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# Verify Identity (KYC)
This guide provides a detailed overview of the required documentation for KYC verification.
To ensure the integrity and security of our platform, all individual and institutional customers seeking to trade on Backpack EU must complete our Know Your Customer (KYC) verification process.
**Learn more about** [**KYC Verification Requirements here**](/exchange/account/account-creation-and-verification/account-identity-requirements.md)**.**
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## Verify Individual Account Identity
#### **1) Select the Individual account option type.**
#### **2) Enter your Country of Residence and provide full name, date of birth and address.**
#### **3) Provide details additional details**
#### **4) Complete KYC Requirements**
**Note: Have your documentation prepared, you must upload scans or photos of each document and perform a liveness check.**
#### Wait for identity verification to complete
**Note:** Verification is not always instantaneous.
#### **5) Complete Appropriateness Quiz**
After your KYC documentation is submitted, you'll be prompted to complete a brief appropriateness quiz to assess your trading knowledge and experience.
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## Verify Institutional and Business Account Identity
#### To Initiate Verification Process we require the following information:
#### **Corporate Documents**
* Certificate of Incorporation/Registration (or equivalent)
* Certificate of registered office (Please provide a document confirming the registered address of the company (e.g. a recent bank statement of a regulated bank, utility bill, or any government issued document) not more than three (3) months old.)
* Certified register of directors ( or equivalent)
* Certified register of shareholders (or equivalent)
* Memorandum and Articles of Association. (or equivalent)
* Group Structure (If the entity is part of a Group, please provide a group structure chart to include: name of the parent entity, country of incorporation of the parent entity, name of subsidiary companies and country of incorporation of subsidiary companies.)
* Last audited financial statements
* Latest management accounts
* Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Client for the opening of the account, confirming directors with signatory rights and granting authority to the authorized representative.
* If the registered shareholders act as nominees of the Beneficial Owner, a copy of the trust deed/agreement concluded between the nominee shareholder and the Beneficial Owner, by virtue of which the registration of the shares on the nominee shareholder’s name on behalf of the Beneficial Owner has been agreed.
* Anti-Money Laundering Policy
**Wait for verification to complete**
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