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The Florida Office of Financial Regulation issued a final order granting IntXPay, Inc.'s petition for a declaratory statement regarding the calculation of permissible investments under Florida Statute 560.210. The Office concluded that virtual currency, funds available to customers upon completion of a transmission, and funds held in custody but not yet transmitted are excluded from the aggregate face amount of outstanding money transmissions. This ruling clarifies that licensees are not required to hold equivalent permissible investments for these specific categories of assets.
Index: OFR 2026 - 287 STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF FINANCIAL REGULATION In Re: INTXPAY, INC., Case Number: 136726 Petitioner. FINAL ORDER ON PETITION FOR DECLARATORY STATEMENT THIS CAUSE came on for consideration upon the Petition for Declaratory Statement ("Petition") filed by INTXPAY, INC. ("Petitioner") and received by the Office of Financial Regulation ("Office") on March I 0, 2026. Having considered the Petition and relevant statutes and rules, the Office issues this Declaratory Statement. FINDINGS OF FACT
Office published notice of the Petition. The notice appeared in the Florida Administrative Register at Volume 52, Number 50, published March 13, 2026. The Office received no comments regarding the matter. 5. The Office's conclusions are based upon the assertions of fact contained in the Petition. Any modification of the assertions of fact could alter the Office's conclusions. None of Petitioner's assertions of fact are admitted by the Office as being true, and Petitioner's questions are viewed as purely hypothetical. If any facts asserted by Petitioner are untrue or materially incomplete, the Office's conclusions provided herein would not apply. CONCLUSIONS OFLAW 6. Pursuant to chapters 120 and 560, Florida Statutes, the Office has jurisdiction over this matter. 7. Pursuant to section 120.565(1), Florida Statutes, any substantially affected person may seek a declaratory statement regarding an agency's opinion as to the applicability of a statute as it applies to the petitioner's particular set of circumstances. 8. It is well established that the purpose of a declaratory statement is to afford a petitioner the opportunity to seek an agency's position regarding the applicability of the agency's statutory provisions, orders, or rules to the petitioner's particular circumstances. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc. v. Agency for Health Care Admin., 955 So.2d 1173, 1176 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (citingChilesv. Div. of Elections, 711 So.2d 151, 154(Fla. ptocA 1998)). 9. A declaratory statement can be used to avoid costly administrative litigation by informing the petitioner in advance as to the agency's views regarding the petitioner's contemplated conduct. Adventist Health, 955 So.2d at 1176; Chiles, 711 So.2d at 154; and Nat l Ass'n of Optometrists & Opticians v. Fla. Dep't of Health, 922 So.2d 1060, 1062 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006). 2
customers should not be included in the calculation of outstanding money transmissions unless or until said funds are transmitted to another location or person. 18. A money transmission, as defined in section 560.103(27), Florida Statutes, is included in calculating the amount of outstanding money transmissions until the transmission is complete. A money transmission is complete when the funds transmitted are available to the customer. See section 560.208(5), Florida Statutes. Based on the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it is hereby DECLARED THAT: I. The Office has jurisdiction over the subject matter and the parties pursuant to section 560.105, Florida Statutes; II. Petitioner is a substantially affected person; and, ill. INTXPAY, INC.'S petition is GRANTED. Virtual currency, funds available to a customer upon completion of a money transmission and funds held for a customer but not transmitted are not included in the calculation of outstanding money transmissions. DONE and ORDERED thisJf£! day of June, 2026, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Commissioner 4
NOTICE OF RIGHTS A PARTY WHO IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS FINAL ORDER IS ENTITLED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 120.68, FLORIDA STATUTES. REVIEW PROCEEDINGS ARE GOVERNED BY THE FLORIDA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE. SUCH PROCEEDINGS ARE COMMENCED BY FILING THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE AGENCY CLERK FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL REGULATION AS FOLLOWS: Bv Mail or E-mail Office of Financial Regulation P.O. Box 8050 Tallahassee, FL 32314-8050 Phone: (850) 410-9889 E-mail: Agency.Clerk@flofr.gov OR Bv Hand Delivery Office ofFinancial Regulation General Counsel's Office The Fletcher Building IO I East Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-8050 Phone: (850) 410-9889 A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF APPEAL, ACCOMPANIED BY THE FILING FEES AS REQUIRED BYLAW, MUST ALSO BE FILED WITH THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST DISTRICT, 2000 DRAYTON DRIVE, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399-0950, OR WITH THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IN THE APPELLATE DISTRICT WHERE THE PARTY RESIDES. THE NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITH BOTH THE AGENCY CLERK FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL REGULATIONS AND THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE RENDITION OF THE ORDER TO BE REVIEWED. 5
