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A Faster Route to a Licensed Payment Institution Launching a regulated payments business in Europe is rarely delayed by the commercial idea alone. The longer part is usually regulatory preparation: defining the service model, documenting governance, arranging the safeguarding of customer funds, building the AML/CFT framework and responding to questions from the supervisory authority. Acquiring […]

Company formation in the Czech Republic usually looks fast on paper. The real delays tend to happen earlier — before the notary, before the Trade Licensing Office, and before the Commercial Register filing is ready. In Czechia, a company becomes a legal entity only once it is registered in the Commercial Register, which is why […]

Buying a Licensed EMI Company in Lithuania: What Investors Need to Know Before the Acquisition For many fintech founders, the main obstacle to launching an electronic money business in Europe is not the product itself. It is the regulatory infrastructure required before the first customer can be onboarded. A new Lithuanian Electronic Money Institution application […]

What to Check Before Acquisition Buying a ready-made EMI company in the Czech Republic can shorten the route to the EU payments market. Instead of preparing a new licence application from zero, a founder may acquire an existing Czech company that already holds authorisation from the Czech National Bank. But this is not an instant […]

Ready-Made PI Company in Europe for Sale: What to Verify Before Buying a Licensed Payment Institution Buying a licensed payment institution in Europe can look like the fastest way to enter the regulated payments market. Instead of waiting through a full licence application, a fintech founder may try to acquire an existing company that already […]

A CASP license for crypto market makers is not always required. Under MiCA, the main question is not whether a company calls itself a market maker. The real question is whether the company provides a regulated crypto-asset service to clients in the EU. This distinction is important because MiCA does not list “market making” as […]

Process, Requirements and Tax Rules Transferring ownership in a Czech s.r.o. is one of the most common corporate transactions we handle for international founders, and also one of the most misunderstood. In a Czech limited liability company (společnost s ručením omezeným), “ownership” is not represented by shares in the way it is in a joint-stock […]

How Ownership Transfer Really Works A change of company shareholder in the Czech Republic is one of those corporate procedures that often looks easier than it actually is. On the surface, the logic seems simple: one owner transfers their stake, another person or company becomes the new owner, and the Czech commercial register is updated. […]

When you manage a company in the Czech Republic, not every update can be handled by a simple resolution.Certain corporate changes must be verified by a Czech notary and recorded in a notarial deed (notářský zápis) to be legally valid.Without this notarised form, the Commercial Register (Obchodní rejstřík) will reject your filing, and the change […]

Securing reliable banking is one of the biggest challenges for crypto companies entering regulated markets. Even though the industry is maturing, many financial institutions still avoid working with unlicensed or high-risk virtual asset service providers (VASPs). However, licensed VASPs operating under clear regulatory frameworks such as MiCA, AMLD, or national licensing regimes have significantly better […]

Sooner or later, almost every Czech company has to deal with a change of company director. The Czech Republic makes this a routine corporate procedure, but “routine” does not mean “automatic.” A change of director in a Czech limited liability company (společnost s ručením omezeným, or s.r.o.) must be properly decided, documented and entered into […]

Most founders begin the jurisdiction question the wrong way. They ask, “Where is it fastest?” or “Where is it cheapest?” Regulators do not think like that, and over time, the market usually punishes founders who do. Choosing a jurisdiction for EMI licensing is not mainly a search for the lightest-touch country. It is a search […]