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Regulatory intelligence for EU market entry

Five decision guides that answer a real authorisation decision with exact primary sources, and the supporting notes behind them.

Decision guides: 5 published
Supporting notes: 5 published
Editorial policy: Sourced

Decision guides

Each one answers a single decision, states the answer first, separates what the law requires from what RenIQ has observed in practice, and cites the exact article behind every regulatory statement.

Payment institution or electronic money institution
Does your product need a payment institution authorisation, an electronic money institution authorisation, or neither?
PI or EMI: which authorisation does your business actually need?
6 min13 sourcesStrategy
Crypto-asset services once the transition has closed
Now that the transitional route has closed, what does a crypto business serving users in the Union actually need?
MiCA after July 2026: options for international crypto companies
5 min13 sourcesStrategy
Branch, passport or your own authorisation
To reach clients in another Member State, do you passport, establish a branch, or obtain your own authorisation there?
Branch, passport or your own authorisation: which cross-border route is open to you
6 min14 sourcesStrategy
Rescuing a weak or stalled application
Your application is weak, delayed or being challenged. Do you repair it, reset the scope, or stop and rebuild?
A weak or stalled application: repair it, reset the scope, or stop
5 min15 sourcesApplication
Selecting a Member State
Which Member State should you apply in, when no authority can honestly be called the fastest or the easiest?
Choosing a Member State, without ranking regulators
5 min24 sourcesStrategy

Supporting notes

Shorter pieces that sit behind one of the guides above. They are notes rather than decision guides, and they say so.

Company

Stage

Banking branches

CRD VI and the new framework for third-country bank branches

CRD VI reshapes how non-EU banks reach EU clients. The date it binds, and the exceptions it carries, matter as much as the rule.

2 min5 sourcesStrategy

AML & DORA

Where DORA fits in a licensing application, and where it does not

ICT evidence belongs in the application. Whether DORA itself binds you at that point depends on what you already are.

2 min4 sourcesApplication

AML & DORA

Why obtaining a licence is different from becoming operational

Authorisation is a milestone, not the finish line. The gap between licence and live operation is where many firms stall.

1 minPost-authorisation

AML & DORA

What EU authorisation frameworks require of local management

There is a legal floor beneath the word substance. Knowing where it sits, and where practitioner observation takes over, is what makes the topic usable.

1 min5 sourcesApplication

Payments & E-money

The real cost of an EU financial-services authorisation

Beyond capital, the true cost is substance, systems, evidence and the ongoing cost of being supervised.

1 min6 sourcesStrategy

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