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Missouri (MO)

Money transmission and virtual currency licensing planning data for Missouri.

Population weight (planning): 1.82% · 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. The Money Transmission Modernization Act of 2024 (sections 361.900 to 361.1035 RSMo) requires a licence from the Division of Finance for money transmission, and a CVC exchange receiving customer fiat for transmission falls within the receiving-money-for-transmission definition.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Fiat treatment

Money transmission covers selling or issuing payment instruments, selling or issuing stored value, or receiving money for transmission from a person in Missouri; this replaced the former Sale of Checks Law effective 28 August 2024.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Virtual currency treatment

No express virtual currency definition; coverage rests on the broad monetary value and receiving-money-for-transmission definitions. A specific virtual currency kiosk provision effective 28 August 2025 separately deems kiosk operators to be engaged in money transmission requiring licensure.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Regulator

Missouri Division of Finance, within the Department of Commerce and Insurance.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

MTMA adoption

full: S.B. 1359, effective August 28, 2024.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Launch posture

green: Clean statutory MTMA adoption with confirmed net worth and bond formulas.

Verified 2026-07-16. Source

Application fees (locked)

Application fees is included with access.

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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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