Our goal is to promote global transparency and make regulations less onerous on both suppliers and customers of financial services.
KYC
About us
Our identity
Know Your Customer Limited was established in Hong Kong in 2015 with the aim of transforming Business KYC compliance. Our founders set out to fully digitise and streamline the onboarding process for corporate clients, enhancing efficiency and bolstering compliance.
With offices in Hong Kong, Dublin, Singapore, Shanghai and London, Know Your Customer Limited has developed a strong global presence and a reputation for excellence. Our diverse client base spans 11 sectors—including banking, FinTech, corporate services, and real estate—across 18 jurisdictions, utilising our technology to verify and onboard customers from over 180 countries.
We provide an intuitive digital compliance workspace that integrates real-time registry data from more than 140 countries, seamless integrations, and AI-powered smart automation. This innovative approach fundamentally transforms the compliance function, enabling clients to tailor solutions by selecting only the necessary features, all accessible through a robust REST API.
Our commitment to quality is further supported by a wide network of technology and data partners, ensuring that we deliver high-quality entity data and enhanced compliance processes for our clients.
Our Leadership Team
Prior to co-founding and becoming CEO of Know Your Customer, Claus founded Servolutions GmbH, a company that develops email server infrastructure products for more than 60,000 global customers, and served as Vice President of Electronics at Thielert Aircraft Engines. A native of Germany, Claus studied computer science at the University of Hamburg.
Prior to joining Know Your Customer, Khye worked as a management consultant at KPMG with a focus on technical implementation on medium and large scale projects for financial institutions. Khye holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Manchester.
An Irish native, Rory holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from University College Cork Ireland and is an Associate of the Chartered Accountants Ireland (“ACA”).
Prior to joining Know Your Customer, Timur co-founded an outsourcing software development firm that has risen to a position of leadership in the local market. He holds two computer science degrees - one in "Computer Systems, Networks, and Artificial Intelligence", and another in "Integrated Information Security".
Timur is committed to driving success across all aspects of software development. His unwavering focus ensures that key performance indicators are consistently met, and technical specifications are meticulously observed.

“Global attention to money laundering and terrorism financing has grown exponentially in recent years. As criminals constantly come up with new tactics, financial regulators frequently update compliance requirements in their fight against dirty money.
We work hard to deliver a cutting-edge, market-leading solution that truly addresses organisations’ compliance needs, yet is flexible enough to adapt to change. As a company, we are deeply committed to enabling transparency and clean business practices through the power of innovation.”
Claus Christensen, Co-Founder & CEO