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Main pages (18)
Jurisdictions (68)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Belize
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Canada · Ontario
- Canada · Quebec
- Cayman Islands
- Congo-Brazzaville
- Costa Rica
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Delaware
- DR Congo
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Florida
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Hong Kong
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Ivory Coast
- Jersey
- Kazakhstan (AIFC)
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia · Labuan
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Nevis
- Nigeria
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Türkiye
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Vanuatu
- Wyoming and New Mexico
UAE free zones (20)
Services and packages (23)
- Company formation
- Registered office and virtual office
- Bank account opening
- Residence and tax residence
- Regulated activity licences
- Accounting, filings and audit
- Renewal and upkeep
- Redomiciliation
- Change of agent
- Dissolution and strike-off
- Foundations and trusts
- Wills and succession in the UAE
- Compliance, KYC and beneficial ownership
- Local representation and licensed agent
- Mining permits: exploration and extraction
- Gold: buying, refining and export
- Diamond and gemstone export
- Commodity trading
- Petroleum and hydrocarbon licences
- LLC base
- Georgia 1 % + residence
- UAE · free zone
- Switzerland · expenditure-based taxation
Licence types (7)
Financial licences (113)
- 3-year prudential financial model — All jurisdictions
- Acquisition / change of control — EU / EEA
- Acquisition of a bank / qualifying holding — EU / EEA
- Agent registration — EU / EEA
- AIFM authorisation — EU / EEA
- AISP (account information services) — EU / EEA
- Annual licence renewal — All jurisdictions
- Asset-referenced token (ART) issuer authorisation — EU / EEA
- Authorised Electronic Money Institution (AEMI) — UK
- Authorised Payment Institution (API) — United Kingdom
- Banking authorisation — United Kingdom
- Banking licence — Switzerland
- BIC and SWIFT onboarding — International
- BIN sponsorship file — Europe / United Kingdom
- Branch of a third-country bank — EU / EEA
- Broker-dealer licence — Selected jurisdiction
- Bureau de change / currency exchange office — United Kingdom
- Bureau de change licence — Selected jurisdiction
- Card issuing programme — Europe / United Kingdom
- CASP acquisition / change of control — EU / EEA
- CASP advice / management / order transmission — EU / EEA
- CASP authorisation (class 1) — EU / EEA
- CASP authorisation (class 2) — EU / EEA
- CASP authorisation (class 3) — EU / EEA
- CASP custody and crypto exchange — EU / EEA
- CASP passport — EU / EEA
- CASP policies and governance — EU / EEA
- CASP trading platform — EU / EEA
- Change of control of a regulated firm — EU / EEA
- Combined AISP + PISP — EU / EEA
- Commercial / digital bank licence — United Arab Emirates
- Crypto-asset white paper — EU / EEA
- Digital bank / neobank with a banking licence — EU / EEA
- Digital Currency Exchange registration — Australia
- Director and shareholder files — All jurisdictions
- DLT market infrastructure — EU / EEA
- DORA / ICT readiness for a payment institution — EU / EEA
- E-money distributor registration — EU / EEA
- E-money token (EMT) issuer — EU / EEA
- ECSP authorisation — EU / EEA
- Electronic money institution (EMI) authorisation — EU / EEA
- Enterprise-wide risk assessment — All jurisdictions
- European passport — EU / EEA
- Exchange + transfers / remittance licence — UAE
- Exchange licence, exchange-only category — UAE
- Extension / variation of permissions — EU / EEA
- Extension of CASP services — EU / EEA
- Federal FinCEN registration — United States
- FinTech licence / deposit-taking — Switzerland
- Foreign MSB registration — Canada
- Forex / CFD broker licence — Selected jurisdiction
- Full AML/KYC/CFT framework — All jurisdictions
- Fund administrator licence — Selected jurisdiction
- Gap analysis / readiness assessment — EU / EEA
- Governance and committees pack — All jurisdictions
- ICAAP / ILAAP / capital plan — Bank / regulated firm
- ICT, cybersecurity and DORA pack for a CASP — EU / EEA
- Indirect SEPA / sponsor onboarding — EU / EEA
- International banking licence — Selected jurisdiction
- Investment firm authorisation — EU / EEA
- Local or independent director — Selected jurisdiction
- Major Payment Institution — Singapore
- Merchant acquiring permission — EU / EEA / United Kingdom
- Merchant of Record set-up — International
