Malta ship broker: 20 ship companies a month, onboarded in under 24 hours.

The ship broker: 20 company registrations a month

A Valletta ship-brokerage and corporate-services firm registers around 20 ship-owning companies (SPVs) per month under the Malta flag. Each needs its own business account, dedicated IBAN and KYB file before a vessel can be registered, insured and chartered.

The problem: bank onboarding for every ship company

Every new company meant a new bank relationship and weeks of client onboarding — time spent chasing KYC paperwork and IBANs instead of brokering ships.

The solution: one Swiss business account per ship company

Each new ship company is onboarded digitally into the Aequitex Business Account — typically active within 24 hours with a dedicated IBAN, SEPA/SWIFT payments in 50+ currencies, fiat and crypto transfers and invoice financing, from one login.

Digital KYB onboarding per entity; documents uploaded once, reused across ship companiesDedicated IBAN per ship company for charter income, port fees, bunkering and crew payrollOne dashboard for all entities: multi-currency balances, SEPA/SWIFT transfers and invoice financingSwiss-regulated provider (SRO / FINMA), accepted by owners and insurers

“Onboarding used to be our bottleneck. Now a new ship company is registered, verified and paying suppliers within a day — everything sits in one place, and it just works together.”