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Louisiana (LA)

Money transmission and virtual currency licensing planning data for Louisiana.

Population weight (planning): 1.34% · Back to matrix · Launch map

How to read this page: confirmed cells are checked against a primary regulatory source and dated. Under review marks a cell where primary sources conflict or a figure awaits confirmation.

MTL required

Yes, and likely twice over. The new Louisiana Money Transmission Act (effective 1 July 2026) covers the fiat leg, while the separate Virtual Currency Businesses Act covers exchanging, transferring or storing virtual currency, so this scenario commonly triggers review under both regimes.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Fiat treatment

Money transmission covers selling or issuing payment instruments or stored value, and receiving money for transmission, from a person in Louisiana, under the Louisiana Money Transmission Act, R.S. 6:1031 et seq. (Act 888/HB 1230 of 2026, effective 1 July 2026, replacing the 1966 Sale of Checks and Money Transmission Act).

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Virtual currency treatment

Separate licence regime. The new LMTA (R.S. 6:1031-1072) contains no virtual currency provisions at all. Exchanging, transferring or storing virtual currency is licensed separately under the Virtual Currency Businesses Act, R.S. 6:1381 et seq., extended to virtual currency kiosks by 2025 Act 369, effective 1 August 2025.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Regulator

Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions (OFI).

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

MTMA adoption

full: H.B. 1230, effective July 1, 2026.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Launch posture

red: Two parallel licensing regimes are commonly triggered for this scenario, one of them only weeks old with no track record, the other carrying a bond that.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Application fees (locked)

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Renewal fees (locked)

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Net worth / capital (locked)

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Surety bond (locked)

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Bond formula (locked)

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Permissible investments (locked)

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Control persons (locked)

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Local presence (locked)

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Exam / audit timeline (locked)

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Exemptions (locked)

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Typical timeline (locked)

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Practitioner notes (locked)

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Under the planning scenario

LicenceMap's bond and net worth figures use one scenario throughout: a virtual currency exchange with a fiat on and off ramp, $50m in annual US transmission volume, $2m in average daily outstanding liability, and a single principal office.

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