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BANKS AND neo-banks

Launch Digital Asset Trading & Brokerage

Powering digital asset payments for leading financial institutions.
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Flexible Integration Models for Digital Asset Trading

Enable your clients to access digital asset markets through a flexible infrastructure stack that scales with your strategy, from API-based liquidity to a fully licensed, end-to-end embedded brokerage.

Whether you’re enhancing an existing brokerage or launching from scratch, Aquanow provides the infrastructure, liquidity, and regulatory framework to accelerate time to market while maintaining institutional standards.

Embed digital asset brokerage directly into your web and mobile banking experience, with optional licensing support from Aquanow.
Access institutional-grade liquidity, execution, and seamless order routing with post-trade settlement.
Support trading, funding, and asset movement with integrated market data and wallet infrastructure.
Operate with bank-grade compliance, governance, and transaction oversight at every stage of the client journey.

Flexible Integration Models

From API liquidity to fully embedded brokerage, Aquanow gives institutions flexible ways to launch, scale, and operate digital asset trading.

Liquidity

Enhance your existing brokerage with seamless access to institutional -grade digital asset liquidity.
Connect to institutional-grade digital asset liquidity to enhance your existing brokerage.
Route client orders to Aquanow for execution through simple API integration.
Access deep liquidity with reliable pricing and end-of-day settlement.
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Infrastructure

Accelerate your go-to-market with scalable trading infrastructure.
Launch your digital asset brokerage faster by leveraging Aquanow’s proven infrastructure.
Integrate liquidity, market data, wallets, and compliance through flexible, API-driven services.
Operate under your own license while using managed infrastructure components to simplify operations.
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Embedded Brokerage

Offer digital asset trading to your clients with Aquanow providing and operating the full brokerage.
Enable clients to buy and sell digital assets through your existing web and mobile channels.
Embed a fully operated brokerage into your platform, with Aquanow managing trading, liquidity, execution, and operations end-to-end.
Leverage Aquanow’s licensing, compliance, and custody framework while you retain the client relationship and experience.
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Supported Digital and Fiat Currencies

USDC
USDT
BTC
ETH
SOL
XRP
EUR
GBP
USD
AED
AUD
CAD
TRY
“Banking clients have been investing in digital assets indirectly for many years with overseas providers; we wanted to provide our clients with a locally regulated and secure environment to do that.”
Victor Matafonov
Chief Compliance Officer
Compliance

Regulated infrastructure for the next financial era.

Operating under regulated frameworks with six global offices and clients across 50+ countries.
VARA
Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) of Dubai
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UAE - VASP
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) United States
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USA - MSB
Banco de España
Bank of Spain
(Banco de España)
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Spain - VASP
FINTRAC CANAFE
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
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Canada - MSB, IFM

Why Institutions Choose Aquanow

Regulated Infrastructure

Operating within established regulatory frameworks across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, with approvals expanding across key markets.

Security & Compliance

Reducing counterparty risk through robust controls, while multilayered KYC, KYT, and AML systems help detect and prevent financial crime.

Institutional Technology

High-performance infrastructure with secure APIs, scalable architecture, and reliability built for financial institutions.

End-to-End Infrastructure

Brokerage, payments, and wallet capabilities delivered through a unified infrastructure - supported by experts from design to deployment.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Aquanow can support digital asset custody where permitted under its regulatory framework. In the UAE, custody is allowed incidental to brokerage under Aquanow’s license, while our VASP licenses in Spain also allow custody.

Aquanow combines regulatory infrastructure with embedded compliance tooling, including KYC/AML controls, travel rule, transaction monitoring, access controls and operational processes tailored for institutional environments. We assist clients to structure their deployment model appropriately for their jurisdiction and product.

Launch timing depends on the product and integration model. Liquidity APIs are typically the fastest path to market, Trading Infrastructure timelines vary based on the components integrated, and Embedded Brokerage — our fully managed brokerage solution — typically launches in 3 months, including integration into client money accounts and your frontend platforms.

Aquanow enables banks and brokerages to launch and scale digital asset offerings through flexible integration models tailored to their needs: Liquidity APIs to seamlessly add digital asset liquidity to existing brokerage platforms Trading Infrastructure to launch a full digital asset brokerage using Aquanow’s APIs for liquidity, market data, wallets, and compliance Embedded Brokerage to deliver a fully managed digital asset brokerage embedded directly into your platform with Aquanow operating the brokerage end-to-end, including licensing, trading infrastructure, liquidity, execution, custody, and compliance, while you retain the customer relationship and user experience.

Ready to integrate digital assets into your platform?