Required information
Business information
If your business is registered in the UK, then you need to provide the following information:
- legal name
- trading name (doing business as)
- registered address
- principal address
- company Ultimate Beneficial Owner's (UBO) personal information
If you are a sole trader registered in the UK, then you need to provide only the following information:
- your first and last names
- trading name
- your date of birth
- registered address
Bank account information
You will need to add a bank account to get paid, regardless of your business type.
For example, if you are adding a UK GBP bank account, then you need to provide the following information:
- account number
- sort code
- bank statement document
Supporting documents if verification action is required
You will not be required to upload any supporting documents with your initial application. If Checkout.com is unable to verify your business details, then you may be asked to provide these supporting documents for us to continue verification:
- proof of identification
- company documentation
- proof of address
Acceptable document types for verification document uploads
Each uploaded document must meet certain standards in order to be accepted for verification:
| Document types |
Valid document types |
Document standards |
| Identity document |
- passport
- national identity card with photo (both sides)
- full UK driving licence with photo (both sides)
- UK biometric residence permit with photo (both sides)
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- cannot be a photo of a photo (for example, a photo of a document on a computer screen)
- must be clear and large enough to read (fuzzy documents are not accepted)
- must be colored (no black-and-white scans)
- must be complete (for example, all four corners must be visible)
- must not be expired
- must not be forged
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| Company document |
- Certificate of Incorporation (CoI)
- Memorandum of Association (MoA) or Articles of Association (AoA)
- ownership structure (if not found in MoA or AoA)
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- CoI must be less than three months old
- MoA or AoA must be the latest certified versions
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Bank account document
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- cannot be a photo of a photo (for example, a photo of a document on a computer screen)
- must be clear and large enough to read (fuzzy documents are not accepted)
- must be complete (no trimming of document)
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| Proof of address document (if needed) |
- utility bill (for example, gas, electric, notice of coding, or benefits letters from government authorities)
- bank or credit card statement containing name and residential address
- social security
- local authority tax bill
- HM Revenue & Customs (Inland Revenue) tax document (for example, tax assessment, pension, statement of account, water bill, or fixed line telephone bill)
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- local authority tax bill and any tax documents must be from the current tax year
- utility bill, bank statement, social security, and other benefits letters must be from the past three months
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