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title: BlindPay Compliance Updates - December
description: Important compliance updates including mandatory PoA documents for UBOs and new updates to Business PoA documents, effective January 8th, 2026.
date: 2025-12-09
category: Compliance
categoryType: improvement
isChangelog: true
---

**All these updates will take effect on January 8th, 2026.**

Important compliance changes are coming to BlindPay's onboarding process to ensure continued regulatory compliance.

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## TL;DR

- PoA documents for UBOs are now mandatory
- New updates to Business PoA documents

## PoA documents for UBOs are now mandatory

Starting January 8th, 2026, it will be mandatory for all Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) to submit a valid proof of address document as part of the onboarding process. For comprehensive guidance on accepted documents and submission procedures, please refer to the [documentation here](https://api.blindpay.com/reference#tag/customers/POST/v1/instances/{instance_id}/customers.body.owners).

## New updates to Business PoA documents

If you are onboarding a contractor or freelancer company in Brazil (with a single UBO), and the company's registered address is that of the accountant, we will accept a document co-signed by both the accountant and the UBO. This document should clearly explain their relationship and the reason for using the accountant's address as the company's official registration.