Before opening a corporate account with CapTrader - questions and important documents

To open a company deposit account, we require a number of documents that identify you as the owner and the company. You can upload these directly in the online application or send them to our staff by e-mail (newaccounts@captrader.com) to be sent to you.

Before you open your company account with CapTrader, you will often have some questions that we would like to answer on this page. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our award-winning customer support.

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What documents are needed to open a company deposit account?

1. Commercial register excerpt Proof of Registration: Proof of commercial register excerpt - not older than 30 days
   • Germany: Registration and download of the documents is free of charge: AD - Current print -> Commercial register excerpt
   • Austria: You can obtain a partial extract free of charge from the Company register query download
2. Proof of Principle Place of Address:
   • Bank statement, personal address confirmation from the company's bank, utility bill, all less than 6 months old
3. Proof of identity of all owners
   • a copy of your identity card
4. Proof of Ownership - List of shareholders
   • Please provide us with a copy of the original list of company shares.
   • DE: Register portal GermanyRegistration and download of documents is free of charge:
     DK - Document view -> Shareholder list
   • The document should be less than 6 months old.
     If the document is older than 6 months, please add the following declaration to the document and sign it by hand:
     "I, the undersigned ...................., in my capacity as director of .............. (company name) that the present document represents the current and correct information on the beneficial ownership/participation of ..............(company name) as at .............. (date)."
5. Legal Entity Identifier:
   Please note that you need an LEI for trading in the company custody account in accordance with EU regulations. You can check whether you already have this in the international LEI register. If you do not yet have an LEI, you can apply for one here.

Account opening status: Your tasks

1. Submit Director List -> List of shareholders
2. Proof of Authorization to Open Margin Account „Evidence Task -> Commercial register excerpt
3. Origin of funds -> Start-up capital of the company
   • Please state the original source of the funds used to start the business and what the owners were or are employed as.
     One answer could be: ... Savings from employment with the company/address"
4. Previous occupations
   • Please provide details of your previous or current employment (name of employer, location, position OR name of company, country of establishment and type of activity if you are self-employed). Please also include length of employment.
5. Nature of Business
   • Please explain again the nature of the business and, if applicable, who the clients are and where they are located, e.g. ...management of own assets. No operating business, no customers"
6. Proof of personal address -> Optional
   • We need: a bank statement, a personal address confirmation from the company's bank or a utility bill, all less than 6 months old

Frequently asked questions before opening a company depot