You run the company. You just hit the local presence gate on someone else's behalf.
You already handle marketing, sales, operations and IT for a business you do not own, and the banking or processing application needs a resident the institution can deal with. Both options are open to you, and the structure keeps you as the operator either way.
What you are optimising for
Staying the operator, on paper too
The engagement defines the appointee's role and duties and your operating mandate, so the person on the filings is not the person deciding how the business runs.
One intake for a portfolio
Different clients need different halves of this. Same compliance review, same written terms, one place to send them all.
Replacements that do not break the record
An appointment that ends is an ended appointment plus a new one, never an edited record. That matters when a bank asks for the history.
Which option applies to you
Client already holds the entity: local director or manager. Client has nothing in the market: owner plus company, formed and held locally with you introduced as the operator.
What we will not do is hand over an appointee's credentials or identity documents so an agency can act as that person. The appointee acts for themselves, under their own duties, or the whole file is worthless when it is tested.
Where it stops for you
Your client's closure is your problem
When a managed account is terminated over ownership mismatch, the operator is the one on the call. The structure is what prevents it, not the explanation afterwards.
Reused appointees cluster across a portfolio
If the same name sits on several of your clients' companies, one flagged account exposes the rest. First-use placements keep the portfolio from failing together.
- Approved
The account opens. Nothing looks wrong yet.
- Trading
Volume builds and the balance sits with the provider between payouts.
- Review lands
Ownership, the signer and the registered address get re-checked, often after growth or a dispute spike.
The local presence on the file does not survive it - Funds held
Payouts stop and the account is closed. The balance sits through the hold while every checkout and payout integration pointing at it breaks the same day.
- Recovery
You are a closed account arguing with a risk team. Some get paid out at the end of the hold, some get a partial release, some never see it.
Opening the account was never the hard part. This is the part that costs money.
See what triggers itWhat a placement includes
Owner plus company
- Local individual sourced, screened and verified before any introduction
- Company formed in the target country and held by that owner
- Written engagement defining the owner's role, duties and your operating mandate
- You introduced as the operator for marketing, sales, operations and IT
- Documentation prepared for bank and payment-provider onboarding
- Ongoing administration: filings, renewals, corporate changes
Local director or manager only
- Resident director, manager or authorised signer, matched to the requirement
- Identity, address and background verification before appointment
- Signed engagement letter and a documented appointment record
- Participation in bank and acquirer onboarding where legitimately required
- Availability for verification calls and institution information requests
- Replacement handled as an ended appointment plus a new one, never an edited record
An appointment does not conceal the ultimate beneficial owner. Appointed directors, managers and owners remain subject to their legal duties, and beneficial ownership or control is disclosed wherever it is required.
Banking and payment accounts are subject exclusively to the institution's underwriting and approval. Nominee Network does not guarantee approval and does not misrepresent ownership, management, control or business activity.
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