Updated: July 2025, 10

What is financial services intermediary business?

This is a new license that started on November 3, 11.

The Financial Products Sales Act was revised and enforced (the name was also changed to the Act on the Provision of Financial Services), and it is now possible to intermediate products and services in the banking, securities, insurance, and money lending industries with one registration.

Classification of financial services intermediary industry

Financial services intermediary business registration is divided into the following four categories depending on the nature of the intermediary business.

While there are common requirements for each category, there are also additional requirements depending on each category.

① Deposit intermediary business

②Insurance intermediary business

③ Securities brokerage business

④Money lending industry loan intermediary business

General process for registration

Pre-registration consultation

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Registration application

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Completion of registration　

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(Membership of the Financial Services Intermediaries Association)*

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Deposit of security deposit (without delay after registration)

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Business starts

*It is not necessary to join the association, but if you do not, the business will need to develop regulations and internal systems that comply with the self-regulatory rules established by the association.

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