Financial Licenses for Sale

In almost every jurisdiction a licence is not transferable on its own — it is held by a company, and what changes hands is the shares of that company. So an acquisition here is a change of control of a regulated entity, and it almost always needs the regulator’s prior approval or notification. That is why these listings describe the holding company, its permissions, its operating history and its banking as carefully as they describe the price.

No. The asking price is what the seller is asking for the equity. A buyer’s premium is shown separately on every listing and is payable in addition to the asking price — it is never folded into the figure. Beyond both, expect legal fees, regulatory filing costs, independent due diligence, and in many cases a capital injection to bring the entity back to its required regulatory capital.

Because some sellers will not have a figure published. A price, combined with the jurisdiction and the licence type, can identify a specific company to anybody who follows that market, and a seller who has not told their staff or their bank is entitled to keep that quiet. Those listings disclose pricing to qualified buyers after an initial call.

It tells you who we are acting for and how many parties sit between you and the seller, which is the single most useful thing to know before committing to diligence. A Seller Mandate means Faisal Khan LLC is directly mandated by the owner. Brokered means a seller-side intermediary is involved. Marketplace means the opportunity was sourced through an established transaction network. The key further up the page explains all five.

No. A significant part of the inventory is off-market, because the seller has asked for it to be. If nothing on this page matches what you are looking for, that is not the same as nothing existing — tell us the jurisdiction, the permissions and the budget, and we will check the private pipeline.

The commercial negotiation is rarely the slow part. Change-of-control approval is, and it varies enormously: a FINTRAC-registered Canadian MSB can complete in weeks, while a change of control at an FCA-authorised EMI or a MAS-licensed institution is measured in months and turns on the quality of the incoming owners’ documentation. Every listing shows what stage its regulatory position is at.