Be focused on opening and maintaining a forex merchant account for FX/CFD/binary brokers and prop firms: acquiring (often MCC 6211), APMs and card deposits, crypto top-ups, PSP/EMI selection, KYC/KYB & AML, risk/chargeback control, 3DS2/SCA, payouts/withdrawals, and multi-jurisdiction onboarding (US, UK, EU). We assist with authorization-rate optimization, routing/retries, and regulator-driven constraints for high-risk payment flows.
Authoritative resources:
CFTC & NFA (US): https://www.cftc.gov/ • https://www.nfa.futures.org/
FCA (UK): https://www.fca.org.uk/
ESMA (EU): https://www.esma.europa.eu/
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