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Verify Malta companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Malta companies live from the Malta Business Registry, 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 Malta
When you create a KYB case for a Malta company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Malta Business Registry. 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.
Malta data and document availability
What the API makes available for Malta companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Registration Number, Entity Status, Address, Registration Date, Authorized Shares, Issued Shares |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Role, Address, Nationality (if individual) |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Role, Address, Nationality (if individual), Share count |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registration Certificate, Annual Return, Memorandum and Articles of Association Available on demand: Beneficial Owner Printout, Accounts, Alterations to the Memorandum and Articles, Transfer/Transmission of Shares, Notification of changes amongst directors or company secretary or in the representation of a company, Alteration of the Accounting Reference Period, Notice of claim for extension of period allowed for laying accounts, Change in Registered Office, Change amongst Company Secretary, Notice that a company has ceased to be a single member company, Removal of Auditor, Notification of compliance with Companies Act before the end of the transitional period, Report in terms of Sec. 73(6) – Non-Cash Consideration, Return of Allotments |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Malta as part of the same case.
How to verify a Malta company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Malta 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 Malta registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Malta National Bank","codeiso31662":"MT"}'
# 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":"Malta National Bank","codeiso31662":"MT"}'
# 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 Malta KYB API
What company data can I verify in Malta?
For a Malta company, the API returns the company record read live from the Malta Business Registry: 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 Malta availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Malta companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Malta 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 Malta Business Registry discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Malta companies?
Yes. The default document set for Malta includes Registration Certificate, Annual Return, Memorandum and Articles of Association, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Beneficial Owner Printout, Accounts, Alterations to the Memorandum and Articles, Transfer/Transmission of Shares, Notification of changes amongst directors or company secretary or in the representation of a company, Alteration of the Accounting Reference Period, and more). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Malta 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 Malta. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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