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Get verified, earn a certificate funders can check, apply for funding and manage your loan after it is paid out.
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Get verified
- Get verified, step by stepEvery step of Get Verified in order: what each one asks for, and what you need ready before you start.
- Your identity check and selfieHow the selfie step works, how to get it right first time, and what to do if it will not go through.
- Your business addressUpload a recent proof of your address. Our document reader checks it against what you typed, then a member of Acreed’s team confirms your business is really there.
- Connect your bankLink your business account read-only so your statement can be read, and see how long it stays connected.
- Your co-directorsEvery director verifies their own identity and checks their own credit, from a link we email them. No account is needed.
- Your documentsKeep the documents funders ask for in one place, and see which ones can lift your score.
Your score and certificate
- Your Acreed Credibility ScoreWhat your score and band mean, what confidence is, and how to lift your score.
- Your certificateWhat is on your certificate, how funders check it, how to share it, and how to let funders find you.
- Renew your certificateRenew before your certificate expires to keep it current. Renewing after it expires runs every check again.
Apply for funding
After funding
- Loan monitoringAfter your loan is paid out, your funder follows its health through your bank feed, only with your consent. This is what you agree to and what you see.
- Record your repaymentsPay your funder as agreed, then record each payment so it counts towards your repayment record.
- Your funder added an existing loanA funder you already borrow from can bring your loan onto Acreed. Here is what their email means and what to do.
Your account
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Send us a message and someone from the team replies by email, usually within one business day. If you are signed in, the assistant in the app can also answer questions about your own account.