Six virtual currency licenses to be issued in Hong Kong
the MSB license in the United States is a license for digital currency and virtual currency transactions. After the application, it can be legally recognized all over the United States and overseas, so the brand value and influence are very big. It can be said that compared with isania, Australia and other countries do have great advantages
one of the necessary conditions for applying for MSB digital currency license in the United States is to register a company in the United States
the following conditions are required to register a U.S. company:
1. Application conditions: more than one director and shareholder of the company (natural or legal person without international restrictions), valid identification documents (ID card or passport)
2. Name selection: there is no restriction on the company name, as long as there is no plicate name in the search; The general name is followed by the words of Corp (Corporation), Ltd (limited), Inc (incorporated), CO (company), LLC, etc. Please attach two or more company names when registering, so as to avoid delay when each choice is unavailable. Before the establishment of the company, the name fee can be reserved for half a year
3. Registered capital: different states have different registered capital, which is generally US $50000 (please refer to the registered address of each state for details), without capital verification and in place. When registering a company, it is necessary to state the amount of shares issued at the time of incorporation. Generally, the initial amount of shares issued by the company is 3000-50000 shares. You can increase the number of shares issued by your company at any time after the establishment of the company. 3. Share Allotment: the proportion of shares of each shareholder in the registered U.S. company (%)
4. Registered address: it is required to have a local registered address (the registered address in the United States can be provided for our secretary service). Company registration time: 20-25 working days<
processing time of bank account of U.S. company:
the second necessary preparation for license application is to open a U.S. bank account< Please provide the following attachments:
1. Company registration certificate
2. Company tax number
3. Scanning of ID card of all directors and shareholders (holding more than 10%)
4. Scanning of passport of all directors and shareholders (holding more than 10%)
5. Scanning of address certificate of all directors and shareholders (holding more than 10%) in the past three months (marked) Note:
1. Please confirm the authenticity and validity of the information. If the information is not true, the customer shall bear all the consequences.
2. The time of opening an account is determined by the workload of the bank, generally about one month, and the actual time shall prevail, For customers with high time requirement, please explain in advance
service content of license processing:
license application includes:
& ᦇ 8226; Financial business scheme design of MSB license; Preparation and writing of application materials; Submit an application for MSB license to the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Responsible for answering questions raised by the U.S. Treasury and FinCEN ring the application process< br />• If the U.S. Treasury Department and FinCEN require us to provide other documents or relevant instructions, we will be responsible for writing and submitting them, such as proct disclosure statement. After the completion of the license inquiry: login the U.S. Department of the Treasury MSB website to inquire about the license number and other information.
incorporation papers
Company registration documents
of business registration / permit
business license
notarized deed of guarantee and indemnity
proof of attendance (money laundering prevention Seminar)
SW ORN certification (MLPP)
affidavit (money laundering prevention program)
The legal currency of Hong Kong is Hong Kong dollar. In most cases, Hong Kong dollar can be used, as well as US dollar, euro, Japanese yen and RMB. Hong Kong is a free port. All currencies can be directly used for trading, but only Hong Kong dollars must be used
Hong Kong dollar, or Hong Kong dollar, is the legal currency in circulation in Hong Kong. According to the basic law of Hong Kong and the Sino British Joint Declaration, Hong Kong's autonomy includes the right to issue its own currency. Its formal ISO 4217 is called HKD for short; The mark is HK $. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited announced on July 20, 2010 that they will launch the new series of Hong Kong dollar banknotes in 2010. Hong Kong has established a linked exchange rate system in which the issuance of Hong Kong dollar is linked to the US dollar. The US dollar held by the exchange fund supports the stability of Hong Kong dollar notesthe first banknotes in Hong Kong were issued by the Oriental Bank in 1845. Before the government passed the currency regulations in 1935, many banks issued banknotes, but these banknotes were mainly used for commercial transactions. The government only accepts the banknotes of some chartered banks as legal currency. After the Hong Kong government issued $5 coins in 1975, the issue of $5 notes ceased. In the 1990s, the government issued $10 coins, and banks stopped issuing $10 notes. Later, the Bank of China became one of the note issuing banks in Hong Kong. In 2002, the 10 yuan note was issued again by the monetary authority
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the new series of Hong Kong dollar banknotes in 2010 has five denominations and the same color as the banknotes in circulation. The first to be announced on the 20th is the design of new banknotes of HK $1000 and HK $500, which will be put into circulation in the fourth quarter of 2010 and early 2011 respectively. The designs of the remaining HK $100, HK $50 and HK $20 banknotes will be announced in 2012. According to reports, the new banknote has a number of advanced anti-counterfeiting features, and unifies the position of relevant features on five denominations of banknotes
a closer look shows that the characters "H" and "K" are made up of micro letters; Unified high transparency watermark: it is composed of Bauhinia Flower, denomination number and dot pattern; Fluoros pattern - the complete pattern can be seen by backlight, showing two fluorescent colors under ultraviolet light; Fluorescent banknote number - the number in line appears fluorescent red under ultraviolet light. Braille and touch line are added to the new banknotes for the first time to facilitate the visually impaired to identify the denomination of banknotes
source of reference: Internet - HKD
what companies will apply for this license?