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Order and Notice of Rights has been furnished to: Joshua M. Radbod, Esquire, and Allison W. Maffitt, Esquire, Counsel for Petitioner, IntXPay, Inc., by email at jradbod@cogentlaw.com and amaffitt@cogentlaw.com, on this-?/21- day of June, 2026. ulation 14 mai : gency.Clerk@flofr.gov Tel: (850) 410-9889
March 12, 2026 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Agency Clerk Florida Office of Financial Regulation 200 E. Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399 Re: Petition for Declaratory Statement Before the Florida Office of Financial Regulation-IntXPay, Inc. Exhibit A We represent IntXPay, Inc. (the "Company"), 19790 W Dixie Way, Unit 1007, Miami, Florida 33180, a regulated provider of currency exchange and money transmission services and write to you requesting a clarification of Florida Statute §560.210 via a declaratory statement because the said Section of Florida Statute is applicable to the Company's activities as a money service business and a money transmitter. The Company has just obtained a Money Transmitter License in Florida and would like to make sure they conduct its business in full compliance with the Florida Law. Pursuant to section 120.565(1 ), Florida Statutes, any substantially affected person may seek a declaratory statement regarding the interpretation of a statutory provision or agency rule or order, for that person's particular set of circumstances. In its business activity, the Company intends to offer services of purchasing crypto assets for its clients with clients' US Dollars sent to the Company and held at the Company's bank account on segregated subaccounts, as well as exchange clients' crypto assets (e.g., USDC) for US Dollars via a crypto platform Fireblocks Inc. ("Fireblocks") which facilitates connections to crypto exchanges. I. Issue No. 1. Based on the state's money services business statute (Fla Stat. §560.210), we understand that the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (the "OFR") does not require to include any crypto assets received from customers for exchange into US Dollars into the aggregate face amount of all outstanding money transmissions for which the licensee must at all times hold an equivalent amount of financial assets in permissible investments ( calculated based on their aggregate market value, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles). Our research indicates that OFR has historically treated virtual currency as outside the scope of the state's definition of money under its statute. Fla. Stat.§ 560.103(22). Thus, 1
customers' crypto assets received by the Company for exchange to US Dollars shall not be included into the "aggregate amount of all outstanding money transmissions" and at no time will require a reserve in the form of the Company's assets in "permissible investments". In addition and in the alternative, the customer's crypto assets in stablecoins (USDC) which are exchangeable to US Dollars at the rate of 1: 1 are held in the Company's wallet with Fireblocks. According to the Company's agreement with Fireblocks, Fireblocks is obligated to transfer to the Company upon request either USDC held by the Company at its wallet with Fireblocks or the equivalent amount of US Dollars. Thus, the crypto assets held by the Company with Fireblocks could be viewed as receivables that are due to the Company, and therefore permissible investments - licensee from the licensee's authorized vendors because they are not more than 90 days past due and are not of doubtful collection. See Fla. Stat. §560.210(1)(h). To demonstrate our understanding of Fla Stat. §560.2 JO we offer the following example: Client requests the Company to exchange 500,000 ofUSDC. Client sends 500,000 USDC to the Company's wallet with Fireblocks. Company withdraws 500,000 USDC from its wallet to exchange it for US Dollars. US Dollar funds after exchange are transferred by Fireblocks to the Company's bank account. Once the funds are cleared the Company transfers them to the customer's bank account. No reserves in the form of permissible investments are required for $500,000, correct? Questions:
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transmitter from the customers for exchange into the US Dollars into the aggregate face amount of all outstanding money transmissions for which the licensee must at all times hold an equivalent amount of financial assets in pem1issible investments (calculated based on their aggregate market value, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles); that (2) the "outstanding money transmissions" amount referenced in Florida Statute §560.210 does not include the customers' funds in US Dollars held in the licensee's custody for its customers and therefore, does not require any reserves in the form of the Company's assets held in permissible investments; and that (3) the "outstanding money transmissions" amount does not include the customer's funds transmitted to the customer's bank account, accepted by the customer's bank but not yet cleared by it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Should you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned. Sincerely, sf Joshua M. Radbod JOSHUA M. RADBOD jradbod@cogentlaw.com 200 I L Street NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20006 240-446-2925 s/ Allison W. Maffitt ALLISON W. MAFFITT amaffitt@cogentlaw.com 200 I L Street NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20006 314-683-8668 4