DASP licensing in El Salvador for crypto businesses.
Best fit for exchanges, brokers, custody / wallet services, token projects, and global teams looking for a regulated LatAm base.
- What services you provide (custody, exchange, brokerage, payments, issuance support).
- Your target markets and whether you serve clients outside El Salvador.
- Compliance baseline: AML/CTF, sanctions, onboarding and monitoring logic.
- Corporate setup approach and operational substance (people, processes, vendors).
- Service mapping (exchange/custody/brokerage/others).
- Cross-border positioning and limitations baseline.
- Token / product structure considerations.
- Shareholding and management baseline.
- Key contracts and authorities.
- Local execution coordination with partners.
- AML policy + procedures baseline.
- Sanctions policy + screening logic.
- Incident handling and recordkeeping baseline.
- Service mapping and red flags.
- Structure and governance baseline.
- Roadmap, stages and document list.
- AML/CTF + sanctions policies and procedures.
- Compliance manual / risk framework baseline.
- Client disclosures and website legal layer baseline.
- Support for Q&A and revisions.
- Evidence alignment (policies vs operations).
- Vendor/outsourcing contracts alignment.
- Entity setup logic and governance baseline.
- Key contracts and authorities.
- Founder arrangements and operational clean-up.
- Policy updates and control testing baseline.
- Incident handling and remediation.
- Change management and documentation upkeep.
- Terms of Use and risk disclaimers baseline.
- Privacy & cookie layer baseline.
- Vendor contracts and data processing baseline.
Define your services, flows (custody/exchange), client geographies, and vendor stack.
Confirm entity and governance baseline and coordinate setup steps with local partners.
Draft AML/sanctions and operational procedures aligned with onboarding, monitoring and evidence.
Support through clarification requests, revisions, and implementation actions for go-live readiness.
- Short description of services and target markets.
- Custody/settlement and exchange flow (who holds keys, who can move funds).
- Client onboarding approach (KYC/KYB) and compliance tooling.
- Vendors: custody tech, KYC provider, blockchain analytics, payment partners.
If you’re early-stage, that’s fine — we build a clean perimeter and roadmap first.
- DASP scope memo + structure and roadmap.
- Compliance documentation pack (AML/sanctions + procedures baseline).
- Client disclosures and website legal baseline.
- Local coordination support and revision rounds.
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It can be a good “global base” for some models, but your target markets may still impose local requirements. We map cross-border positioning and a staged compliance plan.
Yes. You should expect risk-based onboarding, monitoring, and sanctions screening. We build policies and procedures aligned with your real flows and tooling.
Yes. Many projects expand later. We can map El Salvador baseline in parallel with MiCA/UAE so you don’t rebuild everything from scratch.
Yes. We typically coordinate with local counsel and notaries for filings and local execution, while we handle structure, documentation and model alignment.
- Services: exchange/custody/brokerage/payments/issuance support.
- Client geographies and whether you market outside El Salvador.
- Asset flows (who holds keys, who settles, fiat rails).
- Vendors and compliance tooling (KYC, analytics, custody tech).
Even 8–10 lines is enough to start.