In certain countries Stripe is required to collect, verify, and maintain information on a company's beneficial owners and persons with significant control. This is to promote transparency and prevent financial crimes like money laundering and tax evasion. Stripe will check the information provided against the national registry of businesses in the country where the account is set up.

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In certain countries, Stripe is required to confirm your company’s beneficial ownership and persons with significant control structures against the national registry of business in the country your account is set up in. These requirements come from Know Your Customer (KYC) obligations, which are intended to prevent individuals from using complex company structures to hide terrorist financing, money laundering, tax evasion, and other financial crimes.

What do I need to do?

We recommend that you review your business information with the national registry of businesses and ensure that the information is consistent with what was provided to Stripe.

If necessary, you can make updates to the information listed on the registry or Stripe account. If you’ve previously selected the wrong entity type, please update your Type of business selection on the Tax details Settings page of the Dashboard.

If your business and/or beneficial ownership information submitted on Stripe cannot be found or does not completely match the information listed on your national registry of business, we will notify you. This might affect your ability to accept payments or make payouts to your bank account.

Where can I provide this information?

Any required information will show in the Verification Settings view on the Express Dashboard.