Glossary

Compliance

Know Your Customer (KYC)

KYC, short for Know Your Customer, is the process of verifying an individual's identity before providing them with financial services.

In practice

A typical KYC check collects the person's name, date of birth and address, a government identity document, and a selfie or liveness check that ties the document to a real person. The details are then screened against sanctions and watchlists.

On Stables, every customer has to be created and verified before any payment can be made for them. You can submit the details and documents through the API, or send the customer a hosted verification link and let them complete it themselves. The result comes back as a status change by webhook.

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