RE: Mass buy ins at the end ?19 Feb 2021 21:51
Schalf, basics required to apply for an API
Before you apply to become an API, you must meet the following conditions:
you are a body corporate eg, limited company or partnership
you must carry on - or will carry on - some of your payment services business in the UK
you have robust governance arrangements and internal procedures and control mechanisms
you have a business plan
you have taken adequate measures to safeguard payment service user funds
if you provide PIS and AIS you hold adequate indemnity cover
directors and managers must be of good repute with appropriate skills to provide payment services
managers must not have been convicted of money laundering, terrorist financing or other financial crimes
your head office and registered office must be in the UK
you must comply with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
anyone having a qualifying holding must be fit and proper, and
if the applicant has close links to another person, the links mustn’t be likely to prevent our effective supervision of the business (if the links are outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), foreign laws mustn’t prevent our effective supervision of the business)