Initiate Business Verification

POST/accounts/:id/businesses/verifications

Initiate the business verification process.

Body Parameters
registration_type
string
required
the registration type, BN, RC, IT
registration_number
string
required
the business registration number
business_legal_name
string
required
the business legal name
business_address_line_1
string
required
the business address
business_address_state
string
required
the business address state
industry_id
string
required
the Industry ID of the business (see Get Industries API for available values)
directors_info
array
required
a list of objects containing the directors info
business_documents
object
optional
the business documents

Directors Info

Although the directors_info field accepts a list of directors, currently only one director object is expected. Each directors_info object must include the following fields:

Info Key
Full name (i.e., first name and last name) name
BVN bvn

Business Documents

The business_documents object supports the following keys:

Document Type Key
Certification of Incorporation cert_of_inc
Status Report status_report

The status_report field is used to represent a CAC status report. Depending on the business type and registration period, CAC may have issued this document as CAC Form BN, CAC Form 1.1, or Status Report. Regardless of the type you have, add it under the status_report field.

Note
The registration_type field indicates the type of CAC registration. Use BN if the registration number begins with BN (Business Name), RC if it begins with RC (Registered Company), and IT if it begins with IT (Incorporated Trustees).