Due to Brexit, various financial institutions are looking to open branches in the Netherlands to retain access to the European markets. We have already issued some 40 Brexit-related licenses autonomously, or acting in an advisory capacity for the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (whereby the AFM is the licensing authority). The applicants are a varied group of institutions. Beside several banks and insurance firms, these are mostly payment institutions, electronic money institutions and investment firms, such as trading platforms. Some other licence applications are still being processed.