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Cryptoassets.

Exchanges, custodians, stablecoin issuers and MiCA applicants. Authorisation under the new UK regime and MiCA, with the banking and the financial crime framework the sector requires.

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Firms we have licensed.

Selected engagements from more than 250 licences obtained since 2013, for payment, e-money, cryptoasset and consumer credit firms.

Since 2013Advising global payment firms

60+Countries licensed in

250+Licences obtained globally

Clients

Volkswagen Staysure

Electronic Money Institution

Obtained Dzing Finance’s FCA Authorised Electronic Money Institution licence.

Payment Institution

Obtained Nexpay’s FCA Authorised Payment Institution licence.

Payment Institution

Obtained Orbital’s FCA Authorised Payment Institution licence.

How we act for the sector.

Exchanges, custodians, brokers and stablecoin issuers obtain their UK FSMA permissions, their MiCA authorisations and their banking with the firm, which has delivered three UK cryptoasset applications, several European applications and two end-to-end stablecoin projects.

UK cryptoasset authorisation

Applications in the FCA gateway for the regime commencing in October 2027.

MiCA

Crypto-asset service provider authorisation and passporting across the EU.

Stablecoins

Issuer authorisation and the reserve, custody and redemption arrangements.

Banking

Accounts and fiat rails for cryptoasset firms through institutions that serve the sector.

How we work.

Senior-ledEvery engagement is led by the practitioners who prepare the application and attend the regulator.
Same dayA reply within three business hours and a written proposal the same day: the licence, the requirements, the cost and the timing, before you commit.
ConfidentialYour plans, your application and any listing stay private. Clients are named only with their agreement.
Live workspaceEvery engagement runs in a shared workspace on Hector: documents, regulator questions, messages and progress in one place, visible to your team at every stage.

Why firms choose BCC.

OperatorsWe have taken firms through licensing, run regulated payments and consumer credit businesses, and signed the regulatory returns ourselves.
BankingSafeguarding, operating and settlement accounts arranged alongside the authorisation, through the institutions that serve this market.
FoundersThe firm is run by founders who have built and run regulated payments businesses, so every position is given with the launch date and the cost of waiting in mind.
One firmLicensing, key people, banking, compliance, technology and transactions from the same team, for the life of the regulated firm.

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A reply within three business hours and a written proposal on the licence, the banking and the timing the same day.

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