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In international groups the question of a KYC policy today sounds very direct: a single standard or local adaptation? As someone who has been developing COREDO since 2016 and sees live cases from the EU, Asia and the CIS every day, I will confidently answer: formally, a single framework is needed; practically — without thoughtful […]

When the founder of a fintech project comes to me with the question: “In which country is it best to obtain an EMI license and how can this be done without fatal mistakes?”, I always start not with the country, but with the business model. It is the business model that determines where you can […]

When an entrepreneur or a CFO says to me: “We want to buy a licensed PSP company in Europe”,: I always ask the same counter-question: “Are you sure you are ready for an honest Due Diligence?” The purchase of a payment institution (Payment Institution) or an electronic money institution (EMI), is not just an M&A […]

Crypto custody in the EU is no longer a “grey area”. For me as the founder of COREDO this is one of the most telling areas: over the past few years the team has accompanied the evolution from experimental crypto platforms to mature financial infrastructures that are subject to the same strict regulatory requirements as […]

In international business, a growth strategy today inevitably runs up against compliance: company registration in the EU and Asia, financial licenses, KYC/AML, sanctions compliance, cross-border operations: all of this becomes a single task of managing compliance risks at the group level, not of individual legal entities. Over ten years of COREDO’s work with holdings from […]

When in 2016 I launched COREDO, I had a very simple idea: international business should receive clear and predictable solutions, not a collection of disparate services from a dozen consultants in different countries. Since then the COREDO team has grown from a small consultancy to a partner that takes on the full cycle of tasks: […]

As CEO and founder of COREDO, I see every day how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS face the challenges of international business. Company redomiciliation: it is a strategic tool that allows transferring registration to a new jurisdiction while preserving the structure, minimizing risks and opening access to markets. In this article I will […]

AML for investment companies in the Czech Republic in 2025 is no longer a formality, but a full operational framework that largely determines whether you will obtain a license, retain access to the European financial infrastructure and whether you will actually be able to scale the business in the EU, Asia and the CIS. Over […]

As the CEO and founder of COREDO, I see entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS facing the challenges of international expansion every day: from registering companies in new jurisdictions to obtaining financial licenses and ensuring strict AML compliance. Our experience since 2016, covering the EU, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, Estonia, the United Kingdom, […]

One of the key innovations of 2026 is the mandatory digital identification of founders and the use of electronic signatures at all stages of company registration in the EU. According to the European Commission, this reduced the average time for remote registration of legal entities by 35–50%, and the number of rejections due to forged […]

As the CEO and founder of COREDO, I see every day how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS face the challenges of international expansion: from registering companies in new jurisdictions to obtaining financial licenses and ensuring AML compliance. Our experience at COREDO since 2016 covers the EU (including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, Estonia), […]

I greet you as the CEO and founder of COREDO. Since 2016 our team has been helping entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS enter international markets by registering companies in key jurisdictions such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, Estonia, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Dubai. We focus on legal company formation, obtaining financial […]

As CEO and founder of COREDO, I see every day how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS face the challenges of international expansion: from registering companies in new jurisdictions to obtaining financial licenses and strict compliance with AML requirements. Our experience at COREDO since 2016 covers hundreds of projects in the EU, including the […]

As CEO and founder of COREDO, I see every day how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS face challenges when entering international markets. Our experience since 2016 in company formation, obtaining financial licenses and AML consulting allows the COREDO team to turn these complexities into strategic advantages. In this article I will break down […]

Greetings — I am the CEO and founder of COREDO. Over nine years, my team and I have helped hundreds of entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia, and the CIS register companies in key jurisdictions, obtain financial licenses and build robust compliance. Today the focus is on sanctions-related AML in the EU, a topic that determines business […]

Welcome to the blog COREDO. As the CEO and founder of the company, I have been observing since 2016 how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS successfully enter international markets through proper business registration abroad. Our experience at COREDO confirms: the right choice of jurisdiction reduces taxes, simplifies access to banks and opens doors […]

When an entrepreneur decides to open a company abroad, they face a maze of requirements that seems insurmountable. Over nine years of working at COREDO I have become convinced: the success of international registration depends not on luck, but on a deep understanding of local regulations, strategic planning and flawless execution. Today I want to […]

I welcome you as the CEO and founder of COREDO. Since 2016 our team has been helping entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS build reliable structures abroad: from registering companies in the EU and Singapore to obtaining crypto-licenses in Dubai. Today I want to explain how a Legal Opinion (legal opinion) addresses real challenges: […]

