Minimum verification requirements for: Austria

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Austria

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Australia

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Australia

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Belgium

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Belgium

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Canada

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Canada

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Switzerland

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Switzerland

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Germany

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Germany

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Denmark

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Denmark

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Spain

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Spain

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Finland

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Finland

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: France

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: France

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: United Kingdom

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: United Kingdom

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Hong Kong

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Hong Kong

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields, depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Verification FAQ for: Hong Kong

Do I have to be a resident of Hong Kong to use Stripe in Hong Kong?

No. As long as your business is legally registered in Hong Kong (with a Business Registration Number), and you have a business and tax ID, you don’t need to be a Hong Kong resident to use Stripe in Hong Kong.

As a non-resident, you won’t have an HKID (Hong Kong Identity Number). Instead, use your passport number to activate your account. (A Hong Kong driver’s license will not be accepted for account activation or verification.)

Once you’ve submitted your account application, we will contact you to upload a copy of your government-issued photo ID. Please provide this copy as follows:

• We need a color photo of your ID. You can take this with a phone, webcam, or scanner.

• We accept JPEG and PNG file formats.

• We cannot accept PDFs for verification.

Do I have to own a business to use Stripe in Hong Kong?

You don’t need to have a Hong Kong–registered business to sign up. However, if you have no Hong Kong-registered business, you’ll need an HKD-denominated bank account and a valid HKID (which is indicative of residency in Hong Kong).

What is the equivalent of an SSN/SIN (Social Security Number/Social Insurance Number) in Hong Kong?

The equivalent is the HKID Number (Hong Kong Identity Number). This has the format X123456(A), where:

• X can be one or two letters
• A can be 0–9 or the letter A
• Examples: E364912(5) or C668668(E)

What is a Business Registration Number, and why do I need one?

We are required to perform a thorough set of KYB (Know Your Business) and KYC (Know Your Customer) checks on all of our users. These checks are required by our banking partners, and are performed for all Stripe users, regardless of the country where they are based.

As part of these checks, we are required to verify that a user is actually based in the country where their Stripe account is located. Collecting your Business Registration Number allows us to confirm this.

However, if you do not have a Business Registration Number because you are operating as an individual, please instead provide your HKID when activating your account.

Bank Details FAQ for: Hong Kong

How do I enter my bank account details?

A Hong Kong bank account number consists of up to 15 digits, in three components:

• Bank code or clearing code: three digits

• Branch code: three digits

• Account number: six to nine digits long (varies from bank to bank), including a hyphen

Be sure to enter your bank account number with a hyphen, even if it is displayed without a hyphen on your bank statement.

I entered my bank account number as "004-406-789789-89" or "406-789789-89"—why isn’t this working?

In this case, you have included the bank code or branch code, or both, in your account number. Hong Kong banks often append the branch code to the account number. To identify and remove the non-account digits, you can:

• Check your bank statement or wire instructions.

• Check this list of Hong Kong bank and branch codes.

• Double-check the branch address against this list, and make sure it matches.

• Contact your bank to double-check your account details. (For example, the same address might have multiple branch codes.)

What is the beneficiary name and what should I enter?

It is important that the beneficiary name and type on your account—that is, the personal or business entity—match the name and type associated with your HKD bank account. (Some bank branches will reject transfers containing mismatching data.) Specifically:

• If your Stripe legal entity is a sole proprietorship or an individual, you must attach an individual bank account with your personal legal name as the beneficiary name.

• If your Stripe legal entity is a corporation or a partnership, you must attach a business bank account with the business name as the beneficiary name.

Minimum verification requirements for: Ireland

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Ireland

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Italy

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Italy

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Japan

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Japan

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Identity verification documents must have been issued in Japan and show the individual's residency status.

Additional suggestions for: Japan

Submitting account information for Japanese accounts is unique in that Stripe requires both kana and kanji name variations for a number of fields:

• first_name_kana
• first_name_kanji
• last_name_kana
• last_name_kanji
• business_name_kana
• business_name_kanji
• address_kana
• address_kanji
• personal_address_kana
• personal_address_kanji

You need to submit information for these attributes instead of their non-variation counterparts (i.e., in lieu of first_name, last_name, etc.). It may seem counterintuitive to provide two fields that represent the same single attribute, but Stripe can't verify a Japanese account until we've received information for both variations. These variations may be composed of full or half-width hiragana, katakana, or Latin characters, with kanji attributes also allowing for kanji characters.

Addresses in Japan

The kana and kanji requirements extend to Japanese addresses as well.

postal_code is always required when providing a Japanese address of either variation. Stripe validates submitted addresses, and for a valid postal_code, we attempt to automatically fill attributes for matching state, city, and town for both address_kana and address_kanji. Requests with address details that are incompatible with the provided postal_code fail.

line2 should contain the building name in addition to the room number when available. This attribute can be omitted when the address does not contain building details.

Here's an example representation of the following Japanese address, with explanations for how each part maps to its corresponding Stripe API attribute:

// 〒150-0001 東京都渋谷区神宮前3-27-15 FLAG 3A
{
  "country": "JP",
  "legal_entity": {
    "address_kana": {
      "country": "JP", // 2-letter country code
      "postal_code": "1500001", // Zip/Postal Code
      "state": "ﾄｳｷﾖｳﾄ", // Prefecture
      "city": "ｼﾌﾞﾔ", // City/Ward
      "town": "ｼﾞﾝｸﾞｳﾏｴ 1-", // Town/cho-me
      "line1": "5-8", // Block/Building number
      "line2": "ｼﾞﾝｸﾞｳﾏｴﾀﾜｰﾋﾞﾙﾃﾞｨﾝｸﾞ22F", // Building details (optional)
    },
    "address_kanji": {
      "country": "JP", // 2-letter country code
      "postal_code": "１５００００１", // Zip/Postal Code
      "state": "東京都", // Prefecture
      "city": "渋谷区", // City/Ward
      "town": "神宮前　１丁目", // Town/cho-me (no kanji numerals)
      "line1": "５－８", // Block/Building number
      "line2": "神宮前タワービルディング22F", // Building details (optional)
    }
  }
}

Phone numbers in Japan

Connected accounts in Japan require Japanese phone numbers (including the country code +81). This means only Japanese phone numbers are accepted in the legal_entity.phone_number field. If a Japanese phone number isn't provided, account validation fails.

Minimum verification requirements for: Luxembourg

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Luxembourg

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Netherlands

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Netherlands

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Norway

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Norway

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: New Zealand

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: New Zealand

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Portugal

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Portugal

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Sweden

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Sweden

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: Singapore

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: Singapore

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.

Minimum verification requirements for: United States

All accounts in this country eventually require all of the following fields if they process enough volume.

Additional verification requirements for: United States

Some merchants in this country may be required to provide the following additional fields depending on our ability to verify their identity. Some merchants are never asked for this information, even after processing considerable volume.