Hong Kong (HK)

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Below are the KYC requirements for the Hong Kong (HK) business onboarding. There are more optional fields available in the full schema API for you to pass over additional information you wish to provide for an account to support the application. For detailed guidance on documentation requirements, please visit the Hong Kong business verification guide .

Note: For non-registered sole traders (individuals operating a business without formal government registration), the business identifier, business documents, and business verification (KYB) requirements do not apply. See the "Non-registered sole trader" column in the table below for the specific field requirements.

Minimum verification requirements

Parameter	Company	Partnership	Sole Trader (Registered)	Non-registered sole trader
`account_details`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.registration_address`	Required	Required	Required	Optional; residential address may be used
`account_details.business_details.registration_address.address_line1`	Required	Required	Required	Optional; residential address may be used
`account_details.business_details.registration_address.country_code`	Required	Required	Required	Optional; residential address may be used
`account_details.business_details.registration_address.postcode`	Required	Required	Required	Optional; residential address may be used
`account_details.business_details.registration_address.state`	Required	Required	Required	Optional; residential address may be used
`account_details.business_details.registration_address.suburb`	Required	Required	Required	Optional; residential address may be used
`account_details.business_details.attachments.business_documents`	Required; Certificate of incorporation	Required; Partnership agreement AND Business register or Electronic extract of information on the business register	Required; Business register or Electronic extract of information on the business register	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.attachments.business_documents.file_id`	Required	Required	Required	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.attachments.business_documents.tag`	CERTIFICATE_OF_INCORPORATION	PARTNERSHIP_AGREEMENT AND CERTIFICATION_REGISTRATION	CERTIFICATION_REGISTRATION	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.business_name`	Required	Required	Required	Optional; personal name may be used
`account_details.business_details.business_structure`	COMPANY	PARTNERSHIP	SOLE_PROPRIETOR	SOLE_PROPRIETOR
`account_details.business_details.description_of_goods_or_services`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.industry_category_code`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.operating_country`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers`	Required	Required	Required	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers.number`	Required; must be CRN on Certificate of incorporation	Required; BRN	Required; BRN	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers.type`	BRN	BRN	BRN	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers.country_code`	HK	HK	HK	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.account_usage`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.account_usage.product_reference`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.account_usage.estimated_monthly_revenue`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.account_usage.estimated_monthly_revenue.currency`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_details.account_usage.estimated_monthly_revenue.amount`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details`	All UBOs and Directors, and PPTA if applicable	All UBOs and Directors, and PPTA if applicable	The UBO	The UBO
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address.address_line1`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address.country_code`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.date_of_birth`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.first_name`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.identification_type`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.issuing_country_code`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.drivers_license`	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.drivers_license.back_file_id`	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.drivers_license.front_file_id`	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.passport`	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.passport.front_file_id`	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.personal_id`	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.personal_id.back_file_id`	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.personal_id.front_file_id`	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture	Required if upload picture
`account_details.business_person_details.last_name`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.nationality`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.roles`	One or more of the following: AUTHORISED_PERSON, BENEFICIAL_OWNER, DIRECTOR	One or more of the following: AUTHORISED_PERSON, BENEFICIAL_OWNER, DIRECTOR	AUTHORISED_PERSON and BENEFICIAL_OWNER	AUTHORISED_PERSON and BENEFICIAL_OWNER
`account_details.business_person_details.email`	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
`account_details.business_person_details.phone_number`	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
`account_details.legal_entity_type`	Business	Business	Business	Business
`customer_agreements`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`customer_agreements.agreed_to_data_usage`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`customer_agreements.agreed_to_terms_and_conditions`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`primary_contact`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`primary_contact.email`	Required	Required	Required	Required

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