I welcome you as the CEO and founder of COREDO. Over nine years my team and I have helped hundreds of entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS register companies in key jurisdictions, from the Czech Republic and Cyprus to Singapore and Dubai, and successfully complete bank onboarding. Today we’ll examine, why EU banks refuse […]

As CEO and founder of COREDO, I see every day how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS face a negative AML audit. This moment turns ambitious growth into a crisis: fines, reputational risks and frozen accounts. Our experience at COREDO shows that the right remediation plan after an AML audit not only corrects violations […]

I welcome you as the CEO and founder of COREDO. Over nine years my team and I have helped hundreds of entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS successfully acquire ready-made companies: shelf companies – in key jurisdictions such as Cyprus, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Singapore and Dubai. Buying a ready-made company often proves faster […]

As CEO and founder of COREDO, I often encounter situations where investment companies lose access to bank accounts due to strict anti-money laundering checks such as 115-ФЗ. Our experience at COREDO shows that a bank’s refusal to serve an investment company is not the end, but a signal for a strategic restart: the COREDO team […]

As the CEO and founder of COREDO, I see every day how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS encounter pitfalls when registering businesses abroad. Our experience since 2016 in EU jurisdictions, including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, Estonia and the United Kingdom, as well as in Singapore and Dubai, confirms: buying shelf companies (shelf […]

As CEO and founder of COREDO, I see daily how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS face the challenges of international expansion: from registering companies in new jurisdictions to obtaining financial licenses and ensuring strict AML compliance. Our experience at COREDO since 2016 covers hundreds of projects in the EU, Czechia, Slovakia, Cyprus, Estonia, […]

As CEO and founder of COREDO, I often see how owners of investment companies approach exit with ambition but encounter unexpected barriers. Preparing an investment company for sale to an investor requires a systematic approach: first we strengthen the legal structure of the business, then we optimize financial reporting and operational processes to increase the […]

Greetings — I am the CEO and founder of COREDO. Over nine years my team and I have helped hundreds of entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS register companies in key jurisdictions, obtain financial licenses and set up robust AML compliance. Our experience shows: formal AML is a trap that masquerades as protection but […]

During consultations entrepreneurs almost always ask the same question: what is more advantageous, buying an investment company or registering a new one from scratch. And to answer honestly, without simplifications: the right choice does not depend on your “favorite jurisdiction”, but on your goal – speed to market, control, compliance, tax model, scalability and reputational […]

When an entrepreneur first turns to me with the question of opening a company abroad, I see in their eyes a mixture of ambition and uncertainty. Over nine years of working at COREDO I realized: the success of international registration depends not on luck, but on a deep understanding of local requirements, strategic planning and […]

I’m often asked: is it possible to build an international business so that the director doesn’t wake up at night worrying about fines for AML/CFT violations and AML compliance? Answer: yes, it is. But only if AML audit and the internal AML controls system stop being a formal checkbox and become a manageable, understandable, and […]

As CEO and founder of COREDO, I see every day how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS face barriers when entering international markets. Registering a company in the EU, obtaining a financial license, or opening a corporate account in Lithuanian banks turns into a marathon of checks where a single flaw in the documents […]

An investment company can indeed work with crypto-assets in the EU, but today this is no longer a ‘gray area’, it is a strictly regulated activity: MiCA, DORA, AML/CFT and DAC8 set clear yet fairly strict rules of the game for investment companies and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs). Below: my practical view as the founder […]

Imagine: in 2025, 65% of investment companies from Asia and the CIS face AML account freezes at the bank onboarding stage, losing up to 6 months to restarts and fines of millions of euros according to FATF reports. As a compliance officer, I see every day how investment companies fail to open accounts in the […]

In 2024 payment processors rejected more than 40% of merchant onboarding applications due to weak AML compliance, resulting in losses of billions of euros for fintechs in Europe and Asia. Imagine: your payment service is ready to launch, but a major PSP blocks transactions because of a lack of a risk‑based approach or incomplete sanctions […]

As CEO and founder of COREDO, I see daily how entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia and the CIS face the challenges of international expansion. Over nine years of our practice the COREDO team supports clients at all stages – from company registration in the EU, including Latvia, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and Estonia, to obtaining financial […]

Imagine: 70% of alternative investment funds in the EU spend more than a year obtaining a full AIFMD licence, with compliance costs exceeding €500,000. And if you manage private equity or real estate and are looking for a quick launch in the Czech Republic without a bureaucratic nightmare? ZISIF §15 in the Czech Republic offers […]

