Skip to main content

Know Your Client (KYC) requirements when enrolling in One Church Giving.

Describes what Know Your Client (KYC) requirements are necessary.

You will need the Contributions Settings permission to enroll in One Church Giving. With more than one organization, each enrollment is for one organization, and only organizations your access reaches are listed.

Know Your Client (KYC) is a set of guidelines that financial institutions and other regulated businesses must follow to verify the identity of customers, assess their financial profiles, and understand their potential risks. These guidelines come from several regulators, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

KYC guidelines are designed to prevent suspicious activity such as money laundering and the financing of terrorism. By identifying these risks early, financial institutions can take steps to reduce them. The KYC rule is also an ethical requirement for firms in the securities industry, particularly when opening and maintaining customer accounts.


What the application asks for

The One Church Giving enrollment application asks for the last 4 digits of the applicant's Social Security number. This is needed to meet the KYC requirements set by the SEC and FINRA.


Enrolling an organization

Each merchant account belongs to one organization. If your account has two or more organizations, the enrollment names the organization it is for.

  • The EIN on the application must match that organization's EIN, when the organization has one on file.

  • Each organization can have only one open application at a time. A second application for the same organization is refused while the first is still open.

  • Each organization has its own default merchant account. You cannot choose another organization's merchant account as its default.

  • The merchant account list only shows organizations your access reaches, and only merchant accounts you are allowed to use.

Warning: A merchant account's EIN cannot be changed once it is set. Check that the organization and its EIN are correct before you submit the application.

If an organization is archived

  • An organization cannot be archived while an onboarded merchant account still belongs to it.

  • Archiving does not change the organization's merchant account, but afterwards the merchant account cannot be edited, and pages that use it stop taking money.

Sources:

Other Helpful Articles

Did this answer your question?