Enhanced Due Diligence & AML
Stay compliant and spot hidden threats. Everywhere.
Our enhanced customer due diligence doesn’t stop at surface checks. It hunts across the entire internet and a vast array of resources, so you can do business with confidence.
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Enhanced Due Diligence & AML
Our EDD reports dig through 198M+ corporate records and 600B+ archived web pages. That’s coverage you can count on.
Enhanced customer due diligence that actually helps you sleep at night. Fast, thorough, audit-ready.
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Archived web pages
Our powerful API flags high-risk individuals and entities in real time. No lag, no manual checks. It fits right into your KYC process, so compliance never slows you down.
Spot hidden vulnerabilities, justify risk strategies, and walk into any boardroom or regulator meeting with answers, not assumptions.
Run “what if” scenarios in seconds to see how shifts in profit, debt, or asset values hit financial health. Before they hit your bottom line.
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Enhanced Due Diligence & AML
Get precise, explainable insights. Because confident business starts with data you can trust.
Cut through the noise with transparent scoring and crystal-clear business credit reports.
Model risk with real-time tools. Adjust variables, test outcomes, and stay ready for anything.
Find the insights that matter—fast. Spend less time digging, more time deciding.
See the full picture. Traditional metrics + unique data = unmatched financial clarity.
Shape your risk management around what matters most to your business. For insights that actually work for you.
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FAQS
Enhanced customer due diligence (EDD) is an advanced form of due diligence required when onboarding high-risk individuals or entities. It involves collecting in-depth information to assess financial crime risk, ensure regulatory compliance, and verify identities beyond standard KYC checks.
Enhanced customer due diligence often includes reviewing a company’s ownership structure, financial background, transaction history, and links to politically exposed persons (PEPs) or sanctioned entities.
Enhanced customer due diligence is critical for identifying and mitigating risks such as fraud, corruption, terrorist financing, and money laundering. It’s not just a legal requirement in regulated industries. It’s a proactive measure to protect your business from financial and reputational harm.
Industries like gambling, cryptocurrency, legal, real estate, and insurance are especially vulnerable to financial crime and must implement robust EDD practices to stay compliant.
EDD is legally mandated or strongly recommended in scenarios where there’s an elevated risk of money laundering or financial crime. This includes:
In such cases, enhanced due diligence for high-risk individuals helps uncover hidden threats and ensures full compliance with AML regulations. Our EDD reports make enhanced due diligence for high-risk customers straightforward and efficient.
Effective EDD typically includes:
These components help build a 360-degree risk profile and support smarter, faster decision-making.
Enhanced due diligence for high-risk individuals involves a deeper investigation into personal and financial histories. This includes verifying identity through independent sources, reviewing affiliations with PEPs, analysing source of funds, and flagging potential red flags via global databases.
Anti-money laundering (AML) refers to a set of regulations, policies, and procedures designed to detect and prevent the flow of illicit funds. Enhanced customer due diligence is a core pillar of AML compliance.
EDD provides the granular visibility needed to flag suspicious behaviour, reduce risk exposure, and stay on the right side of global AML laws.
Failure to perform adequate EDD can lead to:
Proper enhanced customer due diligence can serve as your first line of defence in avoiding these consequences.
KYC (Know Your Customer) is the basic process of verifying a customer’s identity. Enhanced customer due diligence goes beyond that to evaluate risk factors associated with high-risk individuals and entities.
EDD includes ongoing monitoring, comprehensive background checks, and deeper scrutiny – making it essential for higher-risk relationships.
A Politically Exposed Person (PEP) is someone who holds or has held a prominent public position and may pose a higher risk for involvement in bribery, corruption, or financial crime.
PEPs are categorised by risk level:
Access to accurate, up-to-date PEP and Sanctions data is essential for effective enhanced customer due diligence.
To perform enhanced customer due diligence on a company, collect detailed information about its ownership structure, financials, transaction history, director backgrounds, and associated risks. Use technology that scans global corporate records and online data to identify red flags.
Doing this manually and without the right tools can be a pain. Company Watch can make the process straightforward, smooth, and presentation-ready.
Yes, in many jurisdictions, enhanced customer due diligence is mandatory when dealing with high-risk customers, especially in regulated sectors like finance, real estate, and crypto. It’s also required under AML laws when specific risk indicators are present.
Yes. Enhanced customer due diligence can be automated using specialised business information providers like Company Watch. We screen global databases, perform sanctions and PEP checks, and generate comprehensive EDD reports in real time.
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