In 2024 global banks and crypto exchanges froze accounts totalling more than €15 billion due to AML filter triggers, according to a report by FATF and Chainalysis. Imagine: your corporate account is suddenly frozen, payments halted, counterparties in a panic: this is an AML account freeze, when a bank, crypto exchange or payment provider detects […]

Imagine: 70% of corporate clients at European banks spend 4 to 12 weeks on onboarding at the bank, while in Asia this figure reaches 60 days for complex structures — according to the Deloitte report “Global Banking Onboarding Trends 2025”. Your bank onboarding turns into an endless cycle of document requests when a business structure […]

According to the Czech Financial Analytical Unit (FAU), in the overwhelming majority of inspections — around 80% — violations are recorded in KYC/CDD, transaction monitoring and record-keeping, even at companies that are confident in formal AML compliance. In business terms this means: blocked accounts, delayed payments, increased scrutiny from banks and tangible reputational losses. Clients […]

Over the past years, large European banks have begun rejecting up to 40–60% of corporate account applications from non-EU residents at the AML/KYC screening stage, and in a significant portion of these cases the client did not have a high-quality Legal Opinion tailored to the risk policy of the specific bank and the EU’s regulatory […]

When the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issues fines of up to S$960,000 for insufficient AML compliance, it is no longer a local incident but a signal to the whole industry: old approaches to anti-money laundering for fintech no longer work. Singapore is building a global Fintech Singapore hub, and at the same time is […]

Imagine: 70–90% of bank onboarding refusals in the EU and Asia are due to a weak Legal Opinion, according to an analysis of EBA guidelines and case law from 2024–2025. Entrepreneurs spend months registering legal entities in Singapore or the Czech Republic, only for banks to block accounts because of an unconvincing legal opinion for […]

According to the European Commission’s estimates, just through InvestEU and related instruments more than €372 billion of private and public investments in the EU are planned to be mobilized by 2027 – a substantial portion of this volume goes through licensed investment firms and funds. For an entrepreneur from Europe, Asia or the CIS this […]

Banks in Lithuania reject 40–60% of applications to open accounts for non-residents: this is not accidental, but the result of strict requirements from the Bank of Lithuania and strengthened AML in Lithuania under pressure from the EU and the FATF. Imagine: your business from Asia or the CIS is ready to enter the European market, […]

In 2025, EU regulators fined banks €2.3 billion for AML failures, and 40% of cases are linked to underestimating risks from shelf companies: ready-made firms that seem like the perfect quick solution for entering new markets. You launch a business in the EU, Asia or the CIS, buy a ready-made company in the Czech Republic […]

In recent years, the amounts of fines for AML compliance breaches in the EU have consistently exceeded €6–7 billion annually, with a significant portion of regulators’ claims related not to “criminal” transactions but to banal gaps in documentation and poor preparation for an AML audit. At COREDO we regularly see companies with strong businesses lose […]

Imagine: in 2024 EU regulators fined investment firms €2.5bn for AML breaches, and 40% of EU investment license applications were rejected due to weak KYC for EU investors and incomplete source of funds (SOF) verification. Entrepreneurs from Asia and the CIS aiming for the EU single market often face this: self-registering an EU investment company […]

In 2025, 70% of banking onboarding rejections for companies from the EU and Asia are due to AML non-compliance: account freezes caused by incomplete KYC checks or a weak source of funds. Imagine: your business is ready for cross-border payments, but the bank suddenly freezes operations due to suspicions of money laundering or terrorist financing. […]

85–90% of M&A deals in the financial sector in the EU face legal disputes, regulatory claims, or price renegotiations within the first two years after closing: this is consistently reported by studies of major law firms and consulting groups in Europe and Asia. For an owner from Europe, Asia or the CIS this means one […]

In recent years, average global spending on AML compliance for financial institutions has grown at double-digit rates and already amounts to billions of dollars annually. At the same time, requirements for Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced due diligence (EDD), transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and for cross-border transactions: Travel rule compliance, have tightened. Regulators in the […]

Did you know that in 2024 company registration in Latvia attracted over 15,000 foreign investors, but 28% of Latvia residence-permit investment applications were rejected due to non-compliance with Latvia AML? Imagine: you invest €50,000 in a Latvia investment company, go through all the steps, and a Latvia UBO check or a small debt over €150 […]