Payment and e-money licensing
EMI, PI, Small EMI / SPI, PSP, MSB, and related authorisation pathways assessed against the intended activity.
Authorisation strategy
New FinTech Licences
Map the authorisation strategy, jurisdiction, and evidence needed to move a regulated financial or crypto project forward with confidence.
Overview
Fintech-assist helps founders and established operators frame regulated activities, compare suitable jurisdictions, and coordinate a licensing programme around the business model. The work is advisory and application-led; regulatory outcomes remain with the relevant authority.
Who it’s for
- Payment and e-money ventures preparing for regulated activity
- Crypto businesses assessing VASP or CASP pathways
- International groups adding a regulated financial operating base
What the support covers
Crypto authorisation strategy
VASP, CASP, and other applicable crypto frameworks considered with target markets, services, and operating substance in view.
Application preparation
A coordinated programme for policies, governance materials, ownership information, and regulator-facing documentation.
What we coordinate
- Regulated-activity scoping and jurisdiction comparison
- Application roadmap, document list, and delivery coordination
- AML/KYC, governance, ownership, and operational evidence planning
- Coordination with advisers, service providers, and regulatory stakeholders
Jurisdiction and application considerations
Business model
The licence family must reflect products, customer types, payment flows, and target markets.
Regulatory substance
Governance, ownership, AML/KYC controls, capital, local presence, and documentation can vary by jurisdiction.
Readiness
A clear operating model and complete evidence package support a more orderly review process.
How It Works
Scope the intended regulated activities and markets
- Your role
- Describe your products, customers, target markets and expected movement of funds.
- Our coordination
- Map the proposed activity and identify questions requiring regulatory or specialist assessment.
- Stage outcome
- A documented business scope for comparing authorisation routes.
Compare jurisdictions and agree the authorisation roadmap
- Your role
- Discuss your budget, ownership structure and ability to establish local operations.
- Our coordination
- Compare suitable jurisdictions and coordinate the requirements, dependencies and preparation priorities.
- Stage outcome
- An agreed licensing route and preparation roadmap, subject to confirmation of applicable requirements.
Coordinate governance, capital and application evidence
- Your role
- Provide ownership and funding evidence and assign the people responsible for management and controls.
- Our coordination
- Coordinate the business plan, governance, policies and supporting application documents with relevant advisers.
- Stage outcome
- An application package prepared for review, with remaining gaps clearly identified.
Support submission and responses to the authority
- Your role
- Approve the submission and provide additional information when requested.
- Our coordination
- Coordinate the filing process and responses to questions from the relevant authority and advisers.
- Stage outcome
- A submitted application and an organised record of queries, responses and outstanding matters.
Coordinate readiness subject to the regulator’s decision
- Your role
- Review the decision and address any conditions before starting regulated activity.
- Our coordination
- Coordinate next steps, operational readiness and any follow-up work arising from the authority’s decision.
- Stage outcome
- A documented readiness plan; launch depends on authorisation and fulfilment of applicable conditions.
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