KYC & BOV Verification
Beneficial-owner mapping, PEP screening, and adverse-media checks to satisfy your bank, auditor, and compliance committee.
Banks correspondent to Iranian institutions, European auditors, and your own internal compliance team all expect a documented KYC file before signing off on a transaction. We build that file: from corporate registry trails to ultimate beneficial owners, with PEP and adverse-media screening on every individual identified.
What’s Included
Corporate Trail
Walk the ownership chain from operating company up to natural-person UBOs.
- Registry extracts
- Shareholder agreements
- Trust & nominee review
- Cross-border mapping
- Visual ownership chart
UBO Identification
Identify every natural person owning or controlling 10%+ of the target.
- ID verification
- Address verification
- Source-of-wealth notes
- Control rights review
- Documentary evidence
PEP Screening
Check every principal against politically-exposed-person databases.
- Iranian PEP lists
- International PEP lists
- Family & close associates
- Historic exposure
- Periodic re-screen
Sanctions Screening
OFAC, EU, UK, UN, and sectoral lists for the company and every UBO.
- SDN list
- EU consolidated
- UK OFSI
- UN Security Council
- 50% rule analysis
Adverse Media
Structured open-source research in Persian, English, and Arabic.
- Litigation history
- Regulatory actions
- Press coverage
- Social media review
- Source documentation
KYC File Production
Bank-ready file in the format your correspondent or auditor expects.
- Wolfsberg-aligned format
- Source documents
- Risk rating
- Refresh schedule
- Custodian copy
How We Engage
Scope Definition
Identify the legal entities and individuals in scope.
Documentary Collection
Gather registry, ID, and address documents for each principal.
Database Screening
Run all parties through PEP, sanctions, and adverse-media databases.
Risk Rating
Apply a structured risk score and document mitigating factors.
Periodic Refresh
Schedule annual or trigger-based refreshes for ongoing relationships.
Build a Bank-Ready KYC File
Give your compliance committee and correspondent bank the documentation they need to clear the relationship.
Trace ownership and control, not only names on a list
Map direct and indirect ownership, control rights, nominees and relevant family or business connections. The beneficial-owner threshold must follow the applicable jurisdiction and the receiving institution’s policy; a single percentage is not a universal standard. Screening a name is not transaction approval. Resolve aliases and Persian spellings, document ownership aggregation where required, and refresh the file after a designation or ownership change. The receiving bank makes its own risk and acceptance decision.
What you receive
Evidence to prepare
- Ownership chart supported by registry and shareholder records
- Identity and source-of-funds evidence requested by the institution
- Dated screening results, unresolved matches and refresh triggers
Engagement timeline
Planning estimates only. Confirm the schedule in the proposal; authority decisions, document availability and bank acceptance may change it.