Nikolai Timofejev
15 years in FinTech and payments. Maps your business model to the right licence scope and leads the file all the way to the group build, including banking and payment rails.
Set up a forex company in St Kitts & Nevis.
The federation known for asset-protection law offers forex exactly what its statutes offer, and nothing more: the FSRC licenses insurers, money services and fiduciaries; retail forex brokerage is not on its list. A Nevis LLC or BC is a registration inside a licensed group, not a licence. We build the accurate version, end to end.
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St Kitts & Nevis in brief
Asset-protection law, told straight about forex.
St Kitts and Nevis runs a two-island regulatory system under the Financial Services Regulatory Commission, and its licensable list is specific: credit unions, insurance, money services businesses, gaming, fiduciary services and their neighbours. Retail forex brokerage is not among them. There is no St Kitts or Nevis forex licence; what the federation registers are companies - most famously Nevis LLCs and business corporations under ordinances built for asset protection, with charging-order remedies and litigation barriers that made Nevis a fixture of wealth-structuring practice.
That heritage defines the real role: Nevis entities serve superbly as the holding and protection layer of a brokerage group - the level where founders hold their stakes - while the operating licences live in jurisdictions that issue them, from the Seychelles and Mauritius to Labuan and MiFID Europe. Used that way, the federation adds something none of its registration-hub peers offer: statutory asset-protection architecture above the licensed core. Used as a fake licence flag, it adds only risk. We build the first version - entity, protection layer and licensed group as one programme, and we will say so plainly if you have been offered the second.
The accurate version: the FSRC licenses insurance, MSBs and fiduciaries, not retail forex. Nevis entities are registrations with famous asset-protection law, not licences.
The build that works: Nevis holding layer above real licences (Seychelles, Mauritius, Labuan, MiFID). We deliver both ends from Basseterre.
The two builds
The Nevis layer - above a licensed group.
The federation's real product is the protection layer. Our build pairs it with real licences. One coherent architecture, delivered as one programme.
The Nevis protection layer. Above the licensed group.
01 - THE NEVIS ENTITY
The protection layer
A Nevis LLC or BC formed in days: the holding level with charging-order protection, documented ownership and corporate hygiene. The founders' layer of a brokerage group, done properly.
A Nevis LLC or BC formed in days: the holding level with charging-order protection, documented ownership and corporate hygiene. The founders' layer of a brokerage group, done properly.
- ✓Nevis LLC / BC - formation in days
- ✓Charging-order protection mechanics
- ✓Registered agent and office
- ✓Clean UBO and corporate records
- ✓No licensable-activity pretence
- ✓Annual maintenance kept current
02 - THE LICENSED GROUP
Where the permission livesThe licence, where it belongs
The operating authorisation obtained where it exists. Seychelles or Mauritius for the global book, Labuan for Asia, MiFID Europe for EU retail. Held beneath the Nevis layer, cleanly wired.
Operating licences matched to your clients, held beneath the Nevis layer: SDL, Mauritius dealer, Labuan, MiFID - wired cleanly.
- ✓Licence jurisdiction matched to your clients
- ✓Seychelles SDL · Mauritius dealer · Labuan
- ✓MiFID route for European retail
- ✓Nevis holding above the licensed core
- ✓Group banking architecture
- ✓We build and sequence both ends
Costs and timelines are confirmed for your case before any work begins. For the Nevis layer and for the licensing jurisdiction beneath it, itemised separately, line by line.
Why the federation, really
What St Kitts & Nevis is actually good for.
The islands earn their place on protection law and registration quality, not on licences they never issued.
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Statutory asset protection
Nevis LLC and trust ordinances carry charging-order limits and claimant hurdles that made the island a wealth-structuring standard. Real law, not marketing.Charging-order limits, real.
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The founders' layer
The natural seat for holding stakes in a licensed group. Protection above the operating core, without touching the licences below.Stakes held safely.
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Fast, quiet formation
LLCs and BCs form in days through established agents. The administrative layer without friction or noise.Quiet and fast.
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A specific, focused regulator
The FSRC licenses what its statutes name and polices that perimeter - no rented regulatory theatre, which protects every clean entity.A perimeter, policed.
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English law, ECCU stability
Common-law tradition and the EC dollar's long peg (2.70 to US$1). A predictable baseline for the layer that holds.XCD 2.70 : $1.
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Cost discipline
Formation and annual fees sized for a holding entity. The regulatory budget stays where the licences are.Holding-sized fees.
How it compares
How the federation differs from licensed routes.
The comparison in plain terms: a registration-and-protection jurisdiction. The licence column stays empty by design.
