This article details documents that are required for organisations to open an account with Airwallex if your business is registered outside of Australia, China, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong (China), the UK, the US or Canada.

To set up this kind of account, you may need to prepare the documents below:

• Certificate of incorporation
• Supportive Business Documents (if applicable)
• ID of Legal Representative
• ID of UBO (if applicable)
• ID of Authorised Person (if applicable)

Please ensure the image is clear and readable. The file shall not exceed over 10MB, limited to {PDF、Word、JPG、JPEG、PNG、BMP} 

 

1. Business Information

Certificate of incorporation

Sample picture:

 

Supporting Business Documents

1) Company’s memorandum and articles of association which evidence the powers that regulate and bind the company; and
2) Details of the ownership and structure control of the company, e.g. an ownership chart.

 

2. Personal Information

Legal Representative

Legal Representative means an individual of the company authorized with the legal power to represent, enter into binding obligations on behalf of the company in accordance with the law or articles of association of the company in default. For further information please refer to the Airwallex Terms and Conditions.

Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO)

Ultimate Beneficial owner refers to an individual who owns or controls, directly or indirectly, including through a trust or bearer shareholding, more than 25% of the issued share capital of the corporation.

Authorised Person

Authorised Person is authorised to act on behalf of the business.

Personal ID

Please provide images for government issued official ID with photo, such as passport, national ID or driver licence (if applicable). Some valid ID examples are provided below:

Passport - All countries

National ID - e.g. Hong Kong

Driver’s Licence - e.g. Australia

Please notice if legal representative, UBO, or authorised person is a Chinese citizen, only Chinese National ID (身份证) is acceptable, and both front and back side needed.

Chinese personal ID sample: