> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://v2.docs.conduit.financial/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Madagascar > How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Madagascar (MDG) when onboarding through the Conduit API. ## Overview | Field | Value | | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------- | | Region | Africa | | ISO 3166-1 | MG / MDG | | Registry | Greffier du Tribunal de Première Instance / RNCS-CM | | Last updated | 2026-05-06 | ## Identifiers Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Madagascar and submit them as strings on the application body. | API field | Local name | Issuer | | ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | `businessInfo.taxId` | **NIF (Numéro d'Identification Fiscale)** | DGI (Direction Générale des Impôts) | | `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Numéro RCS** | Greffier du Tribunal de Première Instance / RNCS-CM | *Tax ID:* Obtained at EDBM guichet unique at incorporation; managed via DGI eHetra platform (e-hetra.impots.mg). *Registration number:* Assigned at RCS registration; appears on extrait RCS. ## Sector regulators `CSBF` · `BFM/Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara` · `SAMIFIN` · `ARTEC` · `DGI` ## Legal structures | Local name | Abbreviation | Description | | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Entreprise Individuelle | EI | Sole trader operating under their own name; no separate legal entity and personal assets are not shielded from business liabilities. Registered at the RCS via the EDBM guichet unique. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. | | Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Most common SME vehicle; one or more associés with liability limited to contributions, managed by a gérant. Governed by Loi 2003-036 (as amended by Loi 2014-010). Equivalent to a US LLC. | | Société à Responsabilité Limitée Unipersonnelle | SARL-U | Single-member variant of the SARL; one associé with limited liability, managed by a gérant. Equivalent to a US single-member LLC (SMLLC). | | Société Anonyme | SA | Share-capital company for larger enterprises; governed by a conseil d'administration or administrateur général; minimum capital Ar 2,000,000. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. | | Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Simplified share-capital company with flexible governance and no minimum capital requirement; shares not freely tradable on public markets. Governed by Loi 2003-036. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. | | Société en Commandite par Actions | SCA | Commandite company with transferable shares; commandités bear unlimited liability while commanditaires are share-capital investors. Governed by Loi 2003-036. Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership (LP). | | Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership; all associés are jointly and severally liable for company debts. Governed by Loi 2003-036. Equivalent to a US General Partnership (GP). | | Société en Commandite Simple | SCS | Limited partnership; commandités (general partners) bear unlimited liability while commanditaires (limited partners) are liable only to their contribution. Governed by Loi 2003-036. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership (LP). | | Société Civile | SC | Non-commercial civil-law company used for professional practices, real-estate holding, or family wealth management; not subject to the commercial companies statute. Governed by Loi 2001-026. Closest US equivalent: a General Partnership. | | Groupement d'Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic Interest Grouping enabling member companies to pool resources for a shared auxiliary purpose; members retain unlimited joint liability. Governed by Loi 2003-036. Closest US equivalent: a Cooperative. | | Société de Droit Étranger (Bureau de Liaison / Succursale) | SDET | Branch or representative office of a foreign company; not an independent legal entity—liabilities flow back to the parent. Registered at the RCS via EDBM using the parent company's statuts. Equivalent to a US Branch/Representative Office. | ## How documents combine For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below. | Evidence area | Documents needed | | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Legal Registration | Extrait RCS | | Constitutive Documents | Statuts | | Tax Registration | *Any one of:* Carte fiscale · Attestation NIF | | Operating Permit | Autorisation communale d'ouverture | | Ownership Records | Statuts | | Governance Records | *All required:* Extrait RCS + liste des dirigeants | | Signing Authority | *Any one of:* Procès-verbal d'AG · Procuration notariée | | Address | *Any one of:* Contrat de bail · Facture de services · Relevé bancaire | | Good Standing | Extrait RCS | ## Documents to collect The physical documents you'll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil's Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed. | Document | Proves | | -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | **Extrait RCS** | Legal Registration, Governance Records, Good Standing | | **Statuts** | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records | | **Carte fiscale** | Tax Registration | | **Attestation NIF** | Tax Registration | | **Autorisation communale d'ouverture** | Operating Permit | | **liste des dirigeants** | Governance Records | | **Procès-verbal d'AG** | Signing Authority | | **Procuration notariée** | Signing Authority | | **Contrat de bail** | Address | | **Facture de services (≤90 jours)** | Address | | **Relevé bancaire (≤90 jours)** | Address | | **Sector-Specific License** | Agrément sectoriel | ### Collection notes * **Legal Registration:** Issued by greffier of Tribunal de Première Instance; EDBM guichet unique facilitates. * **Constitutive Documents:** Single constitutive document; must be registered at the RCS and DGI. * **Tax Registration:** NIF issued by DGI; also recorded on the EDBM-issued STAT card from INSTAT. * **Operating Permit:** Municipal/commune-level permit; issued by Fokontany or mairie for the place of exercise. * **Sector-Specific License:** CSBF for banks/MFIs/insurance (Loi 2020-005); ARTEC for telecom; SAMIFIN oversight for reporting entities. * **Ownership Records:** Associés (members) are listed in the Statuts; updates require a notarial amendment filed with the RCS. * **Governance Records:** RCS extract lists current gérants (SARL) or administrateurs/DG (SA); updated on each modification filing. * **Signing Authority:** Board/shareholder resolution or notarized power of attorney naming authorized signatories. * **Address:** Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks. * **Good Standing:** No standalone good-standing certificate is issued; a recently dated copy of the listed document evidences current standing. Under the OHADA framework Madagascar applies, the registry does not issue a separate Certificate of Good Standing; a freshly dated Extrait RCS (collected under business\_registration) issued by the greffier du Tribunal de Première Instance via the EDBM guichet unique reflects current active registration and serves the same compliance function. ## Person roles When you submit a person on the application body, set their `role` to one of Conduit's canonical `BusinessPersonRole` values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role. | Local role | Canonical API role | Description | | -------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Gérant (SARL) | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Manager of SARL; binds company to third parties (Loi 2003-036, Art. 106). | | Président Directeur Général (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | CEO of SA with board structure. | | Directeur Général (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Managing director appointed by conseil d'administration. | | Administrateur Général (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Single-administrator SA variant; combines governance and execution. | | Administrateur (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Member of conseil d'administration; governance role. | | Mandataire / Procureur | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Holder of notarized power of attorney. | ## Notes * Madagascar is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention. Documents require full embassy legalization chain (authentication + consular legalization), not a single apostille. * Madagascar is not an OHADA member state. Loi 2003-036 (as amended by Loi 2014-010) is the standalone companies statute; do not apply OHADA AUDCG/AUSC rules. * CSBF (within BFM) supervises both banking and insurance under Loi 2020-005 sur les assurances — there is no separate standalone insurance regulator. * The EDBM guichet unique combines RCS, NIF (DGI), and INSTAT statistical card issuance in \~3 business days; the INSTAT "numéro STAT" is a separate identifier issued alongside the NIF.