Identify the dealer licence category, capital and policy requirements, and the registered agent and office arrangement. List documents and owners.
Partner acceptance
Ask banks, PSPs and liquidity providers what they require from offshore entities and prepare a standard due-diligence pack once, reusing it across partners.
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Lifecycle
Record renewal dates and reporting duties. See compliance operations for a calendar structure.
Due-diligence pack
Prepare a standard pack: corporate documents, ownership, policies, business plan and licence evidence. Reusing it across banks and PSPs shortens onboarding and reduces inconsistencies.
Standard pack contents
Certificate of incorporation, register of directors and members, ownership chart, business plan, policies, licence evidence and sample client agreements. Version the pack and update on change.
Questions we hear
Is Seychelles low effort?
Lower substance, but documentation and partner acceptance still take work.
15% standard; about 3% effective with partial exemption
Moderate · 2–4 months
Moderate · below the DFSA range
Good
Ratings are relative and approximate; time and budget figures are planning estimates, and regulator timelines may exceed them. Verify at source. Tax rates were checked against public sources in October 2026 and are subject to change. Not legal or tax advice.
Formation workflow
1
Requirements and shortlist
Capture business model, activities and constraints; score candidate jurisdictions against weighted criteria.
2
Incorporation and dependencies
Produce the entity artefacts that banks, payment providers and platform vendors will ask for; start banking first.
3
Submission and evidence
Assemble the evidence pack, submit, and track every regulator query with an owner and a deadline.
4
Operational readiness
Verify compliance processes, integrations and reporting before go-live and schedule recurring obligations.
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