In order to open a Stripe account in Mexico, you will need to provide the following information:

• Website: No website yet? No problem! You can use your app store link or social media profile.

• Business address: a business address in Mexico.

• Support phone number: Your main support phone number.

• Description of your business: Select your industry and provide a description to the best of your ability. This is only for Stripe internal purposes and is not being sent to any external regulatory or tax authority.

• Type of business: the business type options available for Stripe accounts in Mexico are:

  • LLC = Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada (S. de R.L.)

  • Corporation = Sociedad Anonima (S.A.)

  • Sole Proprietorship = Persona Fisica con Actividad Empresarial

  • Nonprofit = Organización sin fines de lucro

• Legal name: This should exactly match the business or person name in the RFC.

• Identification numbers: is called RFC and there are different numbers for personal and company ones:

  • Personal RFCs are 13 characters long

  • Company RFCs are 12 characters long

For the Account Submission form of Sole Proprietorships (Persona Fisica con Actividad Empresarial) in Mexico, the company RFC is optional. If you are a sole proprietorship and you don't have a company RFC, do not add your personal ID instead (this will lead to an error).

For the Company Representative form, the personal RFC is mandatory. If the company representative is not Mexican and does not own a RFC, they can use a placeholder that is 13 characters long.

• Bank details: A Mexican-based bank account that's MXN denominated. The required bank account number is the CLABE (Clave Bancaria Estandarizada).

• Your details: Details of the primary customer of Stripe in your company who owns more than 25% of the company, or is in a position to exercise significant control of the company’s finances and operations e.g. CFO, CEO, Director. Details include percent ownership, legal name, personal RFC number, date of birth and home (mailing) address. Depending on your company type, this may be a repeat of the company information. Also, whether there are other owners.

• Ownership details: Percent ownership, name, personal RFC, date of birth and address of all other individuals who own more than 15% of the LLP / 25% of the company, or who are in a position to exercise significant control of the company’s finances and operations e.g. Director, CFO, CEO, other financial officers. Not applicable for individual and sole proprietorship accounts.