Payments, On/Off-Ramp & Cards

Build and operate digital-asset payment, on/off-ramp and card solutions that connect crypto and traditional finance, enabling businesses and customers to convert, transfer, hold and spend funds through a regulated framework.

Payments, on/off-ramp and cards — Licence: Payments / E-money + crypto licence

Requirements

  • Safeguarding of client funds
  • E-money or payment-institution authorisation
  • AML/CFT and the FATF Travel Rule

Governing law

Payment Service Rules; FSMR; CAR

Timeline

Licence decision within 30 business days of a complete application

Indicative cost

From USD 2,500 (crypto category); payment authorisation fees — to be confirmed

Safeguarding and capital requirements for payment institutions — to be confirmed.

Talk to the Regulator

A growing
ecosystem

The zone gives you the rails, partners and a place to test.

Regulatory sandbox

Test a new model live for up to 24 months under an Innovation Testing Licence.

Ecosystem partners

Custody technology, smart-contract audit, oracles, nodes and KYC providers.

Partner programmes
— planned

As the zone grows, we plan support programmes with ecosystem partners, including credits and services for qualifying projects.

Concierge onboarding

A personal account manager and full legal, tax, IT and HR outsourcing.

Ready to establish your digital-asset
business in Tamchy SFIT?

Discuss your business model with the Financial Regulator to establish the regulatory route, permissions, and application
requirements before you begin your setup.

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