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Onboarding establishes users’ eligibility and compliance readiness so they can access regulated financial actions on the Uphold Platform.

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Implementation decisions

Before you start building, you must make two key decisions that define your system architecture, compliance responsibilities, and operational complexity:
  1. Which onboarding method you’ll use
  2. Who is responsible for verifying user information

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1. Choose your implementation method

API

  • You want to maintain control over the UI
  • You have specific branding requirements
  • You need a deep system integration

Connector

  • You want to maintain control over the UI
  • You already use Sumsub or Veriff
  • You don’t want to modify your existing onboarding flows

Widget

  • You’re comfortable with a managed UI
  • You need the fastest time-to-market
  • You have limited development resources

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Compare implementation methods

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2. Choose verification responsibility

When onboarding users, you must also decide who will be responsible for verifying the information collected.

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Verification models

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Supported regions

The Enterprise API Suite currently supports users in the following regions:
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
  • European Union Coming soon
  • Rest of the world Coming soon
Contact your Account Manager to have more details about EU and rest of the world.

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Next Steps

Individuals

Complete step-by-step guide for Individual user verification.
Complete step-by-step guide for Business user verification.