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Licensing & Payments
Licence selection, applications and renewals for B2C operators and B2B suppliers, plus payment solutions for traditional and crypto currencies.
Licensing · structuring · compliance
WHY
Know what you need, what it costs and what happens next.
Licences, companies and compliance for businesses that operate across borders, planned together and backed by official sources.
- Practice areas
- 3
- Jurisdictions compared
- 8
01 / How we work
Reasoning you can follow
We explain what a rule means for your business in plain language, not just where the risk is.
02 / How we work
Sources you can check
Our guides cite the official sources and the date we last checked them.
03 / How we work
Scope agreed first
Deliverables, responsibilities and exclusions are defined before you commit to a timetable or fee.
Licence, company and compliance in one plan
Planned separately, they often clash: payment providers ask to see the licence, the licence needs the right company, and the company has filings of its own. We plan all three together.
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Corporate Structuring
Offshore company formation, accounting and tax support, and notarised and apostilled documents for use abroad.
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Compliance
Contract review, plus the renewals, annual filings and reporting that keep a licence or a company in good standing.
Where should you be licensed?
Licence type, timeline, official fees and local requirements, side by side — every figure from an official source. Official warnings are marked.
Open the full comparison- AnjouanComorosNo guaranteed period published; depends on file completeness and due diligenceOfficial warning
- Costa RicaCentral AmericaNo processing time publishedSources checked
- CuraçaoCaribbeanBy law: two review phases of 8 weeks each, each extendable by 4 weeksSources checked
- EstoniaEUBy law: activity licence within 4 months of a complete file (max 6); operating permit 2 months (max 4)Sources checked
- Isle of ManBritish Crown DependencyTypically 10–12 weeks after the GSC accepts a complete applicationSources checked
- MaltaEUNo processing time publishedSources checked
- Mwali (Mohéli)ComorosNo processing time publishedOfficial warning
- SeychellesIndian OceanNo processing time publishedSources checked
What happens next, step by step
Scope
Your activities, target markets, ownership and budget. We map which licences and entities the plan actually needs.
Compare
Jurisdictions and structures side by side: scope, official fees, timelines and ongoing obligations.
Prepare & file
Corporate records, personal and financial evidence, policies and forms, checked for consistency before submission.
Maintain
Renewals, reporting, supplier checks and complaint handling, kept current as the rules change.
Insights
All insightsQuestions to answer before you commit
Practical guides to the questions clients ask most, each with the official sources and the date we checked them.
Tell us where you want to operate.
Send a short, non-sensitive summary: your business model, target markets and timeline. Please do not email identity documents or case files.
Email contact@whyfirm.com