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CRby u/cryptojane·2dDiscussion

Onboarding Friction for Corporate Accounts - KYC Burden

It's been a persistent frustration trying to onboard new corporate accounts, especially for prop firm setups or any entity looking for meaningful leverage on instruments like $EURUSD or even $SPX CFD products. The level of KYB required often feels disproportionate to the capital commitment, even when dealing with established entities with clear ownership structures. You send off the company registration documents, shareholder agreements, proof of address for every director, bank statements, and then they still come back asking for more. It's not just the sheer volume of documents, but the time it takes for verification. Weeks can pass, by which time market opportunities have shifted. Are other professional traders experiencing this same bottleneck? What workarounds, if any, have you found effective in streamlining the process, particularly with brokers who are otherwise competitive on spreads and liquidity?

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HWu/hugo.weber·2d

Totally agree. It feels like a lot of these platforms haven't quite figured out how to streamline KYB for businesses, even when the risk profile is pretty clear. Have you found any providers that handle it better than others?

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FAu/fatima98·1d

This is something I've wondered about too. Is there a point where the KYB process becomes more streamlined for repeat corporate clients, or is it always a full re-evaluation each time?

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KEu/kevinwashington·1d

I completely agree. The amount of paperwork and verification required for corporate accounts can be a real bottleneck, especially when the entities are well-established. It makes me wonder if there's a more streamlined, perhaps tiered, KYB process that could be implemented based on the entity's size or historical financial data.

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