- Money remittance / money transmission — United Kingdom
- Money Service Operator licence — Hong Kong
- Money transmitter licence for one State — United States
- MSB registration — Canada
- MTF / OTF / market operator authorisation — EU / EEA
- MTO licence — Selected jurisdiction
- Multi-branch exchange network — Selected jurisdiction
- Multi-State money transmitter programme — United States
- On-site inspection preparation — All jurisdictions
- Operating procedures pack — All jurisdictions
- Outsourced compliance officer — Selected jurisdiction
- Outsourced MLRO — Selected jurisdiction
- Payment gateway regulatory structure — Selected jurisdiction
- Payment institution (PI) authorisation — EU / EEA
- Payment orchestration architecture — International
- PISP (payment initiation services) — EU / EEA
- Portfolio management / investment advice — EU / EEA
- Principal Visa / Mastercard membership — if eligible
- Processor / core banking / ledger RFP — International
- Recurring regulatory reporting — All jurisdictions
- Registered AISP (RAISP) — United Kingdom
- Regulatory data room and evidence pack — All jurisdictions
- Regulatory diagnosis and licence choice — All jurisdictions
- Regulatory internal audit — All jurisdictions
- Regulatory pack for the CASP authorisation file — EU / EEA
- Regulatory programme of operations — All jurisdictions
- Regulatory remediation plan — All jurisdictions
- Regulatory team recruitment — Selected jurisdiction
- Regulatory watch and policy updates — All jurisdictions
- Remittance service provider registration — Australia
- Representative office / bank branch — Selected jurisdiction
- Safeguarding arrangements design — EU / EEA
- Safeguarding audit / remediation — EU / EEA / United Kingdom
- Small EMI / Small PI — United Kingdom
- Small EMI registration — EU / EEA
- Small PI registration — EU / EEA
- Specialised / niche bank — EU / EEA
- Sponsor bank search and onboarding — Selected jurisdiction
- SRO affiliation and AML supervision — Switzerland
- SRO affiliation for crypto activity — Switzerland
- Standard Payment Institution — Singapore
- TFR / crypto Travel Rule compliance — EU / EEA
- Tied agent registration — EU / EEA
- UCITS ManCo authorisation — EU / EEA
- Universal bank authorisation — EU / euro area
- VASP licence outside the EU — Selected jurisdiction
- Virtual Asset Service Provider licence — Dubai
- Virtual assets licence — Abu Dhabi
- White-label Banking-as-a-Service programme — Europe / UK
Comparisons (31)
- Belize or Panama
- Belize or Seychelles
- British Virgin Islands or Cayman Islands
- British Virgin Islands or Seychelles
- Cyprus or Malta
- Delaware or Florida
- Delaware or Wyoming and New Mexico
- Estonia or Bulgaria
- Georgia or Estonia
- Ireland or Netherlands
- Malaysia · Labuan or Singapore
- Mauritius or Seychelles
- Nevis or Wyoming and New Mexico
- Singapore or Hong Kong
- United Arab Emirates or Bulgaria
- United Arab Emirates or Cyprus
- United Arab Emirates or Delaware
- United Arab Emirates or Estonia
- United Arab Emirates or Georgia
- United Arab Emirates or Hong Kong
- United Arab Emirates or Ireland
- United Arab Emirates or Panama
- United Arab Emirates or Portugal
- United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia
- United Arab Emirates or Singapore
- United Arab Emirates or Switzerland
- United Arab Emirates or United Kingdom
- United Kingdom or Estonia
- United Kingdom or Ireland
- Wyoming and New Mexico or Florida
- Wyoming and New Mexico or Mauritius
Guides (21)
- Swiss SRO membership: who needs it, and how the file is prepared
- MiCA CASP authorisation: classes, own funds and the file
- Curaçao company formation: BV or NV, tax, prices and limits
- MSB and money transmission: FinCEN, US States and FINTRAC
- Estonian company with e-Residency: what it allows and what it doesn't
- Georgia's 1% small business status: what you need to know
- Dubai virtual asset licence: VARA, ADGM and the other routes
- Banking licence: how to get one, and what it costs
- EMI licence: electronic money institution in the EU or the UK
- Foreign company and tax residence: why one does not replace the other
- Setting up a Hong Kong company as a non-resident
- UAE free zone or mainland: which one for your company?
- Share capital: what each jurisdiction requires
- Bank account for a foreign company: why the file decides
- Company registration time: every jurisdiction
- Corporate tax: every jurisdiction's rate, sourced
- US LLC for non-residents: Delaware, Wyoming or Florida?
- Opening a company bank account: our price by country
- How much it costs to set up a company, country by country
- Registered office: the price in every jurisdiction
- The UAE free zones compared