Businesses
In addition to verifying the identity of users, Footprint also supports KYB, verifying the legitimacy of businesses. Businesses are treated very similarly to users in Footprint's ecosystem, but they are verified using a different set of business verification vendors.
Businesses can similarly be onboarded to Footprint in two ways:
- First, they can onboard through Footprint's interactive business onboarding product using a Playbook configured in the Footprint dashboard.
- Or, they can be create directly via the POST /businesses API below.
Businesses also have their own identifier in Footprint, called an fp_bid. We recommend storing the fp_bid in your database associated with the fp_id(s) of the owners of the business. Note that it is possible for one user to own multiple businesses. The relationships between owners and businesses are also shown on the user and business detail pages of the Footprint dashboard.