Year: 2026

Prepare a forex licence business plan covering activities, customers, money flows, staffing, financial projections, downside scenarios and application evidence.

A practical guide to physical-office and regulatory-substance requirements for forex brokers, covering premises, resident staff, systems, outsourcing, budgets and inspection evidence.

A practical framework for a forex broker AML/KYC policy covering risk assessment, CDD and EDD, UBOs, PEPs, sanctions, monitoring, reporting, governance, outsourcing and testing.

A practical framework for tracing shareholder and UBO funds into a forex licence applicant while separating source of wealth, regulatory capital, operating cash and client money.

A practical framework for comparing banks, EMIs, acquirers, gateways and PSPs across permissions, markets, fund flows, client-money protection, AML, contracts, integration and continuity.

Understand why banks reject forex broker applications, which due diligence gaps matter, and how to remediate ownership, funds, market, transaction and control issues.

Learn how to separate operating, regulatory-capital, client-money and settlement flows, prepare a coherent bank due-diligence pack and maintain the relationship after approval.

A practical post-licensing checklist covering capital, client money, AML/KYC, regulatory reporting, audits, governance, controlled changes and a 90-day action plan.

Compare MAS, SFC, DFSA, SCA, FSCA, Mauritius FSC and Seychelles FSA routes through client location, solicitation, products, operating substance, payment access and group structure.

Compare FCA, ASIC, EU MiFID II, FSCA, Mauritius FSC, Seychelles FSA and Vanuatu VFSC licences through banking and PSP due diligence, client-money, substance and cross-border criteria.