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Clear Junction vs Fire: what each publishes

As of October 26, 2026, Clear Junction takes these industries by its own published rules: Crypto, with conditions; Marketplace, with conditions. We hold no such rule from Fire.

Clear JunctionFCAFireFCA / Central Bank of Ireland

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

Fire

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

Policy by industry

Clear Junction and Fire: published policy by industry
IndustryClear JunctionFire
CryptoWith conditionsNo
MarketplaceWith conditionsNo published rule
Forex and CFDDepends on the activityNo published rule
iGamingNoNo published rule
AdultNoNo published rule
Unlicensed financial servicesNoNo
AI and SaaSNo published ruleNo published rule

Where owners must live

Clear Junction

No published rule

Fire

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

Fire

We onboard businesses incorporated in the United Kingdom or Ireland with directors/owners resident and/or citizens of the EU & UK (and other countries available on request).

Fire · Takes companies registered in · · Source

Ireland, United Kingdom

We onboard businesses incorporated in the United Kingdom or Ireland with directors/owners resident and/or citizens of the EU & UK (and other countries available on request).

Fire · Takes owners who hold the passport of, or live in · · Source

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

Fees

Clear Junction

No fee we could verify

Fire

Fire: published fees
PlanAccount openingMonthlyChecked
Fire Business Account (UK company)GBP 0 set-up fee ('Set Up Fee')GBP 10 a month ('Monthly Fee') · Source
Fire Business Account (Irish or other EU company)EUR 0 set-up fee ('Set Up Fee')EUR 10 a month ('Monthly Fee') · 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

Fire

15.2 We may close the Business Account or any part of the Fire Services associated with it on giving you 90 days prior notice.

Notice before closing · · Source

Account closed or frozen? What Fire’s terms say

Licence

LicenseeClear JunctionFire
LicenseeClear Junction Ltd · EMI authorised by the FCA (FRN 900684)Fire Financial Services Limited (Fire-UK) · EMI authorised by the FCA (FRN 900983) · Fire Financial Services Limited (Fire-EU, Ireland) · payment institution authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland (C58301)
RegulatorFCA · FCA / Central Bank of Ireland ·