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Scouting
A shortlist of banks and EMIs that genuinely take your sector, rather than the ones that spend six weeks getting to no. Half the value of this service is knowing where not to apply.
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Payments · Banking
Accounts that open, and stay open
Banking is where most licensed businesses stall. The difference is rarely the company: it is whether the file in front of the compliance officer answers their questions before they ask them.
Process
How an account actually gets opened
Four stages, roughly four to ten weeks depending on the institution and how clean the ownership chain is.
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The KYC file
Ownership, source of funds, business model and expected flows, each claim backed by a document. Assembled once, properly, because a resubmission costs more time than the original.
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Introduction and application
A warm introduction to the institution, then the application defended through their compliance review while questions come back.
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Merchant onboarding
Processing account opened, gateway connected, the payment flow tested end to end before you depend on it for revenue.
What gets set up
The parts that make payments work
Multi-currency accounts
Balances and settlement in the currencies you invoice and pay in, with FX handled at a rate you can plan around.
Gateway integration
Provider selection and the technical integration, done with your developers or by our team.
High-risk applications
Files that need a real AML narrative, written so the compliance officer on the other side has what they need to say yes.
A second rail
A backup provider lined up before you need one. Single-processor businesses eventually have a bad week.
Why through us
Where the time gets saved
A network, not a contact form
Institutions across Europe and offshore that already understand the sector and take our calls.
Both account types
Current accounts for operating and merchant accounts for processing. Most businesses need both, and they are opened differently.
We stay to activation
The engagement ends when money moves through the account, not when the forms are submitted.
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