Business Verification

Business Verification answers two questions: is this a real, registered company, and who are the people behind it? A registry lookup proves the company exists. It does not prove the person applying controls it, which is why a full business application also collects documents, verifies the applicant, and follows directors and owners.

Watch: KYB explained

You will see what a registry check does and does not prove, and how directors and beneficial owners are followed, including an owner that is itself a company. The written guides below cover the same ground in full.

KYB Explained: Are You Onboarding a Shell Company? (3:44)

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Quickstart

Create a business workflow, send a link, receive the result.

Business verification

The full application: registry, documents and applicant.

Key people

Directors, owners and how each is verified.

What a business verification covers

Step	What happens
Registry lookup	The company is looked up in its official register, by registration number
Company documents	Documents such as the certificate of incorporation are read and compared with the registry record
The applicant	The person applying verifies their own identity
Key people	Directors and beneficial owners are identified, screened and, where you require it, verified
Decision	Your rules approve, decline or send the application to review

Checking one company without an application

To look up a company from your back office, with no customer present, use a one-off business check. It needs a secret key and returns the registry record.

Next steps

Business webhooks

Screening

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