# Fintech licensing in El Salvador

Source page: https://protegra.io/licensing/jurisdictions/el-salvador/

In El Salvador, fintech and crypto licences are issued by the National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD). The Atlas covers 1 licence type there, in one family: virtual asset service provider. Each licence page lists its legal basis, fees and decision period with sources.

## Financial regulators in El Salvador

- [El SalvadorNational Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD)CNAD is El Salvador's dedicated digital-asset regulator: it authorises and supervises digital asset service providers and public/private iss](https://protegra.io/licensing/regulators/cnad-el-salvador/)

## Fintech licences available in El Salvador

### [Virtual asset service provider (non-MiCA)](https://protegra.io/licensing/licences/vasp/)

- [VASP · El SalvadorProveedor de Servicios de Activos Digitales (PSAD) registrationCNAD](https://protegra.io/licensing/licences/vasp/el-salvador/)

## Main laws

- [Digital Assets Issuance Law (Legislative Decree No. 643)](https://protegra.io/licensing/laws/sv-digital-assets-issuance-law/): Decreto Legislativo N.º 643

## Path to market

Start by mapping the activities you plan to offer onto the licence types above; the activity pages show which licence permits each one. CNAD offers pre-application meetings and a regulatory sandbox; the regulator page explains how to use them. The application goes to CNAD, together with the capital, governance and AML documentation the licence page lists.

## Getting licensed in El Salvador

Protegra handles licensing in El Salvador end to end: [crypto licensing in El Salvador](https://protegra.io/salvador).

Last verified: · Author: Danil Marmysh · Reviewed by Anastasia Sidorenkova · © Protegra. Data: CC BY 4.0, cite "Protegra Licensing Atlas". Not legal advice.