01The record, without the names

Case Studies

You will not find client names here. That is the deal our clients get, and the deal you will get: nobody ever knows you needed us. Here is what we can show instead: the numbers.

The aggregate record first, then the individual cases

02The aggregate record

87%

approval rate across cases we take on

300+

businesses placed since 2018

2-3 wks

typical timeline with a pre-vetted route

73%

of clients arrived after multiple rejections

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03Filter by vertical

17 cases, one method underneath

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Crypto & Web3
Situation: Crypto exchange, EMI froze settlement funds mid-quarter
Prior rejections: 5 prior rejections
Route type: EU EMI route, VASP-aware
Timeline: 19 days
Outcome: Live account, funds moving again

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: iGaming & betting
Situation: Licensed operator lost corporate banking; the owners were exposed too
Prior rejections: 2 banks exited gambling
Route type: Gambling-aware EMI, plus private UBO accounts in the Alps
Timeline: 35 days
Outcome: Company re-banked, owners banked privately in an Alpine jurisdiction

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Forex & trading
Situation: MT4/MT5 forex broker, needed client-fund segregation
Prior rejections: 4 prior rejections
Route type: Segregated-account EMI
Timeline: 23 days
Outcome: Segregated account live, regulator condition met

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Adult & dating
Situation: Adult platform, corporate bank account closed overnight
Prior rejections: 3 banks declined the replacement
Route type: Adult-aware EMI, redundant operating accounts
Timeline: 24 days
Outcome: Operating banking restored, dual accounts, no repeat freeze

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Payments
Situation: MATCH-listed merchant, no acquirer would quote
Prior rejections: Declined by every acquirer approached
Route type: Narrower acquirer set + sequencing
Timeline: 8 weeks
Outcome: Live account, honest timeline held

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Licensing
Situation: Pre-licence startup, needed the jurisdiction call before incorporating
Prior rejections: None (clean file, checked before applying)
Route type: Jurisdiction pick before incorporation, licence-led sequencing
Timeline: 3 weeks banked, post-licence
Outcome: Banked at launch, no wasted incorporation

Case file · honest non-win

Vertical: Payments
Situation: Unlicensed model with sanctions-adjacent flows, pre-vetted and declined
Prior rejections: N/A, declined at our own intake stage
Route type: No route offered; restructuring advised instead
Timeline: Returned 5 months later, placed
Outcome: Placed only after the model changed

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: iGaming & betting
Situation: Operator needed a segregated player-funds safeguarding account
Prior rejections: 3 declines on gambling category
Route type: Gambling-aware EMI with true segregation
Timeline: 31 days
Outcome: Segregated safeguarding account plus operating banking, live

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Crypto & Web3
Situation: Non-EU exchange needed lawful EU market access under MiCA
Prior rejections: None, advised before filing anywhere
Route type: MiCA CASP, jurisdiction chosen for banking, not just approval
Timeline: Banked 4 weeks after authorisation
Outcome: CASP authorisation plus EU banking, passported

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Crypto & Web3
Situation: Payments firm with crypto in the flow needed multi-currency IBANs
Prior rejections: 3 category-reflex declines
Route type: VASP-aware multi-currency EMI, named IBANs
Timeline: 17 days
Outcome: Named IBANs in four currencies, crypto flow disclosed

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Forex & trading
Situation: Broker ran all operating and client banking through one bank
Prior rejections: None, engaged before a closure
Route type: Second operating and client-money bank on separate rails
Timeline: 27 days
Outcome: Redundant banking live before scaling

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: iGaming & betting
Situation: Costa Rica company, Anjouan licence, payment stack kept breaking
Prior rejections: 2 processor terminations in 12 months
Route type: European EMIs, a Canadian MSB rail, payment agent structure
Timeline: 4-5 weeks
Outcome: Banking, licence-matched processing and a payment agent live

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: iGaming & betting
Situation: Malta-licensed operator, banking and processing built from scratch
Prior rejections: None, sequenced before any application went in
Route type: EU corporate banking, processing, offshore private accounts
Timeline: 4-5 weeks
Outcome: Corporate banking, processing and owner accounts all live

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Adult & dating
Situation: Adult content studio, no formal KYC or site policies, unbankable
Prior rejections: 2 declines before the compliance work was done
Route type: Compliance build first, then adult-aware EMI and payout rail
Timeline: 4-5 weeks
Outcome: Banking live plus mass payouts to creators

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Adult & dating
Situation: Dating platform, subscription revenue, processing failing by region
Prior rejections: 1 acquirer exit, high involuntary churn
Route type: Multi-region processing plus subscription-aware banking
Timeline: 3-4 weeks
Outcome: Regional processing live, recurring billing on stable rails

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Adult & dating
Situation: Webcam studio, hundreds of small payouts across many countries
Prior rejections: 1 account closed over outbound payment pattern
Route type: Adult-aware EMI plus structured high-frequency payout rail
Timeline: 3-4 weeks
Outcome: Banking restored, weekly model payouts running clean

Case file · anonymized

Vertical: Adult & dating
Situation: Creator agency splitting revenue with models by hand
Prior rejections: None, but manual splits were capping growth
Route type: EMI with split-payout API, sub-accounts per creator
Timeline: 2 weeks
Outcome: Automated agency/model splits, an account for each creator

05Method, stated plainly

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