Start your online application
For businesses registered in the UK or the EU, selling to customers anywhere. Tell us about the business, then send photo ID and proof of home address for each director or owner and your last three months of business bank statements. Upload from a phone, a laptop or your camera roll, one at a time or all at once. Approval lands in 24 hours once everything is in, and there is no setup fee to apply.
- Sent securelyencrypted in transit and at rest, in private storage, never by email
- Finish later if you need toyour link stays open, so you can add the rest tomorrow
- Photos are fineuploaded at full quality, never compressed or resized
Would rather do it on the phone with someone? Call 0345 548 0072 at any time and we will take you through it.
Who is behind the business
We need photo ID and proof of home address for every director and owner. If there are two of you, upload both sets here.
How your documents are protected
Identity documents and bank statements are sensitive. This is what happens to them when you upload.
- Encrypted on the way and at restEvery file travels over an encrypted connection straight from your device into private encrypted storage. It never sits on our website server and it is never attached to an email.
- Private, not publicThe storage has no public access. Nothing you upload can be found, listed or opened from a web address.
- Opened only by the team, only on time limited linksOur specialists open your documents through links that expire after seven days. The upload link your browser uses expires fifteen minutes after it is issued.
- Handled under UK data protection laweCom Pay is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office. How long we keep your documents and who sees them is set out in our merchant data processing notice.
Photo ID
RequiredA passport or photocard driving licence. Make sure all four corners are in shot and nothing is cut off.
Proof of home address
RequiredA recent utility bill, council tax bill or bank statement showing their name and home address.
Nothing to hand right now? Continue anyway. Your link stays open and you can add the rest later.
Your business documents
Three months of business bank statements, proof of your trading address if you gave one, and your card processing history if you have one.
Business bank statements, last 3 months
RequiredThe last three months of statements for the business account, showing the account name, sort code and account number. Full statements rather than a screenshot of a balance.
Processing history, 3 months or more
OptionalOptional. If you already take card payments, send at least the last three months of statements from your current provider. Skip this if you are new to card payments.
Nothing to hand right now? Continue anyway. Your link stays open and you can add the rest later.
Additional documents
To speed up your application, feel free to send any of the following documents. All of them are optional.
Supplier invoices
OptionalRecent invoices from the suppliers of what you sell.
Licences or registrations
OptionalFor example a GPhC registration for a pharmacy, or the licence or registration for 18+ products.
Photos of your stock or trading address
OptionalClear photos of your stock, shop front or premises.
Supplier agreements
OptionalAgreements or contracts with your main suppliers.
Business plan
OptionalIf the business is new, a short plan showing what you sell, who to and what you expect to take on card.
Nothing to hand right now? Continue anyway. Your link stays open and you can add the rest later.
Check and send
A last look before this goes to underwriting.
Your files are already in private encrypted storage. Sending tells our team they are ready to review. By sending these you confirm you are entitled to share the details of anyone named in them. We handle them as set out in our merchant data processing notice.
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