OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7628424 amended

On 16 April 2026, the General Licence INT/2025/7628424 was amended as:

The definition of “IT Providers” was amended and now reads:

• “UK providers of broadband services, telephone services, email services, anti-virus and cybersecurity software services, operating system software services and regulatory reporting software.”

 Permission 4.2 was added to the licence:

• 4.2 Where a payment is made by a Person acting on behalf of one of the DPs in accordance with paragraph 4.1, the DP may repay the Person the same amount as the payment provided payment is made from a UK account.

Permissions 8.2 and 8.3 were added to the licence:

• 8.2 Process currency conversions and deduct reasonable fees as appropriate when processing payments under paragraph 4 on behalf of one of the DPs; and
• 8.3 Transfer funds between different currency accounts held by one of the DPs in order to effect any conversion required under paragraph 8.2.

Reporting requirement 10.1 was amended to reflect the new permission 4.2:

• 10.1 The name of the DP sender or the Person making the payment on their behalf; and

The licence was extended by six months and now expires on 22 October 2026.

Any persons intending to use General Licence INT/2025/7628424 should consult the copy of the Licence for full details of the permissions and usage requirements.

Here’s the updated Publication Notice:

and the updated General Licence:

Fun fact: I see that these files do not follow the same file naming convention as others I’ve uploaded recently….