St Kitts & Nevis vs licensed jurisdictions
| Feature |  St Kitts & Nevis | Licensed routes |
|---|---|---|
| Forex licence | None - not licensable | SDL, dealer, MiFID licences |
| Real product | Protection + registration | The licence itself |
| Setup speed | Days | Months |
| Role | Holding layer of a group | The regulated core |
Forex licence
St Kitts & NevisNone - not licensable
Licensed routesSDL, dealer, MiFID licences
Real product
St Kitts & NevisProtection + registration
Licensed routesThe licence itself
Setup speed
St Kitts & NevisDays
Licensed routesMonths
Role
St Kitts & NevisHolding layer of a group
Licensed routesThe regulated core
Country by country
| Country | Status | Taxation | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Kitts & Nevis | Registration only - no FX licence | Fee-based · plan at owner level | Nevis LLC/BC + licensed group |
 St Vincent | Registration only - FSA notice | Fee-based · plan at owner level | Licence proof for client states |
 St Lucia | Registration only - IBC | Fee-based · plan at owner level | Clean IBC + licensed group |
 Dominica | Registration only - no FX licence | Fee-based · plan at owner level | IBC + licensed group |
St Kitts & NevisStatusRegistration only - no FX licence
TaxationFee-based · plan at owner level
RequirementsNevis LLC/BC + licensed group
St VincentStatusRegistration only - FSA notice
TaxationFee-based · plan at owner level
RequirementsLicence proof for client states
St LuciaStatusRegistration only - IBC
TaxationFee-based · plan at owner level
RequirementsClean IBC + licensed group
DominicaStatusRegistration only - no FX licence
TaxationFee-based · plan at owner level
RequirementsIBC + licensed group
Before you build
What a compliant federation setup contains.What a compliant setup contains.
No licence does not mean no standards. Protection law works only for structures built cleanly. A build that survives looks like this.
01
A Nevis LLC or BC. Formed through an established registered agent, with the registered office maintained.
02
Clean ownership. UBOs documented and disclosable; protection law shields assets, not identities.
03
No licence pretence. Implying FSRC regulation of a forex book is a liability the regulator polices.
04
A licensed group beneath. The operating permission living in a jurisdiction that actually issues one.
05
Coherent group design. The Nevis layer holding, the licensed layer operating, in writing.
06
AML/CFT discipline. KYC and screening at group standard even where local law asks less.
07
Banking reality. Accounts and PSPs chosen for a protection-plus-licence structure, not against it.
08
Corporate records. Registers, resolutions and accounts kept as if a court will one day read them; with protection law, one might.
09
Annual maintenance. Agent, fees and filings kept current across both islands' requirements.
10
Substance where it matters. People and operations placed in the licensed jurisdictions, not the letterbox.
01
LLC/BC via established agent.
02
UBOs documented.
03
No licence pretence.
04
Licensed group beneath.
05
Coherent stack, in writing.
06
Group-standard AML.
07
Banking chosen on merit.
08
Court-ready records.
09
Fees current, both islands.
10
Substance where licensed.
Reflects the FSRC's licensing perimeter and Nevis corporate practice as of 2026.Per the FSRC perimeter + Nevis practice, 2026.
How it works
From first call to a working group.
01
Architecture and reality check
Where your clients are, which licences that requires, and what the Nevis layer should hold. Fixed in writing before anything is formed.Clients → licences → the stack.
02
The Nevis entity
LLC or BC formed in days, agent and office in place, protection mechanics drafted properly.Formed and drafted.
03
The licence build
The licensed jurisdiction's application run in parallel. The long pole, started first.The long pole, first.
04
Group wiring
Holding structure, routing and AML standards connecting the layers coherently.Holding + operating linked.
05
Banking and launch
Group accounts, clean routing, operations live. Protection above, permission below.Protection above, permission below.
Quick facts
AuthorityFSRC
Forex licenceDoes not exist
FSRC licensesInsurance · MSBs · fiduciary
VehicleNevis LLC / BC
Signature lawCharging-order protection
FormationDays
CurrencyXCD pegged 2.70 : US$1
Right useHolding layer of a group
The federation's real gift to a brokerage group is the protection layer. Used properly above real licences, it is genuinely hard to replicate.
On the ground in the federation
Run from our Basseterre office.
Prifinance - St Kitts & Nevis
Basseterre · St Kitts
Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis
01
LLC / BC formation
Nevis and St Kitts entities formed in days through established agents. The holding layer stood up cleanly.Days, done cleanly.
02
Protection architecture
Charging-order mechanics, membership structures and the drafting that makes Nevis law actually work when tested.Law that works when tested.
03
The licensed group
Seychelles, Mauritius, Labuan or MiFID Europe built beneath the Nevis layer. Both ends sequenced as one programme.Both ends, one programme.
04
Banking and rails
Accounts and PSPs that accept the clean architecture. Introduced once the group holds the licences it should.Rails that accept the real story.
