The SFA will next week approve the sale of Dunfermline to an investment group headed by former professional poker player James Bord.
Businessman Bord has agreed a deal to buy the Championship club from German football investment group Fussball GmbH after Pars was put up for sale in August.
The Hamburg-based owners bought a 30 percent stake in Fifers in 2020 before agreeing to increase it to 75 percent the following year.
Mail Sport understands Bord and fellow investors Wai Yin Kelly Kung and Justin Royce Harkema will meet the SFA board next week to seek regulatory approval to complete the purchase of the club.
Originally from Stanmore in England, Bord left banking in his mid-twenties to forge a career playing poker, gaining international attention when he won the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.
He is now founder of a San Francisco-based company, Short Circuit Science, which specializes in sports data analytics, prescription technology, and climate adoption analytics.
James Bord has a career as a poker player… and now he's ready to go all in on Dunfermline
They already have a minority stake in Spanish La Liga 2 side Córdoba CF and, under multi-club ownership rules, Bord requires approval from the SFA board.
While Bournemouth owner Bill Foley was granted a maximum 29.9 per cent stake in Hibernian, the SFA considers each case on its merits.
And, provided Bord and his fellow investors satisfy the Professional Game Board that they are fit and proper persons, they are likely to become the last owners of a US-based Scottish football club.
With Dunfermline currently ninth in the ten-team Championship, the new owners will be quick to appoint Kelty Hearts' Michael Tidser as the new manager.
The Pars asked their nearest neighbors for permission to hold talks with the 34-year-old last week, and compensation is likely to be paid once the new regime is in place.