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Verify Papua New Guinea companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Papua New Guinea companies live from the Investment Promotion Authority, 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 Papua New Guinea
When you create a KYB case for a Papua New Guinea company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Investment Promotion Authority. 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.
Papua New Guinea data and document availability
What the API makes available for Papua New Guinea companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Registration Date, Activity Type, Other Identifiers, Previous Names |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Role, Nationality, Address, Appointed On |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Role, Nationality, Address, Sharecount, Appointed On |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Certificate of Incorporation, Registry Extract Available on demand: List of all forms can be found here. |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Papua New Guinea as part of the same case.
How to verify a Papua New Guinea company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Papua New Guinea National Bank","codeiso31662":"PG"}'
# 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":"Papua New Guinea National Bank","codeiso31662":"PG"}'
# 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 Papua New Guinea KYB API
What company data can I verify in Papua New Guinea?
For a Papua New Guinea company, the API returns the company record read live from the Investment Promotion Authority: 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 Papua New Guinea availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Papua New Guinea companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Papua New Guinea 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 Investment Promotion Authority discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Papua New Guinea companies?
Yes. The default document set for Papua New Guinea includes Certificate of Incorporation, Registry Extract, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (List of all forms can be found here.). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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