CORE EXPERTISE

KYC & Due Diligence

INDUSTRY

Financial Institutions

Use Cases

High Quality Data That Address Complex Profiling Needs

Financial institutions face increasing challenges in accurately identifying and managing customer risk due to evolving regulatory requirements, complex ownership structures, and the growing sophistication of financial crimes. Inadequate risk profiling can lead to regulatory penalties, financial losses and reputational damage. To address these issues effectively, institutions need high quality data and advanced analytics that can provide real-time insights and support informed decision-making for customer onboarding and risk assessments.

Workflows

Onboarding Risk Controls

Identity verification, thorough background checks on individuals and organisations, against sanctions and watchlists screening to ensure regulatory compliance before establishing a customer relationship.

Business & Financial Health Assessment

Comprehensive evaluation of a company’s financial condition and ownership structure, including a detailed analysis of its corporate structure and financial books to assess its operational stability and potential risk exposure.

Corporate History & Network Analysis

Detailed records of past/current ownership and changes in business activities allow businesses to uncover unseen relationships, track shifts in control, and identify potential risks within a company’s network.

Key Personas

Compliance_Officers

Compliance Officers

Risk-Managers

Risk Managers

Onboarding-Specialists

Onboarding Specialists

Internal Auditors

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Interconnection Map

Mapping connections among shareholders and directors across local and ASEAN borders across multiple degrees of association.

Entity Profile Report PRO

Detailed business reports containing key company information, shareholders, past charges including financial data (exclusive of Malaysia market).

Entity Profile Report

Detailed business reports containing key company information, shareholders and past charges from official sources.

KYB Services

Identification & Verification (Upcoming)

Search and verify information of persons and companies against official sources.

Corporate History (Upcoming)

Historical analysis of company records such as past ownership, business activity changes and more.

Screening

Screen persons, companies and their connected parties against Politically-Exposed-Persons (PEP) / Sanctions list.

Corporate Network (Upcoming)

Network pattern analysis of extended connection of corporate relationships to identify potential risks.

Handshakes XPERT

Due diligence checks

Corporate background and conflict-of-interest checks can take time – often require more resources and time than available and our experts in Singapore will navigate datasets, filter criteria and leverage analytics tools for you – delivering the specific insights you require.

Trusted data sources for reliable intelligence

Our data, as well as information on private companies in Singapore and capital markets comes directly from trusted partners – ensuring the reliability of our background screening reports.

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Integrate reliable corporate registry and capital markets data into your platform or toolkit to enhance your know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) services with Handshakes’ software.

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