United Kingdom (GB)

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Below are the KYC requirements for the United Kingdom (GB) 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.

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`	Not applicable, must be registered on companies house	If not on companies house, upload partnership agreement	If not on companies house, upload bank statement	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.attachments.business_documents.file_id`	Not applicable, must be registered on companies house	Required	Required	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.attachments.business_documents.tag`	Not applicable, must be registered on companies house	PARTNERSHIP_AGREEMENT	SUPPORTIVE_OTHER	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	Required; can be CRN or VAT	Required; can be UTR or VAT	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers.type`	BRN	BRN or VAT	BRN or VAT	Not applicable
`account_details.business_details.business_identifiers.country_code`	GB	GB	GB	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`	Names of all UBOs and Directors, full IDV details of one UBO and Director (can be the same person) and PPTA if applicable	Names of all UBOs and Directors, full IDV details of one UBO and Director (can be the same person) and PPTA if applicable	Full IDV details of the UBO	Full IDV details of 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.residential_address.postcode`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address.state`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.residential_address.suburb`	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`	Must be PASSPORT if not issued in UK, can be DL/PP if UK	Must be PASSPORT if not issued in UK, can be DL/PP if UK	Must be PASSPORT if not issued in UK, can be DL/PP if UK	Must be PASSPORT if not issued in UK, can be DL/PP if UK
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.issuing_country_code`	Required	Required	Required	Required
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.drivers_license`	Can only accept UK DL, either upload pictures/ manual input numbers	Can only accept UK DL, either upload pictures/ manual input numbers	Can only accept UK DL, either upload pictures/ manual input numbers	Can only accept UK DL, either upload pictures/ manual input numbers
`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.effective_at`	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.drivers_license.expire_at`	Required if input ID details manually	Required if input ID details manually	Required if input ID details manually	Required if input ID details manually
`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.drivers_license.gender`	Required if input ID details manually	Required if input ID details manually	Required if input ID details manually	Required if input ID details manually
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.drivers_license.number`	Required if input ID details manually	Required if input ID details manually	Required if input ID details manually	Required if input ID details manually
`account_details.business_person_details.identifications.primary.passport`	Can only upload picture	Can only upload picture	Can only upload picture	Can only upload picture
`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.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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