Founded in 2007 in the City of London, Mercury is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority as an E-Money institution.
Today we have regulated offices in London and Cape Town.
Our mission is to help you build financial bridges with the UK so that you can buy, sell or manage your UK property, whether you are based here or anywhere else in the world.
We know that it can be daunting to send large amounts of currency around the world, to liaise with several counterparties with regards to your property transaction, and to manage the money in the UK.
Mercury is here to help, every step of the way. We have been working with estate agents and property solicitors for over 20 years, and we've facilitated hundreds of millions of pounds-worth of property transactions.
Your Mercury account is accessed through our online e-account platform. You can transact in the currency markets 24 hours a day, make and receive payments, and track all financial movements in real time. As well as an excellent digital offering, Mercury also has a team of experienced people to help guide you through your property buying journey.
Mercury is working with Elite Law to make the dream of buying a UK property a reality for thousands of happy customers.
Below are the four most common scenarios that we help Elite Law Solicitors customers with - we've listed some of the common problems for each. Just click on your problem, and we'll offer you the solution.
Whether you're a first-time buyer, or adding another asset to your property portfolio, Mercury makes sense.
Your local bank offers you terrible exchange rates and charges you a lot of money to send funds to the UK.
Completing on a UK property purchase is much easier if you have a UK bank account - you've tried, but you can't open one.
Some of the money being used to buy the property is a gift from family, and your UK bank is unwilling to accept it.
You're funding a UK property purchase in multiple currencies from multiple jurisdictions.