Glossary

Know Your Customer. The process of identifying and verifying a customer during onboarding and ongoing monitoring.

Know Your Business. The process of verifying a business entity, its ownership, and its risk profile.

Anti-money laundering controls that help detect and prevent financial crime, sanctions exposure, and suspicious activity.

The process of checking identity documents for authenticity, extracted data, and fit with the claimed identity.

A biometric check that attempts to determine whether a presented face or sample comes from a live person.

A liveness approach that attempts to detect presentation attacks without requiring overt user gestures.

Ultimate beneficial owner. A person who ultimately owns or controls a legal entity.

The process of checking people, entities, or transactions against sanctions lists and related watchlists.

Post-onboarding monitoring of financial activity to detect suspicious behavior and potential financial crime.

A risk signal that identifies or links devices and browsers using technical attributes and behavior patterns.