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Setting Up Your Stripe Account Step By Step

Step by step walk through of how to create your Stripe account for Rechargly

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Written by Alex Millar
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Part 1: Verify Your Account


1. New connection from Rechargly

Go to the Integrations page and hit the “New Connection” button

2. Sign in to Stripe or Create an Account

If you already have a Stripe account, use the same email address. This will create a Rechargly sub-account which you can toggle between.

Otherwise, input your email and create an account.

3. Complete MFA

You will be required to set up multi-factor authentication

4. Complete your business information

5. Share more about your business

  1. Legal business name

  2. Business name

  3. Tax Number

  4. Business address

  5. Phone number

  6. Website

  7. Description

6. Business representatives

Verify the identify of the director(s) of the business

  1. Legal name

  2. Email

  3. Job title

  4. Date of birth

  5. Address

Once confirmed, the other director(s) can be added

7. Add bank information

What bank account do you want your payouts from Stripe to be sent to?

Ensure that you choose automatic payouts, rather than manual.

8. Add public details

  1. Statement descriptor - what do you want to appear on your client’s bank statement. This should be similar to your business name or URL.

  2. Customer support phone number - put your generic business number.

9. Climate commitment [optional]

Decide whether you want to donate part of your revenue to climate change.

10. Review and submit

Once you’ve input all the information, you will need to confirm and be redirected back to Stripe.

Part 2: Enable Direct Debit


We suggest adding direct debit as an additional payment method for your customers. Please follow these instructions and the specific workflow for your country.

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