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PI license in UK

Published:
April 7, 2023

To offer services in organization and implementation of money-transfers, payment-processing, attracting merchants or account-opening-services in a jurisdiction, it is necessary to obtain a permit such as a PI license in UK.

First stage of company-licensing is submission of an appropriate application – for this you need to contact FCA, which controls circulation and use of monetary assets and financial-instruments in jurisdiction. By possessing payment institution license in UK, you’ll be empowered to spread next-mentioned services:

  • performing operations with payment-account (depositing monetary means, withdrawals, payments);
  • carrying out activities with cards or similar devices;
  • transferring money, incl. another payment-system;
  • carrying out deals with credit-account;
  • providing account-information.

To set up payment institution in UK 

To obtain PI license in UK can:

  • approved payment-institutions;
  • small-payment-institutions;
  • account-data service providers;
  • account-information service providers registered in the EEA;
  • credit establishments;
  • issuers of e-money;
  • post offices with limited liability;
  • the Bank of England, EU Central Bank and national banks of the EEA countries other than the United Kingdom, unless they are acting as a monetary authority or performing other functions of a public nature;
  • state departments and local authorities, except in cases when they perform functions of a public nature.

UK FCA is jurisdiction’s fiscal-services regulative authority. It controls 59,000+ firms that offer financial-services.

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Privileges of choosing to buy a company with PI license in UK

  1. Jurisdiction has the fifth largest economy in the world.
  2. Relatively low income tax.
  3. Low business costs.
  4. UK has a vast market for highly skilled labor.
  5. The rapid growth of the Fintech-industry and investments.
  6. UK has a good reputation in global financial-services sphere.

Key requirements for PI license in UK

  1. Having a minimum capital of 20,000 euros to set up payment-institution.
  2. Compliance with norms for protection of client assets.
  3. Excellent reputation, qualifications and experience of governing body of payment-institution.
  4. Compliance with the reputation of shareholders.

​Documents required to get PI license in UK 

To get PI in UK  license for sale, you’ll need to send next-mentioned documents:

  • all data about the company;
  • operations performed;
  • evidence of the availability of starting-capital;
  • business-plan and prospects of enterprise;
  • description of measures taken to ensure that customer funds are safe;
  • description of how security will be controlled within the company;
  • description of the system for controlling and responding to clients’ complaints;
  • the process of ensuring the confidentiality of customer data;
  • Security policy;
  • the measures that will be taken to ensure that the company operates continuously;
  • how we collect transaction, performance, and fraud data;
  • processes for monitoring within the company the fulfillment of obligations to combat money-laundering and terrorism-financing (AML/CFT).

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