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Required Onboarding Fields Exceptions - By Business Type

Sole Proprietor

Business Information:

  • Legal Business Name 1

  • Statement Descriptor 2

  • Tax ID Number 3

  • Type (Business Structure)

  • Public Company (N)

    • Default Private

  • Email

  • Address

  • City

  • State

  • Country

  • Zipcode

  • Phone

  • MCC

  • Website 4

Primary Owner (Principal Signer) Information:

  • First Name

  • Last Name

  • Date of Birth (DOB)

  • Social Security Number (SSN)

  • Business Title (Principal's Title)

  • Ownership % 5

  • Principal Signer's Email

  • Principal Signer's  Address 6

  • Principal Signer's City

  • Principal Signer's State

  • Principal Signer's Country

  • Principal Signer's Zipcode

  • Principal Signer's  Phone

Common Validation Documents:

  • Drivers License 7

  • Void Check 8

1 Legal Name = Owner’s Legal Name

2 DBA Name

3 TIN / Tax ID = Owner’s Social Security #

4 A Website is required for eCommerce merchants

5 Should set to 100%

6   PO Boxes are not acceptable for owner address fields

7 Driver’s License should be submitted as a means to validate signer identity via documents api or API fields.

8 Must feature owner’s name and/or DBA

Partnership, LLC, or Non-public Corporation

Business Information:

  • Legal Business Name

  • Statement Descriptor 9

  • Tax ID Number

  • Type (Business Structure)

  • Public Company (N)

    • Default Private

  • Email

  • Address 10

  • City

  • State

  • Country

  • Zipcode

  • Phone

  • MCC

  • Website 11

Primary Owner (Principal Signer) Information:

  • First Name

  • Last Name

  • Date of Birth (DOB)

  • Social Security Number (SSN)

  • Business Title (Principal's Title)

  • Ownership % 12

  • Principal Signer's Email

  • Principal Signer's  Address 13

  • Principal Signer's City

  • Principal Signer's State

  • Principal Signer's Country

  • Principal Signer's Zipcode

  • Principal Signer's  Phone

Common Validation Documents:

  • Articles of Incorporation

  • Signer’s Driver’s License

  • Void Check 14

9 DBA Name

10 Should be different than Owner/Signer Address

11 A Website is required for eCommerce merchants

12 Must have at least 25%

13 PO Boxs are not acceptable for owner address fields

14 Must feature owner’s name and/or DBA

Not-for-Profit Corporation

Business Information:

  • Legal Business Name

  • Statement Descriptor 15

  • Tax ID Number

  • Type (Business Structure)

  • Public Company (Y/N)

  • Email

  • Address

  • City

  • State

  • Country

  • Zipcode

  • Phone

  • MCC

  • Website 16

Primary Owner (Principal Signer) Information:

  • First Name

  • Last Name

  • Date of Birth (DOB)

  • Social Security Number (SSN)

  • Business Title (Principal's Title) 17

  • Ownership % 18

  • Principal Signer's Email

  • Principal Signer's  Address 19

  • Principal Signer's City

  • Principal Signer's State

  • Principal Signer's Country

  • Principal Signer's Zipcode

  • Principal Signer's  Phone

Common Validation Documents:

  • Articles of Incorporation

  • Proof of Employment or Management for submitter

  • Void Check 20

15 DBA Name

16 A Website is required for eCommerce merchants

17 Role must be in a managerial position otherwise known as a “control prong” by FINCEN

18 Should be 0%

19 PO Boxes are not acceptable for owner address fields

20 Must feature owner’s name and/or DBA

Government Entity or Public Corporation

Business Information:

  • Legal Business Name

  • Statement Descriptor 21

  • Tax ID Number

  • Type (Business Structure)

  • Public Company (Y/N)

  • Email

  • Address

  • City

  • State

  • Country

  • Zipcode

  • Phone

  • MCC

  • Website 22

Primary Owner (Principal Signer) Information:

Per WP, New sub-merchant applications in these categories should submit the entity (business) demographics in the Owner section and the DOB and SSN fields should be set with all 0s. However, Payrix still suggests collecting the following fields for contact information in case of emergency:

  • First Name

  • Last Name

  • Business Title (Principal's Title)

  • Principal Signer's Email

  • Principal Signer's  Phone

Validation Documents:

  • Proof of Employment or Management for submitter

  • Void Check

21 DBA Name

22 A Website is required for eCommerce merchants

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