Entity verification
Confirm a business exists and its registered details against company registry data, so you are onboarding a real, active entity rather than a shell or a lapsed registration.
KYB verification
Know Your Business (KYB)
Verify business entities, map ownership structures, identify ultimate beneficial owners, and screen the entity and its owners against sanctions, PEP, and adverse media data.
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What this covers
- Company registry verification
- Ownership structure mapping
- Ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) identification
- Entity and owner screening
- Entity risk indicators
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How it works
Know Your Business (KYB), end to end.
Verify entity
Confirm the business exists and its registered details against company-registry data.
Map ownership
Trace the ownership chain through intermediate entities to reveal the ultimate beneficial owners.
Screen
Screen the entity and every owner and director against sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media data on one record.
The real problem
The person you need is three companies away.
Verifying that a company exists is the straightforward part. Ownership is where the risk sits, and it is deliberately hard to read: layered holdings, nominee directors and cross-border structures exist precisely because they put distance between a beneficial owner and the account being opened. Screening the trading entity alone leaves the person who controls it unscreened.
Why KYB is now core to AML compliance- Ownership is mapped through the chain rather than recorded at the first layer
- Ultimate beneficial owners are identified, then screened as individuals in their own right
- Nominee arrangements and shelf structures are treated as risk indicators, not paperwork
- The structure as assessed is retained, so a later change can be compared against it
Capabilities
What you get.
Ownership mapping
Trace the ownership chain through intermediate holding companies to reveal who ultimately owns and controls the business, including layered and cross-border structures.
UBO identification
Identify ultimate beneficial owners above your control threshold and bring each named person into the same screening and verification process used for individuals.
Entity and owner screening
Screen the business and every identified owner and director against sanctions, PEP, watchlist, and adverse media data in one workflow, not as separate checks.
Entity risk indicators
Assess factors such as jurisdiction, industry, and structure complexity to rate the entity's risk and set the depth of due diligence it requires.
Scope
What you can screen.
- Companies and legal entities
- Ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs)
- Directors and controlling persons
- Complex and layered ownership structures
- Entity-level sanctions and adverse media exposure
- 130+
- Countries and states covered
- 300+
- Registry and data sources
- 1,000+
- Registry document types
- 24h
- Watchlist refresh cycle
Assurance
What your security review will ask for.
- 99.98%
- System uptime
- <24h
- Average integration time
- 24–48h
- Signed to production account
- <1s
- Average screening response
ISO/IEC 27001:2022Information security management, independently audited.
ISO/IEC 27701:2019Privacy information management, extending ISO 27001.
GDPRPersonal data handled to EU standards, wherever you operate.
DORAOperational resilience for EU financial entities and their vendors.
Questions
Common questions.
How does MemberCheck identify ultimate beneficial owners?
MemberCheck traces the ownership chain through intermediate entities to reveal the individuals who ultimately own or control the business above your defined threshold, then routes each one into identity verification and screening.
Do you screen the entity and its owners together?
Yes. The business and every identified owner and director are screened against sanctions, PEP, watchlist, and adverse-media data in a single workflow, so entity-level and person-level risk are assessed on one record rather than as separate checks.
Can it handle complex or layered ownership structures?
Yes. MemberCheck maps layered and cross-border structures involving intermediate holding companies, so control is traced through the chain rather than stopping at the first registered shareholder.
What registry and country coverage is available?
MemberCheck verifies entities against company-registry data across 130+ countries and states, drawing on 300+ data sources, and screens against 1,000+ sanctions, PEP, and watchlist sources.
See MemberCheck in action.
A short walkthrough of screening, verification and ongoing monitoring in one platform, set to the thresholds and jurisdictions your programme actually uses.