We also have offices in
Tallinn
Estonia
Roseni 13
Vilnius
Lithuania
Gedimino pr. 2
Prague
Czech Republic
Vlkova 532/8, Žižkov
Dubai
UAE
33 Level, Al Saqr Business Tower
London
United Kingdom
7 Bell Yard
Madeira
Portugal
Rua da Alegria 31, 1F
Istanbul
Turkey
Perpa Ticaret Merkezi, A Blok
Good to know
The fiscal shape of a federation entity.
Fee-based economics at the entity layer. With the famous absence of personal income tax at the founder level and real planning done group-wide.
Registration-fee economics
Formation and annual fees are the entity's defining costs. Modest, predictable line items itemised before you start.Predictable line items.
No licence fees
There is no forex licence, so there are no licence fees. The regulatory budget lives in the jurisdictions that issue the licences.No licence exists.
No personal income tax
The federation levies no personal income tax. A founder-residency detail that pairs naturally with its citizenship-by-investment tradition, modelled per case.Locally. Modelled per case.
Group-level planning
Where profits are booked, taxed and distributed is a group design question. Modelled across the Nevis layer and the licensed entities together.Booked where designed.
Owner-level rules decide
CFC, management-and-control and residency rules in the founders' actual countries set the real outcome. Planned before the first invoice.CFC decides outcomes.
Thin treaty network
The federation is not a treaty jurisdiction for these purposes. Corridors that need treaties route through group entities built for them.Route deliberately.
Fiscal summary
Entity costsFormation + annual fees
Licence feesNone - no licence exists
Personal income taxNone locally
Planning levelGroup + owner
TreatiesThin - route deliberately
*As of 2026. Entity, group and owner-level outcomes are modelled per structure, case by case.
Turnkey professional support
Experienced lawyers and international consultants.
We provide end-to-end support, from company registration and the application file to regulatory interaction and compliance oversight - with an individualized approach to each client.
Oleksii Kindratenko
Builds the application itself: federation company, AML/KYC policy pack, capital structure and tax registrations. His document sets are the reason reviews finish in months, not years.
Eugeniu Bevziuc
First point of contact for international founders. Runs the whole setup remotely, across time zones and languages - from the first call to a working, licensed group.
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Build your forex structure with the federation in its right place.
Full-service assistance - the Nevis layer formed and drafted properly, the licences obtained where they exist, and the group connected cleanly - run through our Basseterre office.
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The St Kitts & Nevis forex question - the questions we hear.
Is there a forex licence in St Kitts and Nevis?+
No. The FSRC's licensable list covers insurance, money services, gaming, fiduciaries and their neighbours - retail forex brokerage is not on it. A Nevis LLC or BC is a registration, not a permission.
What is the federation actually known for?+
Asset-protection law: Nevis LLC and trust ordinances with charging-order limits and claimant hurdles that made the island a wealth-structuring standard. That heritage, not licensing - is the real product.
How does that help a forex group?+
As the holding layer: founders hold their stakes in the licensed group through Nevis entities, adding statutory protection above the operating core - something none of the registration-hub peers offer.
Can a Nevis company legally serve forex clients?+
Only inside a structure licensed where those clients are. The Nevis entity holds; the licensed entities operate. We build the two together, wired cleanly.
How fast is the setup?+
The entity forms in days. The real timeline is the licence beneath it - weeks in Vanuatu, months in Seychelles or Mauritius, longer in MiFID Europe, so we start the licence first.
What does the entity cost to keep?+
Registered agent, office and annual fees - modest and predictable, itemised before you start. The regulatory budget belongs to the licensing jurisdiction.
How is the structure taxed?+
Entity-level costs are fees; the federation levies no personal income tax locally, and the meaningful questions - where profits are booked, taxed and distributed - are group and owner-level design under the founders' own CFC and residency rules.
Does the protection law really work?+
When structures are built cleanly and early, Nevis mechanics are among the most tested offshore, but they shield assets, not misconduct, and they never substitute for the licences the operating book needs. We draft to that standard.
St Kitts & Nevis or the other registration islands?+
SVG and St Lucia are operating-entity hubs; the federation's edge is the protection layer above the group. Many builds use both - operating entity on one island, holding on Nevis. We model the stack.
Why Prifinance for the federation?+
A Basseterre presence, Nevis drafting that survives testing, and the licensed group - Seychelles, Mauritius, Labuan, MiFID - built beneath it as one programme.
Licence?+
None - FSRC list excludes FX.
Known for?+
Asset-protection law.
Group use?+
The holding layer.
Legal clients?+
Via the licensed group.
Speed?+
Days; licence is the pole.
Costs?+
Agent + annual fees.
Taxes?+
No personal tax locally.
Protection real?+
Tested - built cleanly.
Vs SVG/St Lucia?+
Holding vs operating hubs.
Why you?+
Drafting that survives.
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