Rescued payments firm Finablr cannot delist in London -FCA

Reuters

Published Dec 16, 2021 08:20

Updated Dec 16, 2021 11:55

(Corrects to reflect Finablr's shares were suspended, not delisted)

LONDON (Reuters) - Troubled payments company Finablr has been told it cannot delist from the London Stock Exchange without a vote by its shareholders, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Thursday.

Finablr was bought by a Middle Eastern consortium and rebranded as WizzFinancial to create a regional money transfer group.

The company's shares have been suspended since March 2020.

Finablr's application to delist under a rule allowing firms in a precarious financial position to sidestep a shareholder vote has not met the necessary conditions, the FCA said.