1, WeChat / Alipay's Hongkong agent
is now becoming a WeChat payment (WeChat Pay) or Alipay Hongkong agent, holding MSO license (Hongkong money service operator license) is one of the necessary conditions. If you have the instry resources in Hongkong, such as aviation, catering, hotels, chain stores, supermarkets, travel agents, etc., then apply for WeChat / Alipay to pay Hongkong agents, provide convenient payment methods for various instry businesses, you can earn commissions for settlement and expand your career. The number of mainland visitors to Hong Kong in 2017 was 18 million 500 thousand, with a per capita consumption of 7010 Hong Kong dollars and a total consumption of about 130 billion. The development space of WeChat / Alipay is very large. Second, cross-border payment and cross-border fund management platform
the domestic cross-border e-commerce market is booming. In recent years, Chinese enterprises have opened stores on Amazon, eBay, wish, shopee, Newegg and many other e-commerce platforms in Europe and the United States. At present, about 500000 enterprises are carrying out cross-border e-commerce business. For these export e-commerce companies, the problem of how to transfer the payment for goods sold on the above-mentioned overseas e-commerce platforms back to their company's Hong Kong or domestic bank accounts needs to be solved
the cross-border fund management platform can solve the problem of collection and settlement of foreign exchange for these cross-border e-commerce customers. Through competitive rates and faster time to account compared with competitors in the instry, it provides cross-border e-commerce customers with the service of transferring the foreign exchange payment collected by overseas sales platforms such as Europe and the United States to designated accounts in Hong Kong or China. By applying for MSO license and taking advantage of the advantages of Hong Kong International Financial Center, we provide high-quality services for domestic cross-border e-commerce customers. Similar enterprises include worldfist, PayPal, pingpong, etc
Third, foreign card acquiring
to engage in foreign card acquiring business can obtain income through the exchange difference between currencies, and having the Hong Kong MSO license is one of the current barriers to engage in foreign card acquiring and settlement instry. For the licensed enterprises, holding MSO license in Hong Kong can also make use of the advantages of Hong Kong International Foreign Exchange Center to cooperate with different banks or foreign exchange brokers to obtain a more competitive settlement exchange rate and improve the exchange differential income in settlement
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1, game payment platform: the current popular game player, or the domestic agents of premium overseas games, all need to provide premium collection payment platform for domestic and overseas players in the game interface, providing mainstream electronic payment tools including Paypal, Apple pay, Alipay, WeChat, and Europe and America. If the platform holds a Hong Kong MSO license, it can easily handle foreign exchange settlement and collection and payment
2. Collection and payment on behalf of overseas advertising platforms: for cross-border e-commerce or domestic customers, provide customers with advertising resources of overseas mainstream media, and assist customers to pay foreign exchange advertising funds on behalf of them, so as to earn income such as agency price difference, exchange difference and handling charge
3. Supply chain finance companies: provide supply chain financial services for cross-border e-commerce platforms, and provide export seller's credit, export buyer's credit, medium and long-term receivables buyout, internal insurance cross-border financing and other financial services for upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain, which will involve the collection and payment of foreign exchange< 5. Exchange shop / exchange bank in Hong Kong;
In terms of classification, Hong Kong's financial licenses are divided into 10 categories, corresponding to different business types. In fact, Hong Kong 1, 4 and 9 licenses are the combination of category 1, 4 and 9 licenses under the SFC. Obtaining the 149 license requires a series of strict qualification examinations. The enterprises that usually obtain the 149 financial license in Hong Kong also reflect that the financial institution is a compliant and powerful institution
type 1 license, that is, securities trading license. Only with type 1 license, can you engage in securities trading and brokerage services for customers in Hong Kong. It is equivalent to that mainland securities companies provide stock trading business for their clients
four types of license, that is, the license to provide advice on securities. Only when you have obtained the four types of license, can you provide securities investment advice and publish relevant research reports for customers in Hong Kong
nine types of licenses, that is, asset management licenses. Only with nine types of licenses can you issue funds and manage customers' funds in Hong Kong. It is equivalent to the private fund license in the mainland
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the central bank has said more than once: "all those who engage in finance should be licensed, brought into Supervision, and achieve full supervision coverage."
the financial instry is a franchise instry, the development of business, whether institutions or indivials, need to hold the corresponding license. As Hong Kong connects almost the global financial market, it has naturally become an important stop for overseas business development. How to obtain the Hong Kong financial license is an important starting point for this stop
as the main offshore and non offshore center of Asian financial markets, Hong Kong is in the forefront of international financial markets in terms of regulatory maturity, expertise and proct development, and is the preferred platform for international investors to invest in Asia
because the domestic A-share market is not fully internationalized, more and more private fund managers begin to enter the Hong Kong market and introce overseas investors by setting up companies in Hong Kong
according to the classification of financial licenses in Hong Kong, the most popular financial licenses are No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, No. 6 and No. 9. The SFC has different requirements for different types of license applications, and the difficulty of license application is also different<
the SFC stipulates that:
1. Limited companies that must be incorporated in Hong Kong or non Hong Kong companies registered in the registry
2. The enterprise has an actual office address in Hong Kong (must be A-level Office)
3. Experienced management team to assist the operation company, business framework, internal monitoring system and qualified responsible personnel
4. There must be two licensees. There are no restrictions or special regulations on the nationality of the licensed indivials and the responsible persons. It is required that at least one person in charge must be based in Hong Kong to directly supervise the relevant business
At least one person in charge of the company must be a member of the board of directors6. The registered capital of a Hong Kong company is required to be HK $5 million; The paid up share capital and liquid capital must always be no less than HK $3 million. You must open an account with a bank in Hong Kong
The high threshold and strict requirements determine the high gold content of Hong Kong's financial license. Usually, obtaining an independent Hong Kong financial license is a strong endorsement of a company