Uploading Beneficial Owner documentation

What methods you can use to upload beneficial owner verification documents, and how you can use each method.

Overview

As part of the KYC check, you might receive a webhook event (kyc.verification.document_required) asking for documents to be uploaded for validation. This might happen, for example, when a Beneficial Owner’s name does not match with the name in an SSN lookup.

You can upload documents by either:

The KYC response may request fewer than three documents. In this case, provide the relevant body parameters for the requested document(s) and ignore the parameters for the other documents.

After the Beneficial Owner has submitted all the required documents requested, a kyc.verification.under_review webhook event is sent, as shown in the example below.

{
    "event": "kyc.verification.under_review",
    "customer_id": "a5bcf5a8-c4e0-4025-8183-5346176ee3db",
    "occurred_at": "2021-02-02-00:50:58.484840+00:00"
}

After the necessary checks on the submitted documents have been completed, a kyc.verification.success or kyc.verification.failed webhook event is sent.

Supported documentsDescription
Supported file types.jpg, .png, .heic, .pdf
Supported document typesGovernment ID, Proof of address, Social security card.

Document upload links

The Bond platform provides HTML upload links for each requested document so that you can offer your customers a seamless experience as part of the verification process. Clicking on an upload link triggers the steps that guide a Beneficial Owner through the document upload process.

Using the links to upload documents

The specific documents needed to verify an identity are indicated in the kyc.verification.documents_required webhook event. Each required document contains a secure link indicated by upload_link. The documents must be uploaded as base64-encoded strings. Each document also contains a status, which can be either submitted or required and indicates whether or not a document has been uploaded.

An example of a kyc.verification.documents_required webhook event is shown in the example below.

{
    "event": "kyc.verification.document_required",
    "customer_id": "a5bcf5a8-c4e0-4025-8183-5346176ee3db",
    "occurred_at": "2021-02-02-00:50:58.484840+00:00",
    "documents":[
      {
        "document_type": "government_id",
        "upload_link": "https://withpersona.com/verify?template-id=tmpl_111111111111111111111111&reference-id=a5bcf5a8-c4e0-4025-8183-5346176ee3db",
        "status": "required"
      },
      {
        "document_type": "proof_of_address",
        "upload_link": "https://withpersona.com/verify?template-id=tmpl_222222222222222222222222&reference-id=a5bcf5a8-c4e0-4025-8183-5346176ee3db",
        "status": "required"
      },
      {
        "document_type": "social_security_card",
        "upload_link": "https://withpersona.com/verify?template-id=tmpl_333333333333333333333333&reference-id=a5bcf5a8-c4e0-4025-8183-5346176ee3db",
        "status": "required"
      }, 
    ]
}

Document upload API

The Bond platform provides you with a document upload API which you can integrate into your app and with which you can upload requested documents to be verified.

Using the API to upload documents

Use the POST /customers/{customer_id}/verification-kyc/documents operation and provide the body parameters as detailed below.

Government ID

government_id requires the parameters as shown in the following table.

ParameterTypeDescription
type
required
stringOne of:
drivers_license, passport, state_id, passport_card, permanent_resident_card, work_permit, visa
country
required
stringISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, maximum two characters.
front_image
required
objectArray of file-name and image. See table below.
back_image
required
objectArray of file-name and image. See table below.

front_image and back_image array parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
file-name
required
stringName of the file, freeform alphanumeric.
image
required—see note below
stringImage as a base64-encoded string, for example GVyDQobyAxMCAwIFINCj4+DQoNCnN0YXJ0eHJlZg0KMjcxNA0KJSVFT0YNCg==

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Note

back_image is only required for passport_card, permanent_resident_card, and work_permit.

Proof of address

proof_of_address requires the parameters as shown in the following table.

ParameterTypeDescription
type
required
stringutility_bill or property_tax_bill
file-name
required
stringName of the file, freeform alphanumeric.
image
required
stringImage as a base64-encoded string, for example GVyDQobyAxMCAwIFINCj4+DQoNCnN0YXJ0eHJlZg0KMjcxNA0KJSVFT0YNCg==

Social security card

social_security_card requires the parameters as shown in the following table.

ParameterTypeDescription
file-name
required
stringName of the file, freeform alphanumeric.
image
required
stringImage as a base64-encoded string, for example GVyDQobyAxMCAwIFINCj4+DQoNCnN0YXJ0eHJlZg0KMjcxNA0KJSVFT0YNCg==

For a complete specification and interactive examples, see Submit KYC supporting documents in the Bond API Reference.


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