC – winner

GRC Innovator of the Year – winner

The Digital Commonwealth Awards 2025

Best Payments Product – winner

Hedgeweek Global Digital Assets Awards  

Banking Provider Partner of the Year – shortlisted

Global Crypto Awards

Best Provider of Crypto Innovation – winner

Global Financial Market Review

Best Payment Technology Innovation UK 2025 – winner

Legal500 GC Powerlist Luxembourg 2025

Agathe Laissus

Women in Tech Employer Awards 

Best Employer for Benefits and Wellbeing

Best Employer for Parental Support

AML Law.com Awards 

Legal Leader of the Year – In-House – Rüya Karausta -shortlisted

Top 1% Workplace Awards 2025

Highly Commended for The Top 1% Leader of the Year Award – Tim Renew

Financial Promoter Awards 2025 

Sponsorship Initiative of the Year – winner

Young Financial Promoter of the Year Amber Walduck – winner

Payments Awards 2025

B2B Payments Innovation of the Year – shortlisted

Pay360 Awards 2025

Best Initiative in Banking – shortlisted

Wirex Beincrypto Rising Women in Crypto 2025
Best crypto influencer – Sam Shrager

2024

The Digital Assets Awards by The Digital Banker

Winner – Excellence in Digital Assets Innovation – Institutional Payments

Top 1% Workplace Awards

Best Workplace for Employee Onboarding – Highly Commended
Best Sales Professionals Award – Highly Commended

Women in Tech Employer Awards

Best Employer for Benefits – shortlisted
Best Employer for Parental Support – shortlisted

Rising Women in Crypto Power List – by Wirex

Longlisted 2024
Kym Routledge, Group Head of Compliance and UK MLRO
Sam Shrager, Executive Director, Marketing and Communications

Shecancode Power Up Awards

Raven Reynolds Full Stack Engineer

Financial Promoter Awards

Sam Shrager – Winner Payments Marketer of the Year

Financial Technology Report

Agathe Laissus – Top 50 Women Leaders in Financial Technology

Legal500 GC Powerlist Luxembourg

Agathe Laissus

2023

The Pay360 Awards

Best Use of Digital Currencies/Assets in Financial Services – Finalist

Best B2B Payments Programme – Highly Commended for BCB Group’s BLINC Network

Women in Tech

Best tech employer – Finalist

Citywealth Brand Management & Reputation Awards

Brand of the Year – Crypto – Silver

Legal500 GC Powerlist BENELUX

Agathe Laissus

Rising Women in Crypto Power List – by Wirex

Kym Routledge, Group Head of Compliance and UK MLRO
Natasha Powell, Chief Compliance Officer 
Sam Shrager, Executive Director, Marketing and Communications

Women in Tech

Corinne Bosch –  Winner, Power Up award

2022

The Pay360 Awards
Best B2B Payments Programme – Finalist
Best B2B/B2C Banking Initiative – Finalist

Hedgeweek European Digital Assets Awards
Best Treasury Management Solution – Finalist

CityAM Crypto AM Awards
Payment Services Provider of the Year – Finalist

2021

HFM European Technology Awards
Best use of artificial intelligence or blockchain – Finalist

CityAM Crypto AM Awards
Payment Services Provider of the Year – Finalist

 HFM European Technology Awards 2019
Best use of payments technology – BLINC