> ## 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. # Niger > How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Niger (NER) when onboarding through the Conduit API. ## Overview | Field | Value | | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | Region | Africa | | ISO 3166-1 | NE / NER | | Registry | Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce via CFE / Maison de l'Entreprise | | Last updated | 2026-05-06 | ## Identifiers Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Niger and submit them as strings on the application body. | API field | Local name | Issuer | | ------------------------------- | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | `businessInfo.taxId` | **NIF** | Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI) | | `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Numéro RCCM** | Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce via CFE / Maison de l'Entreprise | *Tax ID:* Unique, exclusive, invariable identifier for all entities; required prior to any commercial activity. *Registration number:* OHADA commercial register number; issued within one month of incorporation. ## Sector regulators `BCEAO` · `AMF-UMOA` · `CIMA` · `CENTIF` ## Legal structures | Local name | Abbreviation | Description | | -------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Most common SME vehicle; no minimum capital (Décret 2017-284 removed prior floor); liability limited to contributions. Equivalent to a US LLC. | | Société Anonyme | SA | Share-capital company requiring at least 10,000,000 FCFA; board of 3–12 directors or single administrator; at least one-quarter of capital paid up at formation. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. | | Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Simplified joint-stock company with no minimum capital; governance freely set in bylaws; capital divided into freely transferable shares. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. | | Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership under OHADA; all partners bear unlimited joint and several liability for company debts. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership (GP). | | Société en Commandite Simple | SCS | Limited partnership combining commandités (at least one partner with unlimited liability) and commanditaires (liable only to contributions). Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership (LP). | | Entreprise Individuelle | — | Sole-trader registration for a natural person exercising commercial activity; no separate legal personality; owner bears unlimited personal liability. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. | | Groupement d'Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic interest group facilitating shared commercial activities among members; no minimum capital; separate legal personality but members retain unlimited liability. Closest US equivalent: Statutory Business Trust or Joint Venture. | | Société Coopérative | SCOOP | Cooperative company governed by the OHADA Uniform Act on Cooperative Societies (2010); includes SCOOPS (simplified) and SCOOPCA (with board) variants. Closest US equivalent: Cooperative. | | Succursale de Société Étrangère | — | Branch or representative office of a foreign company registered in the RCCM; no independent legal personality; parent company bears full liability. Closest US equivalent: 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 RCCM | | Constitutive Documents | Statuts | | Tax Registration | Attestation NIF | | Operating Permit | *Any one of:* Patente · Autorisation d'Exercice | | Ownership Records | *Any one of:* Registre des Associés · Registre des Actionnaires | | Governance Records | *All required:* Extrait RCCM + Statuts + PV d'Assemblée Générale | | Signing Authority | *Any one of:* PV d'Assemblée Générale · Pouvoir Notarié | | Address | *Any one of:* Contrat de bail · Facture de services · Relevé bancaire | | Good Standing | Extrait RCCM | ## 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 RCCM** | Legal Registration, Governance Records, Good Standing | | **Statuts** | Constitutive Documents, Governance Records | | **Attestation NIF** | Tax Registration | | **Patente** | Operating Permit | | **Autorisation d'Exercice** | Operating Permit | | **Registre des Associés (SARL)** | Ownership Records | | **Registre des Actionnaires (SA)** | Ownership Records | | **PV d'Assemblée Générale** | Governance Records, Signing Authority | | **Pouvoir Notarié** | Signing Authority | | **Contrat de bail** | Address | | **Facture de services (≤90 jours)** | Address | | **Relevé bancaire (≤90 jours)** | Address | | **Sector-Specific License** | Agrément BCEAO, AMF-UMOA, CIMA | ### Collection notes * **Legal Registration:** Issued by Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce via CFE. Niger ratified OHADA Treaty 1995-06-05. * **Constitutive Documents:** Private document or notarized act (AUSCGIE). Marital status of partners/shareholders required (OHADA community-property regime). * **Tax Registration:** Issued by DGI; required within one month of business start. * **Operating Permit:** Annual business-activity tax-license; sector-neutral; issued by DGI / municipal authority. * **Sector-Specific License:** BCEAO agrément for banks and payment institutions; AMF-UMOA license for capital-market activities; CIMA for insurance. * **Governance Records:** RCCM extract lists current gérant/directeurs; statuts and AGM minutes confirm appointments. * **Signing Authority:** Board/AGM resolution or notarized power of attorney; gérant has statutory binding authority by default. * **Address:** Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement; utility bills and bank statements must be dated within 90 days. 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 Niger applies, the registry does not issue a separate Certificate of Good Standing; a freshly dated Extrait RCCM (collected under business\_registration) issued by the greffe du Tribunal de Commerce via the CFE / Maison de l'Entreprise 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 | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Manages the SARL; has all powers to bind the company by statute. | | Président (SAS) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Heads the SAS; broadest day-to-day executive authority. | | Directeur Général | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Executive officer in an SA; manages operations under board authority. | | Président du Conseil d'Administration | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Presides over the SA board; governance role. | | Administrateur | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Member of the SA board of directors. | | Mandataire | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Holder of notarized POA to act on behalf of the company. | ## Additional fields Country-specific fields you'll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads. | Field | Applies to | Reason | | ---------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `marital_status` | founder | OHADA Statuts require marital status, matrimonial regime, and spouse name for associates/shareholders due to community-property considerations (AUSCGIE). | ## Notes * Niger is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (confirmed by HCCH status table as of 2026-05-06). All foreign public documents require full embassy legalisation chain. * Niger transposed the UMOA Loi uniforme relative à la LBC/FT/FP (adopted 2023-03-31) via Ordonnance 2024-56 du 19 décembre 2024, which replaced Loi 2016-33 of 2016-10-31. The BCEAO issued three implementing instructions (Inst. 001/002/003-03-2025, dated 2025-03-18) with full operational effect as of 2025. Cite Ordonnance 2024-56 — do not cite the superseded Loi 2016-33 or Directive 02/2015/CM/UEMOA. * The SARL minimum capital was abolished by Décret 2017-284 (modifying Décret 2014-503/PRN/MC/PSP/MJ); SARL capital is now freely set by associés. Do not rely on older sources citing 1,000,000 or 100,000 FCFA floors. * AMF-UMOA (formerly CREPMF) rebranded effective 2021-01-01; cite AMF-UMOA in current filings.