Solutions · Pre-authorisation scope

Compliance infrastructure around authorised rails.

Verax Systems Ltd is a software firm. Any regulated payment activity described below will be performed, post-authorisation, by the firm itself as a Small Payment Institution or by an authorised third-party partner — never by Verax acting outside its permissions.

// 01 · core product

Compliance decisioning engine

Our flagship layer. KYB, sanctions, PEP, adverse-media and dual-use screening executed in parallel. Every decision generates an evidence-backed case file with a 6-year retention window, designed to be examined by an FCA reviewer.

What this includes

  • Automated KYB using Companies House, Sumsub and GLEIF sources
  • Sanctions screening against UK HMT, OFAC, EU and UN lists (designed — via OpenSanctions / OFAC APIs)
  • Dual-use goods screening against the UK Strategic Export Control List
  • LLM-assisted adverse-media review with human-in-the-loop for amber cases
  • Immutable audit log with hash chain and deterministic replay
// Scope noteThe compliance engine is the product we sell. Everything else is orchestrated around it.
// 02 · orchestration

Payment orchestration to authorised partners

A routing and reconciliation layer that sits between the customer and a UK-authorised payment institution. Verax itself does not hold client money. Post-authorisation, fund movement, safeguarding and SWIFT/SEPA execution will be performed by the partner institution under its own FCA permissions.

What this includes

  • Partner-API integration layer — partner selection in progress (LOI stage)
  • Reconciliation engine matching MT103/MT202 messages to internal ledger entries
  • Exception handling and break-detection with investigator queue
  • Structured case file ready for MLRO review or FCA request
  • Designed for end-to-end SLA of hours, not days, subject to partner processing windows
// Scope noteCustomers benefit from modern software surfaces; the regulated activity stays with an authorised partner.
// 03 · designed

Stablecoin ingress (designed, post-authorisation)

Planned acceptance of USDT/USDC pay-ins with onward fiat settlement via authorised liquidity and custody partners. Verax never touches the crypto-asset or its fiat equivalent on its own balance sheet — the custody and conversion are performed by the regulated third parties.

What this includes

  • Designed custody partner: Fireblocks MPC (institutional, segregated)
  • Designed liquidity partner: BVNK or equivalent regulated OTC desk
  • Wallet screening against sanctions and high-risk typologies (Chainalysis KYT, planned)
  • End-to-end case file linking deposit, swap, and fiat leg
  • Deployment conditional on FCA permissions and partner onboarding
// Scope noteOptional module. Subject to the firm's own risk appetite and partner approvals. Not live.
// 04 · regulator-facing

Audit & supervisory surface

A read-only console that lets authorised reviewers — internal MLRO, external auditor, or, post-authorisation, FCA supervision — inspect any compliance decision, its evidence chain and the code path that produced it.

What this includes

  • Code-to-control trace matrix: every policy line maps to commit + test + runbook
  • Deterministic replay of any decision from its stored inputs
  • Decision review workflow with sign-off captured in the ledger
  • Retention: 6 years minimum, immutable via S3 Object Lock (designed)
  • Exportable evidence pack in a format suitable for regulatory file
// Scope noteOur answer to the question “can you prove this?” is yes, and here is the file.

What is live today, and what isn't.

LIVE
Development environment
Compliance engine, ledger, and MLRO console running against a synthetic dataset. Accessible on /demo.
PREPARING
FCA SPI application
Regulatory pack, policies and systems draft. Application submission anticipated H2 2026.
NOT YET
Live customer traffic
None. Verax has processed no real payments and holds no client money. Not until authorisation is granted.

Want the regulatory pack?

The data room contains the full scope document, draft Programme of Operations and a code-to-control trace matrix. Access restricted to sophisticated / HNW investors and pre-approved counterparties.