KYB / Company Risk

Screen companies, not just people.Know your business counterparty.

Cross-reference companies against global sanctions lists, screen their directors and beneficial owners, and trace ownership structures through the KYB API.

450+
Sources
UBO
Tracing
Real-time
Response
KYB company checkKYB API v1

Request

POST /api/v1/screening/kyb/lookup
Authorization: ApiKey on8_***

{
  "companyName": "Rosneft"
}

Response

Press "Screen Company" to begin

This demo matches the company name against registries. Officer, UBO and sanctions checks are separate API endpoints you call next.

Coverage

Every angle of company risk.

Direct Sanctions Check

Matches the company name against all 450+ sanction lists. Returns immediate CRITICAL risk if the entity is directly listed.

  • 450+ source cross-check
  • Alias & trading name matching
  • Fuzzy company name search

Director & UBO Screening

Pull the company's officers and beneficial owners from the officers and UBO endpoints, then screen each party against the sanctions database.

  • Officers endpoint
  • UBO endpoint
  • Screen each party

Shell Company Detection

Flags entities with ownership structures typically associated with shell companies: nominee directors, offshore domicile, etc.

  • Nominee director flags
  • Offshore jurisdiction alerts
  • Opaque ownership warnings

Jurisdiction Risk

Companies domiciled in FATF grey/black listed countries or high-risk jurisdictions receive an automatic risk uplift.

  • FATF jurisdiction mapping
  • Automatic risk uplift
  • Country risk overlay

Adverse Media

Optionally extend the check to include news-based adverse media mentions linked to the company name.

  • Global news coverage
  • Multilingual sources
  • Configurable severity

Structured Match Report

Returns a structured JSON answer: the match count and each matched entity with its registry identity, jurisdiction and sanction topics, ready to keep in your own audit trail.

  • Match count & matched entities
  • Registry identity & jurisdiction
  • Structured JSON to store

Stop onboarding risky companies.

Company lookup, officer and UBO retrieval, and sanctions checks, each a dedicated endpoint you compose into one onboarding flow.