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Verify Malaysia companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Malaysia companies live from the MYDATA, returning company data, controlling parties, shareholders and beneficial owners, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for Malaysia
When you create a KYB case for a Malaysia company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the MYDATA. A single integration returns the company record, the controlling parties and individuals, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the registry documents, with AML screening on the entity and its associated individuals built into the same case.
Malaysia data and document availability
What the API makes available for Malaysia companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Registration Number, Entity Status, Address, Registration Date |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Role, Address, Document ID Number, Appointment date |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Role, Address, Nationality (if individual), Birth Date (if individual), Share count, Document ID Number |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Company/Business Profile Available on demand: Certificates Of Incorporation/Registration, Certificates Of Change Of Name, Certificates Of Conversion, Particular Of Directors/Officers, Particular Of Registered Address, Particular Of Shareholders, Particular Of Share Capital, Particular Of Company Secretary, Company Charges, Financial Historical Comparison, Attestation of Company Good Standing, Memorandum And Articles Of Association, Return for allotment of shares, Notice Of Resolution, Notification of change in the Register of Members, Register Of Directors, Managers And Secretaries / S. 58 – Notification of change in the Register of Directors, Managers and Secretaries, Annual Return, Annual Report, Notification of change in the Business Address and / or Nature of Business, Notice Of Place Where Register, Registered Office And Office Hours / S. 46 – Notification for change in the registered address, Copy of Minute By Representative of Holding Company, Increase In Share Capital, Statutory Declaration |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Malaysia as part of the same case.
How to verify a Malaysia company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Malaysia registry, create a KYB case, and retrieve company data and the ownership org-chart. All calls go to the sandbox base URL for testing.
The sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is free. Request access to get your client credentials.
# 1. Authenticate (OAuth2 client credentials)
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/connect/token \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
-d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
-d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
-d "scope=PublicApi"
# 2. Search the Malaysia registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Malayan Banking Berhad","codeiso31662":"MY"}'
# 3. Create a KYB case
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"rawname":"Malayan Banking Berhad","codeiso31662":"MY"}'
# 4. Retrieve company data and status
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
# 5. Get the beneficial ownership org-chart
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID/org-chart \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with your sandbox credentials, and CASE_ID with the caseCommonId returned in step 3.
Frequently asked questions about the Malaysia KYB API
What company data can I verify in Malaysia?
For a Malaysia company, the API returns the company record read live from the MYDATA: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the controlling parties, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the available registry documents. See the table above for the full Malaysia availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Malaysia companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Malaysia companies and exposes them as a recursive ownership org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart), tracing control through holding companies to the individual beneficial owners. The depth available depends on what the MYDATA discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Malaysia companies?
Yes. The default document set for Malaysia includes Company/Business Profile, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Certificates Of Incorporation/Registration, Certificates Of Change Of Name, Certificates Of Conversion, Particular Of Directors/Officers, Particular Of Registered Address, Particular Of Shareholders, and more). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Malaysia company verification?
Yes. The Know Your Customer sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is a free, high-fidelity test environment. Request free sandbox access to start testing.
The Know Your Customer Limited API covers 147 jurisdictions worldwide, including Malaysia. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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