Most firms providing financial services need to be authorised by us or registered with us. Find out how to apply, get support if you're newly authorised, and view other tasks for authorised firms.
How to get authorised
The authorisation process
Understand the stages of becoming authorised or registered, and our expectations of applicants.
UK wholesale markets
Before applying to do business in the UK's financial markets, check if you meet our criteria for extra support.
Preparing your financials
Make sure you submit high quality financial information to prevent delays to your firm's application.
Application guidance by firm type
Select your type of firm or business model below – we have pages for each type of application, to read alongside our page about the authorisation process.
Wholesale markets
Credit and mortgage brokers
Lenders and other consumer finance
Payments, e-money and crypto
Consumer investments firms
Other types of firm
/firms/innovation
We support financial services firms to launch innovative products and services.
Current topics
Consumer Duty
Our Duty sets higher standards of consumer protection and means your firm must put its customers’ needs first.
Secondary credit brokers
If you're a Full Permission firm and you supply a non-financial service, find out if you still hold the correct permission.
Application form changes
We're improving the application forms on our Connect system to make it easier for your firm to apply to us for authorisation.
