Anjouan B2B Gaming Licence in 2026: The Supplier Certificate

Most guides to Anjouan only talk about the operator licence — the one that lets a casino take bets. But there is a second permit that gets far less coverage and is quietly becoming a gating requirement across the market: the Anjouan B2B license, the supplier-side authorisation for the studios, aggregators, platforms and payment vendors that sit behind those operators. In our practice, the suppliers asking about it are not doing so on a compliance whim — they are doing it because their operator clients started demanding a credential before they would integrate.

This guide covers what the B2B certificate actually authorises, how it differs from the B2C operator licence, what it costs, how the file runs, and why getting licensed on the supply side has shifted from optional to commercially unavoidable in 2026. The facts here come from running the full Anjouan process for both operators and suppliers — not from recycled marketing.

What the Anjouan B2B licence actually is

Anjouan’s gaming regime runs on a single statute — the Computer Gaming Licensing Act — and that Act covers both the demand side and the supply side of iGaming. The operator (B2C) permit is the well-known one: it lets a company run a casino, sportsbook, poker room or crypto casino for players. The B2B licence authorises the layer beneath that: the companies that build and supply the technology and content the operators run on.

A July 2025 revision to the regime formalised this. Before it, suppliers to Anjouan operators sat in a grey area; after it, the Anjouan Betting & Gaming Board (ABGB) expects developers, platform providers, aggregators and payment-technology suppliers serving Anjouan-licensed operators to hold either a direct B2B licence or an approved B2B Recognition Certificate. The same revision aligned the regime with the FATF Travel Rule for virtual assets, which is why crypto-facing supply — payment rails, wallet tech, crypto-native platforms — fits cleanly under the B2B route.

The distinction that matters commercially: a B2B holder never takes a player deposit. It sells to operators. That single fact changes the risk profile, the banking conversation and the reason you hold the licence in the first place. If you want the operator-side view first, our flagship Anjouan guide covers the B2C permit in full, and the Anjouan gaming licence pillar sets out the regime end to end.

B2C operator licence vs B2B supplier certificate

The two permits share a regulator, an Act, a fee and a due-diligence standard. What separates them is the permitted activity — and therefore who each one is for. This is the comparison suppliers ask us to draw first:

The practical takeaway is that the two are siblings, not opposites. A company that both builds a platform and runs its own casino can hold both, or a B2C licence with B2B scope added — more on that below.

Who needs a B2B licence — and why operators now demand it

The suppliers that fall inside the July 2025 rule are broader than most expect:

• Game studios — anyone whose slots, table games or live content run on Anjouan-licensed casinos, especially where proprietary games carry an RNG certificate from a recognised test lab.
• Aggregators and content hubs — the middleware that pipes many studios’ games into an operator’s lobby.
• Platform providers — turnkey and white-label platform vendors whose software an operator brands as its own. If you build these, our white-label casino service and the Anjouan white-label guide show where a supplier licence fits.
• Payment-technology suppliers — PSPs, gateways and crypto-payment vendors providing the rails, particularly under the FATF-aligned crypto regime.

The regulatory requirement is only half the story. The stronger driver is commercial: licensed operators now ask their vendors for a credential before they integrate. A B2C operator that has done the work to appear on the public register does not want an unlicensed supplier in its stack — that supplier becomes a compliance weak point a payment partner or auditor can flag. So the B2B licence has quietly turned into a passport. Without it, you lose deals to competitors who have one; with it, you clear vendor due diligence on the first pass.

What it costs and how the file runs

The headline number is familiar from the operator side: the official regulator fee is €17,828 per year, and it renews annually. That is the figure on the ABGB’s own schedule, and it is the same across the Anjouan regime — the supplier route does not carry a separate government tariff. On top of the official fee sit the service costs any real application needs: the applicant company, document drafting, compliance policies and regulator liaison. For a full breakdown of how the official fee separates from provider mark-up, the Anjouan licence cost guide applies to suppliers as much as operators.

A crucial structural point for suppliers: you do not incorporate in Anjouan and you do not need any presence on the island. As with the operator route, we set up the applicant company in Costa Rica and file through an authorised agent — no local office, no resident director, no on-island staff. That keeps the supply-side entity clean and portable, which matters when your clients sit across multiple markets. The tax posture is the same 0% on gaming revenue that makes the operator licence attractive, though how a supplier’s fees are taxed depends on where your holding structure is resident — a structuring question, not a feature of the permit.

The B2B application: structure, timeline and compliance

Mechanically, a supplier file runs like the operator one, and lands in the same 4–8 week end-to-end window when the paperwork is right the first time. The requirements track the operator process documented in the Anjouan requirements guide: certified passports and proof of address for every UBO, director and key person; source-of-funds evidence; corporate documents for the applying entity; and AML/KYC policies drafted to the regulator’s expectations. Every shareholder and beneficial owner must clear sanctions screening and show a clean history — the due diligence is not lighter because you are a supplier.

Two things are specific to the supply side. First, content and technology certification: proprietary games need an RNG certificate from a recognised lab, and platform or payment technology should be documented to the standard the ABGB expects at application. Second, the crypto layer — if you supply payment or platform technology that moves virtual assets, your file has to reflect FATF Travel Rule alignment, which the July 2025 revision built into the regime.

The step that slips timelines is document readiness, not regulator speed — one incomplete UBO file or one policy that needs redrafting adds a week per round. Because suppliers frequently hold both a supplier and an operator credential, we structure the Costa Rica applicant entity once and map the licence scope to what you actually do, rather than filing two applications from scratch. If your model spans building a platform and running your own brand, plan the scope before you file — and see the launch checklist for the full sequence from incorporation to live.

Is a Recognition Certificate enough?

The July 2025 rule offers suppliers two routes: a full B2B licence or an approved B2B Recognition Certificate. The Certificate is the lighter-touch acknowledgement for suppliers that already hold a credible credential elsewhere and simply need Anjouan to recognise it; the full licence is the standalone authorisation. Which one fits depends on what you already hold and what your operator clients will accept in their vendor due diligence — some ask specifically for a direct licence rather than a recognition. We assess that on the facts of each supplier rather than defaulting to one route, and where a supplier is starting cold, the full licence is usually the cleaner answer. You can compare the wider field of gaming permits on the gaming licences hub if you are weighing Anjouan against a Tier-1 supplier regime.

If you build the technology behind online casinos and your operator clients have started asking for a credential, the supply-side licence is now part of the deal — not an afterthought. We run the full Anjouan B2B file end to end, structure the applicant company in Costa Rica, and can add B2C scope where you need both. Book a free consultation and we’ll map the right licence scope to what you actually supply — with the official fee and our service cost shown separately, never blended.

This article is for general informational purposes only and is not legal, tax or financial advice. Consult a qualified professional before acting.