Ownership & control

To be compliant with financial regulations, Adyen is required to know the identity of individuals who control or own your company.

You need to provide proof of identity for:

• Owners: All individuals who directly or indirectly own 25% or more of the organization. This means that the number of owners can be between zero to four.
• Controlling person(s): At least one member of senior management staff responsible for managing the company.
• Signatory: The person signing the contract.

If the owner of the company is also a signatory or a controlling person, you do not need to fill in the same information twice. Under Select Controlling person/Select Signatory, select the drop-down menu, and choose the corresponding identity.

Proof of identity requirements

The proof of identity can be any of the following photo IDs:

• Passport: Make a copy of the data page, with your picture, details, and machine-readable zone clearly visible.
• Government-issued ID card: Make a copy of both the front and back, and save them in separate files.

The photo ID must:

• Be non-expired.
• Have the machine-readable zone visible (if available).
• Be a physical photo ID document, not digital.

The uploaded document must:

• Have separate files for front and back of the ID document (only when providing an ID card or driver's license).
• Be a full color, cropped, and straightened image.
• Be a photo or a scan of the physical photo ID document. We do not accept a screenshot of a photo, a photo pasted on another document, a photo of a screen, or a photo of a printout.

We do not accept:

• Screenshots of ID documents. Instead, provide a photo or PDF of the document.

The uploaded document must meet the following file format and size requirements:

• Formats: JPEG, JPG, PNG, or PDF (maximum 1 file)
• Size for PDFs: minimum 1 KB, maximum 4 MB
• Size for other formats: minimum 100 KB, maximum 4 MB

We cannot accept uploaded documents that are:

• Expired.
• Broken or damaged.
• Dirty, illegible, or with a watermark.
• Blurry or overexposed.
• Black and white.
• Multiple sides or documents in the same file.
• Not cropped, or have a white background.
• Angled, rotated, sideways, or upside down.
• Overcropped or cut off.