Travelex Japan (トラベレックスジャパン)
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Wiki route
This entry sits under payment-firms INDEX (its domain route). Read it against Western Union Japan and SBI Remit for peer / contrast (remittance / money-movement), and against the FSA plus the funds-transfer vs prepaid boundary for the supervisory / system boundary.
TL;DR
Travelex Japan Co., Ltd. is a retail-network operator specializing in foreign-currency exchange and foreign-currency home delivery, and an FSA-registered funds-transfer operator (funds-transfer operator under the Payment Services Act; 関東財務局長 第00001号). Its head office is in Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Under the Payment Services Act it also issues an overseas-dedicated prepaid card (Mastercard Travelex Money Card). It is the Japan base of the Travelex global FX / travel-money network, holding the touchpoint between airport / urban foreign-currency exchange and international money transfer.
1. License / group boundary
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Legal name | Travelex Japan Co., Ltd. |
| License route | Funds-transfer operator (funds-transfer, Payment Services Act); FSA 関東財務局長 第00001号 |
| Parent / group | Travelex brand (global FX / travel-money network, foreign parent) |
| Main lanes | Foreign-currency exchange / home delivery, travel money, overseas-dedicated prepaid card (Mastercard) issuance |
| Home | Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
| Wiki role | Travelex’s Japan FX / money-movement entity page |
2. Operating model
- Provides storefront / physical-network FX / remittance-adjacent services.
- Differs from app-first fintech in that airport / retail-counter distribution matters.
- A useful comparator for Western Union / SBI Remit and for the digital-first Wise.
3. Why this page matters
Travelex is not merely an exchange shop; as a funds-transfer operator it is included in Japan’s money-movement map. It fixes an example of exchange (FX retail) and funds-transfer business (remittance / prepaid issuance) co-residing in a single entity, and provides an anchor for the storefront-distribution model.
Related
- payment-firms INDEX
- Western Union Japan
- SBI Remit
- Wise Payments Japan
- funds-transfer vs prepaid boundary
- FinWiki index
Sources
- Travelex Japan company overview: https://www.travelex.co.jp/about-us
- Travelex Japan: 特定商取引法に基づく表記: https://www.travelex.co.jp/legal/tokuteishotorihiki
- FSA funds-transfer service provider list (
shikin_idou.pdf): https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/shikin_idou.pdf
[!info] Verification status confidence: likely. The funds-transfer business (関東財務局長 第00001号), the foreign-currency exchange business, and the Mastercard prepaid-card issuance are public facts.