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What is Business verification

This article is about business verification (KYB): what it checks, which steps your company goes through, and why ultimate beneficial owners and other associated parties must also be verified.

Business verification (KYB) is a company's compliance process. We verify the legal entity by gathering essential business data and identifying its ultimate beneficial owners.

Sumsub does not specify which documents, regions, and data are acceptable, or any other verification conditions. The companies you verify for determine these based on local regulations and internal policies.

The default requirements are listed below.

Verification steps


Company information

Provide the information about the company:

  • Country

  • Company name

  • CRN (registration number)

  • Company email

Company documents

Company documents may be requested to confirm the following details:

  • Legal presence

  • Company details

  • Ownership structure

  • Control structure

  • Representatives authorization

Associated parties of your company

Provide data about associated parties, such as: UBOs, shareholders, representatives, directors, company officers, secretaries, founders, investors, legal advisers, authorized signatories, trustees, beneficiaries, settlors, protectors.

Usually, this step requires the following:

  • Personal data of associated parties (full name, date of birth, email/phone number)

  • KYC - all associated parties must pass identity verification

You can skip an associated party step in case if they cannot be identified.

Finishing business verification

Review the provided data, submit it, and wait for the system response.

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