Initiate a Persona KYB transaction for a business entity and its beneficial owners via the Transactions API

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Verified steps

  1. POST https://withpersona.com/api/v1/transactions with header Persona-Version: 2023-01-05 and body {data:{type:'transaction', attributes:{transaction_type_id:'YOUR_TXN_TYPE_ID', reference_id:'your-ref', fields:{}}}}
  2. Populate fields with business data: business name, EIN, registered address, and an associated_people array containing name and email for each beneficial owner to be verified
  3. Choose flow mode: 'DB Only' to run silent database verification on all owners, or 'Inquiry only' to email owners a Persona-hosted verification link
  4. Listen on POST /webhooks for event type 'transaction/status-updated'; parse attributes.status values 'created', 'processing', 'passed', 'failed', 'needs_review'
  5. Fetch full transaction via GET https://withpersona.com/api/v1/transactions/{transaction-id} to retrieve sub-verification results for each associated person
  6. Use the Cases API to view consolidated results and trigger manual Approve/Decline decisions for 'needs_review' outcomes

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