Glint Pay Services Ltd was in administration from 18 September 2019 until 19 November 2019, when it announced new investment and control returned to its management (FCA notice, updated 21 November 2019). The FCA states that buying or holding gold through Glint is not an FCA-regulated activity and is not covered by the FSCS.
Glint
App and Mastercard from Glint Pay Services Ltd for buying, holding and spending allocated gold and silver stored in Brink's vaults; the metal is not FCA-regulated.
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- Minimum investment
- No minimum (buy any amount)
- Scale
- —
- Launched
- —
- Geography
- UK (operator); clients worldwide except the EU
- Secondary market
- Platform buy-back only
- Investment type
- Physical Asset
Glint in ten seconds
Structured fields recorded the same way for every platform in the directory, so they can be compared like for like.
- Asset classes
- Precious Metals
- Investment type
- Physical Asset
- Not FCA regulated · Gold and silver dealing (unregulated activity); e-money arm FCA-authorised (Glint Pay Services Ltd, FRN 900657)
- Operator
- Glint Pay Services Ltd · Co. no. 10117131
- Company status
- Active
- No minimum (buy any amount)
- Scale
- —
- Launched
- —
- Company incorporated
- Apr 2016
- Geography
- UK (operator); clients worldwide except the EU
- UK investors
- Open to retail investorsCompany-reported · Nov 2026
- Platform buy-back only
- Operating status
- Active
- Facts checked
- Nov 2026
- Text reviewed
- Nov 2026
- Website
- glintpay.com
About Glint
Glint is an app and debit Mastercard run by Glint Pay Services Ltd (company 10117131) from London. Customers buy allocated physical gold and silver, which Glint says they own outright, stored in Brink's vaults and insured through the Lloyd's of London market. Metal can be held, sent to other Glint users at no fee, sold back in the app, or spent with the card. Glint states that any amount can be bought or sold at wholesale market rates with a 0.9% fee, with an added margin outside trading hours; card payments and ATM withdrawals from metal also carry a 0.9% exchange fee. Anyone over 18 outside the EU can open an account; the card is issued to UK and US residents only. Glint Pay Services Ltd is authorised by the FCA as an electronic money institution (FRN 900657), but that covers its currency wallets and payment services only: the FCA states that buying gold through Glint is not a regulated activity, that gold holdings are not safeguarded, and that neither gold nor safeguarded funds are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. The company was in administration from September to November 2019, when it announced new investment and control returned to its management.
Glint vs other Precious Metals platforms
| Glint | Capital Protocol | BullionVault | GoldCore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | No minimum (buy any amount) | Not disclosed | No minimum (orders in whole grams) | From $100/month (GoldSaver) |
| FCA status | Not FCA regulated | Not FCA regulated | Not FCA regulated | Not FCA regulated |
| Structure | Physical Asset | Debt | Physical Asset | Physical Asset |
| Secondary market | Platform buy-back only | No | Yes, order book | Platform buy-back only |
| Launched | — | — | 2005 | 2003 |
| Geography | UK (operator); clients worldwide except the EU | UK | UK (operator); clients in 175 countries | Ireland, UK |
- What is the minimum investment on Glint?
- Glint's minimum investment is no minimum (buy any amount).
- Is Glint regulated by the FCA?
- No, Glint is not FCA-regulated.
- Does Glint offer a secondary market?
- Not between investors. Glint may buy holdings back on its own terms, but there is no open market where investors trade with each other.