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Updates, analysis and practice notes for founders, operators and compliance teams in regulated digital industries.
Regulatory update · 6 min read
With transitional periods over, the question for CASPs serving EU clients is no longer whether to seek authorisation, but whether their operating model matches what they were authorised to do.
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Analysis
The overhaul of Curaçao's licensing system changed more than who issues the licence. Operators still running legacy-era compliance will find the gap increasingly visible.
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Practice note
Onboarding rejections are rarely explained. Understanding how a financial institution's compliance team reads your file is the most reliable way to improve the outcome.
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Regulatory update
The EU's AML reform replaces national transposition with a directly applicable regulation and a new supervisory authority. Regulated businesses have time to prepare — but not unlimited time.
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Practice note
The Digital Operational Resilience Act has applied since January 2025. For smaller payment and e-money institutions, the practical burden sits largely in ICT third-party arrangements.
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Analysis
As operators add licences, group structures often grow by accretion. A few structural principles make the difference between a group that scales and one that stalls at the next regulator or bank review.
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