Illustrative ranges; final terms confirmed during onboarding
Outcomes You Can Achieve
Operational visibility
Real-time dashboards, alerts, audit trails
Lower compliance overhead
Policies, screening, reporting out-of-the-box
Expert enablement
Hands-on staff training for EMD personnel by industry experts with a proven track record (playbooks, workshops, go-live readiness)
Customer trust
FCA framework + safeguarded client funds
Faster time-to-market
Go live in ~8–14 weeks
The Cost of Going It Alone
Legal & regulatory
Enforcement actions, licence delays, fines
Reputational
Negative press, de-banking, partner off-boarding
Financial
Fraud write-offs, chargebacks, sanctions hits
Business disruption
Failed audits, stalled delivery
Data/security
Breaches, weak access controls, remediation costs
Access to sponsor banks & rails
For new EMDs it’s costly, slow, bureaucratic (deep due diligence, long queues), stressful, with a high risk of rejection or unfavourable terms after months of spend
Compliance & Safeguarding
Continuous monitoring
AML/CTF, sanctions/ PEP screening
FCA-authorised EMI
Сlient funds safeguarded per EMRs (not FSCS-covered)