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Clear Junction vs EQWIRE: what each publishes

As of October 17, 2026, Clear Junction takes these industries by its own published rules: Crypto, with conditions; Marketplace, with conditions. EQWIRE: AI and SaaS; Forex and CFD, with conditions; Marketplace, with conditions.

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Not a ranking: the two names are in alphabetical order. The free check applies every provider’s rules to your own answers.

Where it takes companies from

Clear Junction

  • United Kingdom
  • EU / EEA (western & northern, plus Spain, Italy, Portugal)
  • EU / EEA (Baltics, central & eastern, plus Croatia, Greece, Cyprus, Malta)

The regions its own documents name, read on October 9, 2026

EQWIRE

Its own list of countries, quoted below with its source and date

Policy by industry

Clear Junction and EQWIRE: published policy by industry
IndustryClear JunctionEQWIRE
AI and SaaSNo published ruleYes
CryptoWith conditionsNo
Forex and CFDDepends on the activityWith conditions
MarketplaceWith conditionsWith conditions
iGamingNoNo
AdultNoNo
Unlicensed financial servicesNoNo

Where owners must live

Clear Junction

No published rule

EQWIRE

No published rule

Rules about countries

Clear Junction

The following jurisdictions are Prohibited countries for accounts with Clear Junction.

Clear Junction · Refuses companies registered in · · Source
All countries named (58)

Afghanistan, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Bosnia & Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Fiji, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Puerto Rico, Russia, Samoa, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Sudan, Syria, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe

EQWIRE

EQWIRE does not accept as a customer from the following category of Unacceptable Customers and Unacceptable Businesses: … Private individuals and entities domiciled outside the UK or outside the EEA;

EQWIRE · Takes companies registered in · · Source
All countries named (31)

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

EQWIRE is focused on attracting and servicing customers in the UK and the EEA for the foreseeable future, which reduces the risk. EQWIRE has no association with or processes transactions to the following sanctioned countries:

EQWIRE · Refuses owners who live in · · Source

Afghanistan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, DR Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Palestinian Territories, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Fees

Clear Junction

No fee we could verify

EQWIRE

EQWIRE: published fees
PlanAccount openingMonthlyChecked
Corporate, standard riskFree ('Free standard onboarding and account maintenance, subject to approval.')GBP 0 · Source
Corporate, medium riskNot published for this tierGBP 100 · Source
Corporate, high riskGBP 1,700 to onboard, in two parts: GBP 850 compliance and onboarding review before the decision ('Payable before the approval decision. Non-refundable if the application is declined or withdrawn.') and GBP 850 activation after approvalGBP 750 · Source

Closing an account

Clear Junction

We hold no quote from its terms on notice before closing.

Account closed or frozen? What Clear Junction’s terms say

EQWIRE

21.2. Termination by us on notice. We may close the Account by giving you at least two months’ notice, unless we are entitled to close immediately under clause 21.3.

Notice before closing · · Source

Account closed or frozen? What EQWIRE’s terms say

Licence

LicenseeClear JunctionEQWIRE
LicenseeClear Junction Ltd · EMI authorised by the FCA (FRN 900684)EQWIRE UK Limited · electronic money institution authorised by the FCA (FRN 901100)
RegulatorFCA · FCA ·