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Case study: Red Oak’s automated approach to detecting Outside Business Activities (OBAs)

At Red Oak, we leverage OpenCorporates to help our clients identify Outside Business Activities (OBAs) by providing access to the world’s largest open database of company information. This integration enables compliance teams to proactively uncover OBAs that may not have been properly disclosed by registered representatives or associated persons. By cross-referencing employee disclosures with OpenCorporates data, firms can detect potential gaps or discrepancies that may otherwise go unnoticed.

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June 19, 2025

Data Aggregators / Entity Resolution

Data duplicates are costing you millions: Entity resolution for data aggregators

Your risk team thinks you’re dealing with Acme Corp, finance books it in as ACME CO, and marketing targets Acme Corporation in New York. Three “different” customers that are, in fact, the same legal entity. Multiply that by thousands of records, and duplicate data quietly drains budgets, derails onboarding, and invites regulatory fines every single day. One missed connection can green-light a sanctioned counter-party or sink a multi-million-dollar deal. The race to nail down a golden record for every business has never been more urgent.

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June 17, 2025

Fraud Investigations / Professional Services

How bulk registry data uncovers corporate fraud

Corporate fraud has always hidden behind paperwork. Until recently that paperwork (articles of incorporation, officer lists, change-of-address forms) sat in 50 state silos, traditionally as PDFs and TIFF scans, which are essentially digital images of paper documents. OpenCorporates’ now sources, cleans, and normalises that data into machine-readable tables, refreshing most jurisdictions weekly or even daily.

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June 13, 2025

Data Access / General

Why is it so hard to find US Company data?

Finding official company registration data in the United States can be challenging due to the country's decentralized system. Unlike many countries with a single national companies registry, the US has no centralized federal registry for all companies. Instead, businesses are registered at the state level, with each state maintaining its own registry. This means there are over 50 distinct official registers, each operated by a state or territory government.

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May 28, 2025

Data Management / Professional Services

How to Leverage Global Data (Without the Headache of a Global Database)

Managing large-scale data migrations can feel overwhelming. You're likely wrestling with fragmented records, outdated information, and those pesky duplicates. Throw global data into the mix, and suddenly, challenges multiply. But here's the good news: there's a simpler, smarter way to handle global data without the stress of managing a massive internal database.

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May 14, 2025

FinTech / KYB

Is your manual KYB process driving customers to competitors?

Financial companies face a big problem with their Know Your Business (KYB) checks. A shocking 76% of businesses have abandoned onboarding because of slow checks and delays. Meanwhile, companies with faster checks are winning these frustrated customers.

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May 7, 2025

Fraud Investigations / Insurance

The “piecing it all together” bottleneck holding back your insurance fraud investigations

Insurance fraud costs the industry billions annually, with complex schemes getting more sophisticated. Yet many Special Investigation Units (SIUs) still use manual processes for a basic task: checking corporate entities and mapping who owns what.

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April 28, 2025

Risk Management / Technology

Your vendor list is full of red flags. Can you find them before regulators do?

Government contractors now face a huge compliance challenge. What used to be simple supplier information gathering has become a critical business function with serious legal consequences.

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April 23, 2025

Data Management / Financial Services

Supermassive data: Why financial firms can’t process what they already have

Financial firms rely on global company data to drive decisions, reduce risk, and follow regulations. Many organizations need this data for important tasks but face a basic problem: they have too much information and not enough ways to use it well.

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April 16, 2025

Entity Verification / Financial Services

Seconds vs days: The business impact of automated verification

Every transaction flows through a web of legal entities and regulations. Today, most organizations rely on laborious manual processes to verify legal entity existence. Staff must navigate global government websites and tackle paywalls. They have to create accounts for each new registry, and deal with inconsistent data. This process can take hours or days per entity, creating significant operational drag.

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April 9, 2025