> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fastcac.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Compliance

> Three steps to go live: identity, business, payments.

Open **Compliance** in the sidebar. Picking **Live** before you're verified also brings you here.
The badge at the top says where you are: **Not live**, **Live**, **Action needed** or **Suspended**.

There are three steps, in order.

## 1. Identity

Your BVN and a selfie. See [Verify your identity](https://docs.fastcac.com/dashboard/identity.md).

Do this step if you'll verify the business. Only owners and admins see the form; developers and
viewers see a note that an owner or admin does it. Each person sees their own state. Once the
organization is live, the step reads **Not needed** for anyone who hasn't verified.

## 2. Business

An owner or admin who has verified their BVN and a selfie does this. A NIN isn't enough.

1. Search for your business: its RC or BN number, or its name.
2. Pick it from the results. Inactive businesses, and businesses already used by another
   organization, can't be picked.
3. Click the **Verify** button. It shows your business's name, like **Verify Ade Foods Ltd**.

We check the record with CAC. If it passes, the step shows your business's legal name, number,
type, dates, address and its proprietors or directors. **Live keys unlock straight away.** There's
no review by FastCAC.

It's free, and you get 3 attempts. Once it's verified, you can't change it here, so check that
the right person is doing it (below). No registered business yet? [Register it on FastCAC](https://platform.fastcac.com).

## 3. Payments

Your funding account opens by itself once the business is verified. You transfer money to it to
fund your live wallet.

| Badge | Meaning |
| - | - |
| Business first | Verify the business first. |
| Identity first | Your business is verified, but no owner or admin has verified their BVN and a selfie yet. One of them does step 1, and the account opens with them as its representative. |
| In review | We're setting up your funding account. Owners and admins get an email when it's ready, and the number appears here. |
| Needs attention | Your funding account is paused. Owners and admins get an email. Don't send money to it; we're on it, and we'll email again when it's back. |
| Active | Open. The number, bank and name also show on **Overview** and **Billing**. |

### Who the funding account belongs to

* It's in your **business's CAC name** (shortened if it's long).
* Its representative is **the person who verified the business**: the person [Bachs](https://app.bachs.io/signup?ref=DABODE)
  holds responsible for the account, by their legal name and BVN. Not FastCAC.
* That's whoever did step 2, not necessarily whoever created the organization. If they no longer
  have a verified BVN or have left, it's another owner (then admin) who has verified theirs.

If that should be someone else, they need to do step 2 instead of you, before anyone verifies the
business. See
[If someone else should take the organization live](https://docs.fastcac.com/dashboard/team.md#if-someone-else-should-take-the-organization-live).

## Status

Once you're live, a **Status** card shows your business's CAC status, when we last checked it, and
the next check. We check every week. If CAC stops listing it as active, owners and admins are
emailed and the card shows the date live access would be suspended. See
[Staying live](https://docs.fastcac.com/going-live.md#staying-live).


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