A rational use of capital
YOU BUY ENGINEERING TIME. YOU BUY MARKETING TIME.
WHY WOULDN’T YOU BUY REGULATORY TIME?
Venture capital exists partly because speed matters. Yet when it comes to licensing, companies routinely decide: “we’ll start from zero and wait.” Why?
BUY REGULATORY TIME →An existing licensed financial company may cost more than submitting a new application. Of course it does.
You aren’t paying for the paperwork. You’re paying for the years already invested in creating the regulated entity. For the right fintech, that can be an extraordinarily rational use of capital.
You don't literally “buy a license.” You acquire a licensed company.
In most jurisdictions the transaction is an acquisition of a regulated entity, subject to regulatory change-of-control approval. We manage the commercial process around it.
Identify
We source licensed financial businesses available for acquisition — payments, money transmission, EMI/PI, MSB and more — across multiple jurisdictions.
Evaluate
Commercial and regulatory due diligence: corporate history, compliance infrastructure, banking relationships, what the premium actually buys.
Acquire
Structure the transaction and pursue change-of-control approval — so you enter the market months, not years, from now.
Fill the fourth purchase order.
Buy regulatory time.
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