Business Document Requirements

As a business applicant, you will be required to upload certain documentation to verify the legal entity. The required documents will vary by entity type and jurisdiction, but we've arranged a list of acceptable documents below to determine what you need.

Documentation Checklist

Document Requirements

Acceptable Documents

Some jurisdictions have different names for these documents, and not all jurisdictions include the same level of detail. Please use the checklist to ensure you have provided documentation which meets all requirements before submitting your application.

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Documentation Checklist

You will be asked to upload enough documents to verify these required details. Depending on your organization’s complexity, this may take 1–5 documents.

• Registered business name

• Registered business address

• Other operating addresses (if applicable)

• Proof of registration/incorporation

• Ownership structure

• Identification of all directors, partners or senior officers

• Identification of all Trustees, Settlors, Beneficiaries, Contributors of capital, Protectors and Enforcers of a Trust (applicable for Trusts only)

• Proof of good standing that is verifiable in the last 6 months.

• All documents are dated in the last 12 months or are certified in the last 12 months.

Examples of acceptable documents are found here.

Document Requirements

All documents must be dated within a specific time frame (or certified) as detailed here:

• Proof of good standing must be issued within the last 6 months.

• All other documents must be dated within the last 12 months.

• If we are not able to publicly verify the business’ existence, good standing and ownership structure, we may require your documents to be certified.

Acceptable Documents

Select your entity type in the table below to see a list of acceptable documents.

Corporations

The table below specifies which documents can be used to verify legal presence, ownership structure and/or good standing for corporations.

Upload only as many documents as required to verify these three categories —not all documents are required.

Document Type	Legal Presence	Ownership Structure	Good Standing	Directors & Executives
Certificate of Incumbency
Statement of Information/ Confirmation Statement
Certificate of Incorporation
Memorandum/ Articles of Association
Shareholder Registry
Register of Directors/Officers
Recent excerpt from state company registry
Certificate of Good Standing

Non-Incorporated

Partnerships

Trusts