RiskWatch Podcast: Data transparency & its investigative impact

The global shift from opaque to transparent company data is aiding due diligence and investigations efforts. Shanti Salas, Vice President at OpenCorporates explains this trend in a conversation on the RiskWatch podcast, by Vcheck Global. He is joined by Seth Harlan, Global Senior Associate and Rahul Ravi, VP and General Manager of Vcheck Intelligence, to … Continue reading RiskWatch Podcast: Data transparency & its investigative impact →

[Webinar] Scale Up Anti-Financial Crime Innovation with Transparent Legal Entity Data

Monday, 7 June 2021 11:00 - 12:00 New York / 16:00 - 17:00 London Co-hosted by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists and OpenCorporates Register to attend the webinar > OpenCorporates will be co-hosting a webinar with the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) – the “largest international membership organization for anti-financial crime … Continue reading [Webinar] Scale Up Anti-Financial Crime Innovation with Transparent Legal Entity Data →

10 reasons why KYC professionals rely on OpenCorporates

Millions of OpenCorporates company datapoints are utilised every month – either for free via our open website or at scale via our paid-for API and Bulk Data subscriptions. Many of those using the data are professionals working in: Know Your Customer (KYC), third party risk management, business onboarding or similar compliance related roles. Their challenge … Continue reading 10 reasons why KYC professionals rely on OpenCorporates →

Case study: OpenCorporates’ data helps Encompass automate Know Your Customer due diligence

“OpenCorporates' company data, when combined with on demand registry, regulator and exchange information from Encompass, helps our customers understand the full picture about a customer or other third party – fast. This means they can make more informed decisions as part of their Know Your Customer or anti-money laundering activities”. Alan SamuelsHead of ProductEncompass Challenge … Continue reading Case study: OpenCorporates’ data helps Encompass automate Know Your Customer due diligence →

OpenCorporates’ data helps TISCreport go global

TISCreport is an online platform with a bold ambition: to help end corruption, human rights abuses and environmental crimes. It aims to deliver on this mission by shining a light on the companies that make up corporate supply chains using a range of data sources, especially those that take an open data approach. Read on … Continue reading OpenCorporates’ data helps TISCreport go global →

How White Box data helps RegTechs automate the verification step of due diligence

The £37.8 million fine recently imposed on Commerzbank by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is just the latest in a long string of actions by regulators enforcing increasingly stringent anti-money laundering (AML) regulations around the world. In response, there has been a boom in the regulatory technology (RegTech) sector – accelerating the building of tech … Continue reading How White Box data helps RegTechs automate the verification step of due diligence →

Case Study: Exiger’s DDIQ automates due diligence verification using OpenCorporates’ data – helping identify risk at scale

“OpenCorporates’ data, when combined with Exiger’s DDIQ, enables our clients to verify who they are doing business with and uncover risk at scale. Millions of due diligence reports produced by DDIQ are driven in some way by OpenCorporates’ data, helping financial institutions and global companies mitigate corruption, financial crime and other integrity risks”.Aaron Narva, Senior … Continue reading Case Study: Exiger’s DDIQ automates due diligence verification using OpenCorporates’ data – helping identify risk at scale →