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Start from what you want to do.

Every path opens a dashboard with the steps, documents and jurisdictions that matter for it.

Buy a licensed entity6 entities listed
License a new institution340 licence regimes
Sell your institutionNDA first
Operate and grow4 services
Compare jurisdictions54 financial centres
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Academy6 films · 20 guides
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License a new entity

From business plan to licence.

Minimum capital, timelines, authorities and passporting rights for 340 licence regimes. Every figure links to the regulator.

Commercial bank from USD 100k 54 jurisdictions E-money institution from USD 195k 33 jurisdictions Payment service provider from USD 10k 48 jurisdictions Virtual asset provider (VASP) from USD 25k 52 jurisdictions FX and CFD broker from USD 244k 10 jurisdictions Investment firm from USD 18k 54 jurisdictions Online gaming from USD 45k 24 jurisdictions Trust company from USD 250k 2 jurisdictions
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Minimum bank capital (statutory floor), USDlog scale · 41 jurisdictions
  1. United Arab EmiratesUSD 544.6m
  2. BahrainUSD 266m
  3. SingaporeUSD 78m
  4. South KoreaUSD 74.4m
  5. LabuanUSD 48.9m
  6. Hong KongUSD 38.2m
  7. SpainUSD 20.1m
  8. PhilippinesUSD 15.9m
  9. South AfricaUSD 15m
  10. JapanUSD 12.6m
  11. LiechtensteinUSD 12m
  12. SwitzerlandUSD 12m

Statutory minimums from each regulator, converted at ECB reference rates or official pegs of 2026-10-08. Legal minimums only: the regulator sets the real capital for each bank, usually far higher.

Financial centres

54 financial centres, connected.

Each light is a jurisdiction we cover: its licences, regulators, capital and risk flags, dated and sourced. Lines link the main hubs.

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AustriaBelgiumCyprusEstoniaFranceGermanyIrelandItalyLithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaNetherlandsPolandPortugalSpainGibraltarGuernseyIsle of ManJerseyLiechtensteinMonacoSwitzerlandUnited KingdomBahrainQatar (QFC)United Arab Emirates (onshore)United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)United Arab Emirates: Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)AustraliaHong KongJapanLabuan (Malaysia)New ZealandPhilippinesSingaporeSouth KoreaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaBahamasBarbadosBermudaBoliviaBrazilBritish Virgin IslandsCanadaCayman IslandsChileCuraçaoDominicaMexicoPanamaMauritiusSeychellesSouth Africa Hong Kong10 licence regimesUnited Kingdom6 licence regimesSingapore12 licence regimesDubai (DIFC)7 licence regimesMauritius10 licence regimesCayman Islands7 licence regimes

Entities for sale

Licences that already exist.

Anonymised listings, checked with the seller. Names and documents are shared after our KYC checks and a signed NDA.

BankPAL010 Newly formed bank with licence approval in progress CaribbeanLicence in progress EUR 1.84m BankH034 Established financial group and bank with offices in three countries CaribbeanOperating USD 96.87m Payment service providerPSP088 Licensed payment service provider for cross-border payments and remittance CaribbeanOperating EUR 160k Payment service providerPSPD082 Licensed payment service provider with digital-asset settlement permissions CaribbeanOperating EUR 149k BankNM104 Established commercial bank, more than 27 years in the market Europe (non-EU)Operating On request BankNEP1 Leading national commercial bank, 100% of shares Latin AmericaOperating On request
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54Jurisdictions covered
340Licence regimes compared
581Official sources cited
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Operate and grow

Beyond the licence.

A licence is the start. These are the systems and relationships a regulated institution needs to operate.

Run a regulated institutionInfrastructure, people and controls that supervisors expect to see.Operate dashboard
Core bankingSelecting and deploying compliant core banking, reporting and payment systems.
Correspondent accountsPreparing for nostro accounts, SWIFT and access to payment rails.
Card programmesScheme membership, BIN sponsorship and issuing.
ComplianceAML frameworks, policies, monitoring and reporting.

Academy

Understand it before you build it.

Six narrated films and twenty explainers and regulation guides.

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1:21What is a bank?1:34Reserves, capital and liquidity1:28Correspondent banking1:30Compliance and AML1:26Why jurisdictions differ1:32MiCA and stablecoins

Regulation watch

What is changing.

EUMiCA in force

Crypto-asset service providers are authorised once and passported across the EU.

Read the guide USGENIUS Act

A federal framework for payment stablecoins and the reserves behind them.

Read the guide EUPSD3 and PSR

Payment and e-money institutions move towards one licence regime.

Read the guide EUAML package

A single AML rulebook and a new EU authority, AMLA.

Read the guide

Track record

In recent years Financial Licensing Advisors has been the most active M&A firm in the financial licensing sector worldwide.