We get you licensed for the markets you actually want
The right licence is the one that fits your target countries, your capital and the banks you need to onboard with. We work that out first, then run the application end to end.
What we handle
From the jurisdiction decision to the certificate, with local counsel, agents and officers coordinated for you.
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The jurisdiction decision, costed
Three or four realistic options side by side with capital, timeline and annual cost. Seychelles, Mauritius, Vanuatu and Belize at the offshore tier; UAE onshore, DIFC, ADGM and Jordan where you want Gulf credibility.
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The UAE routes, explained
A Category 5 licence at AED 500,000 covers promotion, arranging and client introduction; Category 1 full brokerage sits near AED 30 million. DIFC and ADGM are separate regulators again, and we tell you which door fits your model.
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Application preparation
Business plan, financial projections, AML and compliance manuals, and the fit-and-proper director pack, assembled to the standard the regulator actually reads.
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Local people in place
Resident directors, compliance officer, auditor and corporate services provider sourced and appointed in the jurisdiction. We start this in week one, because it sets the real timeline.
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Islamic accounts, built properly
Swap-free structured to AAOIFI Shari’ah Standard No. 1 with a fixed service charge rather than a time-accruing fee, clear exclusions, and a route to independent Sharia board review.
How it runs
Four stages, with the long-lead items started first.
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Scope
Target countries, capital available, whether you will hold client money, and who you intend to serve. Thirty minutes on WhatsApp settles most of the map.
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Choose the route
A written comparison of the viable jurisdictions with capital, timeline, running cost and banking outlook. You pick from that document.
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Assemble and file
We prepare the file, appoint the local officers and directors, and submit. Banking and payment underwriting begin in parallel.
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Through to approval
We manage regulator correspondence and follow-up questions to the decision, and hand over an entity ready to connect to a platform.
Common questions.
Anything else, message us and you will get a real answer the same day.
What does it cost?
It depends on the licence tier and the markets you want, so we price it to the build rather than to a package. Our rates are competitive for the region and you deal with one team instead of three vendors. Message us on WhatsApp with your target countries and budget and you will have a figure the same day.
How long does it take?
A few months at the offshore tier, longer for an onshore Gulf regime. The clock belongs to the regulator, so we run the platform, payments and partner work alongside it.
Do you issue the licence?
No. We are a consultancy. We prepare the application and coordinate the licensed counsel and agents in the jurisdiction, and the regulator makes the decision.
Which Arab countries license this directly?
Jordan licenses dealing in foreign exchange and names Introducing Broker as its own category. Bahrain licenses investment business firms through the Central Bank. The UAE offers three separate regimes. Elsewhere, brands serve the market from an offshore or Gulf licence.
Usually taken together.
Payments & Banking
Deposit and withdrawal rails that clear in Riyadh, Cairo and Baghdad, and a banking relationship that survives its first compliance review.
Market Entry Strategy
Which countries to open first and in what order, priced by what each one actually costs to win rather than by population size.
IB & Affiliate Network
Introductions to Introducing Brokers with real, checkable client networks. Every platform ships an empty IB module; the partners are the hard part.
Ready when you are.
Tell us the markets and the budget. You will get a straight answer on scope, timing and cost, and a quote once we know the shape of it.
- Competitive pricing for the region
- One team across the whole build
- A reply the same day