Forex license for sale: you buy the company, the regulator approves you.

Not on its own. A licence belongs to the company the regulator granted it to, so you buy that company's shares and the regulator approves you as the new owner. Vanuatu's law says it outright: a licence may not be assigned or transferred. What you can buy is a licensed company, after due diligence and with approval written into the deal.

Yes, in Mauritius, Vanuatu and Cyprus. The route to ownership differs: in Cyprus you notify CySEC before buying and it has 60 working days to assess you, in Mauritius the FSC approves the transfer of the shares, and in Vanuatu the company tells the VFSC within 14 days after the change. Ask which companies are available now, and we will send the licence, the price and the approval steps for each one.

There is no list price. Sellers price the licence class, the country, the capital already in the company, the client book and the partner contracts, and the company's history can move the price either way. Compare any offer with a new application, where the costs are the official fees, the capital you keep in the company and the work on the file.

Sometimes. In the EU and the UK the regulator has 60 working days to assess a buyer once the notification is complete, plus one pause of up to 20 working days (30 for buyers from outside) while it waits for answers, against 6 months for a new EU application. Due diligence, the seller's documents and the regulator's questions add weeks to both. Offshore, no law sets a deadline for approving a buyer: Seychelles and the BVI publish service standards of 6 and 3 weeks, Mauritius and Labuan nothing.

In the EU: your reputation, the reputation and experience of whoever will run the firm, your financial soundness, whether the firm will keep meeting prudential rules, and any suspicion of money laundering (MiFID II art. 13). It may object only on those grounds or if your file is incomplete. Offshore regulators apply their own fit and proper tests to new owners and directors.

It depends on the country. In the EU and the UK prior approval starts at 10% of the capital or votes. Mauritius lets a stake under 5% through on notice unless control changes, while Seychelles and Belize need approval for any issue or transfer of shares. In Vanuatu an owner is anyone with 25% or more, and changes are notified within 14 days after they happen.

The deal should not close. Write approval into the share purchase agreement as a condition and keep the price in escrow, so the money comes back if approval does not. In the EU, shares bought despite the regulator's opposition can have their votes suspended or annulled (MiFID II art. 11(4)); in the UK, completing before approval is a criminal offence.

The register entry and the permissions, the audited accounts and the capital, letters from the regulator, complaints and disputes, the people who will stay and the contracts that survive a change of owner. A company that has stopped trading is a warning sign: Vanuatu can revoke a licence once services have stopped for 6 months.

No. Neither country licenses forex brokerage, so a company formed there carries a registration, not a permission to deal. Certificates sold from Anjouan or Mwali are no better: the Comoros central bank has called the bodies issuing them fictitious structures and referred them to prosecutors.

No. The licence stays with the company it was granted to. Vanuatu forbids assigning or transferring a licence outright, and elsewhere the route is the same: buy the licensed company's shares, or apply for a new licence for your own company.

Buy when a clean company with the permissions you need is on offer at a fair price and its partners stay after the sale. Apply when no clean target exists, when you need different permissions, or when the seller's history would follow you. We set out both routes for your case in writing before you decide.