Enabling and Managing Accreditation for a Marketplace

In This Article

• What Is Accreditation?
• How To Enable Accreditation for a Marketplace
• How To Manage Accreditation Requirements
• Enabling and Managing Accreditation - Video Demo

What Is Accreditation?

Accreditation is a supplementary form of investor verification that issuers can be used to confirm that an investor in their Marketplace meets the requirements of an eligible or accredited investor for their jurisdiction. 

Issuers can use the accreditation feature to create requirements that investors must complete in order to be considered accredited in their Marketplace, such as signing a disclaimer or filling out a document which attests to their accredited status. 

How To Enable Accreditation for a Marketplace

1. Login to your issuer account and enter your Marketplace.
2. From the Marketplace dashboard, click Settings in the bottom-left corner, then click Compliance .
3. Toggle Internal Accreditation on by clicking the toggle icon, then click Manage to view and edit your accreditation settings.

You will see the accreditation settings for both individual and institutional investors, as well as the customizable requirements that each investor must provide in order to be considered accredited in your marketplace.

How to Manage Accreditation Requirements

1. Starting from the accreditation settings menu, select whether you want to manage the settings for individual or institutional investors in your Marketplace.
2. In the Instructions field, enter your instructions that you wish investors to follow when submitting their accreditation.
3. In the Documents field, upload any documents that your investors need to read, sign or fill out to confirm their accreditation status.
   1. To add a document, click Upload File and find the file you would like to upload from your computer's file directory. 
   2. To add a signature or info field that the investor must fill in, click Signature and Fields . A tool called SignNow will open, and you will be able drag-and-drop the required fields into place. 
      
      1. For example, drag the Signature field into the place in document where the investor must sign. Drag the Text field into the place in the document where the investor must fill in information.
         
         
      2. Be sure to hit the grey Save and Close button to confirm changes before closing the SignNow tool.
   3. If you have multiple documents that investors must navigate, you can add document labels by clicking Add Document Label above each document, and giving each document a custom name to keep things organized.
   4. Make sure to click Save Changes once complete.

Enabling and Managing Accreditation - Video Demo

This video will give you a walkthrough on how to enable and manage the accreditation requirements for your marketplace.