The Document will help a merchant to show their legal presence in the United States, if a merchant has the above necessary proofs, they can apply in the bank for a merchant account that can help them to collect payment through credit cards.
Now for filing the application for merchant account the documents will vary with the businesses risk volume, that is categorized with the dependence of these factors including nature of the business, monthly processing, previous processing experience, etc. Although, the basic things a merchant needs to fulfill while applying for the account is:
Application Form: The application form that will collect the basic information of the business and applicant. The information includes a physical address, Tax ID, average sales, bank account details, web address, phone number, etc. There is an advance pricing agreement that is regarding the pricing of the products.
Incorporation proofs: if the applicant claims that their business has the existence in all over the world, then there is a requirement of providing/submitting the copy of incorporation paperwork, that proves that business is illegible to collect payment from around the world.
Business license: The applicant’s business requires any kind of permit before being sold; the applicant needs to provide the appropriate license copy at the time of application.
W-9 form: This is an application form for a Federal Tax ID. It’s not possible the form can be substituted with the SS-4 form with which a merchant can obtain the Tax id.
Personal guarantee: The processor tries to be safe from the risk of debt that occurs form the fraudulent activity that is the undeniable part of the card payment transaction. The personal guarantee is basically required by the privately held companies due to the nature of the business.
Other than the document, the businesses that are listed in higher risk categories need to provide these additional details about their business:
Business financial statements: Normally the details of last years of business transactions are required.
Personal financial statements: Again, the details of the last two years of personal account details.
Processing details: If the business has previously accepted the card payments, then at least of last three month of processing of payment details needs to be shared with the processor.
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