Advisers since 2013. Firms we have advised include
Volkswagen
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Advisers since 2013. Firms we have advised include
VolkswagenLicensing, compliance and banking for banks, payment, e-money and crypto firms.
The right permission chosen first, then the application prepared and run until the regulator decides.
Policies, governance and reporting that match how the business actually runs.
The safeguarding, operating and settlement accounts a regulated firm needs, through banks that know the sector.
Information requests, restrictions and reviews, answered and put right to the regulator's timetable.
Tell us where you are and where you want to be.
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+44 7563 115980 (phone and WhatsApp)
We advise banks, payment, e-money and crypto firms on the licence each market requires, from the first scoping to the regulator’s decision.
We advise firms in more than 60 countries. Each licence has its own guide, reviewed by our licensing team.
Advice to buyers and sellers of regulated companies, through to the regulator's approval of the new owner, and introductions between regulated firms and the banks that serve them. Every entry is shared in confidence, with registered parties only.
Independent rankings of banks, payment, compliance and crypto providers, and a public register of every licensed EU payment and e-money firm.
All 31 rankingsCheck any licensed firm
A regulatory compliance consultant helps a regulated firm meet the rules that apply to it, and keep meeting them as it grows. For banks, payment, e-money and crypto firms that covers the licence application, the policies and governance the regulator expects, financial crime controls, safeguarding, regulatory reporting and the response when a regulator raises questions.
Yes. In the UK we advise on EMI and payment institution licences, cryptoasset authorisation, consumer credit, investment firm and bank authorisation, and changes in control. Our FCA authorisation consultants page sets out how an application runs.
Yes. For authorised firms we provide compliance monitoring, regulatory returns, safeguarding reviews, financial crime frameworks, AML audits, compliance health checks and ongoing compliance support, and interim or outsourced compliance officer and MLRO support.
The UK, the EU and EEA, the US and Canada, the UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the main offshore centres. Each licence has its own guide in our licence directory.
It depends on the licence and the regulator. For UK and EU payment and e-money licences, plan on six to eight months after the application is submitted. Registrations, such as money services business registrations, are usually much quicker.
Yes. We arrange safeguarding, operating and settlement accounts, card acquiring and payment processing through banks and providers that serve regulated firms. See banking and payment processing.
Our offices are at 1 Kingdom Street, London, and 14 Wall Street, New York. We advise clients wherever they are licensed.