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Verify Taiwan companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Taiwan companies live from the Department of Commerce, MOEA, 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 Taiwan
When you create a KYB case for a Taiwan company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Department of Commerce, MOEA. 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.
Taiwan data and document availability
What the API makes available for Taiwan companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration number, Address, Previous Names, Other Names, Registration Date |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Role |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Shares, Role |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registry Report, Registry Report_English Available on demand: None beyond the default set |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Taiwan as part of the same case.
How to verify a Taiwan company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Taiwan 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 Taiwan registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Taiwan National Bank","codeiso31662":"TW"}'
# 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":"Taiwan National Bank","codeiso31662":"TW"}'
# 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 Taiwan KYB API
What company data can I verify in Taiwan?
For a Taiwan company, the API returns the company record read live from the Department of Commerce, MOEA: 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 Taiwan availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Taiwan companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Taiwan 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 Department of Commerce, MOEA discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Taiwan companies?
Yes. The default document set for Taiwan includes Registry Report, Registry Report_English, retrieved by default. List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Taiwan 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 Taiwan. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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