dLocal gains key licenses in UAE, Turkey, and Philippines

By Vriti Gothi

dLocal, a cross-border payments platform, has acquired critical financial licenses in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and the Philippines.

dLocal’s global regulatory framework significantly expands its capacity to enable seamless, secure, and compliant cross-border transactions across high-growth regions.

These new licenses underscore dLocal’s strategic vision to deepen its footprint in key markets and reinforce its position as a trusted, future-ready payments infrastructure provider for global enterprises operating in complex regulatory environments.

The license includes a Payment Services License in the UAE, Central Bank approval in Turkey via Lidio, and a Money Services Business License in the Philippines. The approvals enhance dLocal’s regulatory footprint and enable compliant, efficient operations in key emerging markets.

These authorisations add to dLocal’s expanding regulatory portfolio, which now exceeds 30 licenses and registrations globally, including its FCA license in the United Kingdom. Together, they form a robust compliance backbone, enabling direct local integration, enhanced transaction transparency, and faster market activation for clients.

With support for 900+ local payment methods across more than 40 countries, dLocal empowers merchants to reach billions of consumers who rely on mobile wallets, real-time bank transfers, and alternative payment rails.

dLocal’s latest regulatory wins pave the way for accelerated expansion across APAC, the Middle East, and beyond. By embedding compliance into its operational model, dLocal unlocks differentiated value for its merchant partners, enabling one-click scalability without the need for multiple local entities, contracts, or integration points.

Pedro Arnt, CEO, said, “Expanding our licensed footprint in key high-growth markets like the UAE, Turkey, and the Philippines is essential to our mission of unlocking the power of emerging markets and connecting financial underserved populations to the global digital economy. It demonstrates our commitment to operating under the highest standards of trust and compliance, providing our global merchants with the secure and reliable access they need to reach billions of consumers.”