Fenergo and Know Your Customer Limited solve different jobs.
Fenergo governs the onboarding workflow. We supply the live registry data underneath it. Here is how the two fit together — and where each one is the better choice.
Four things that change when the data comes from the source
Live from the register
The register, not a copy of the register
Aggregated data is stored and refreshed on the provider’s own cycle. We read the official register at the moment of verification.
Fenergo retrieves company data from external providers, so how current your file is depends on which provider sits behind it.
“By automating KYC via Know Your Customer, we’re speeding up SME account opening and enabling non-face-to-face account applications anytime, anywhere.”
Stephen Man, Head of Wealth Management and Retail Banking, Standard Chartered Hong Kong
Ownership across borders
Ownership that does not stop at the first foreign parent
Domestic ownership is largely solved. The break comes at the border, where most tools fall back to emailing the client for a structure chart.
Our UBO engine unravels the chain recursively — through nominee and holding entities — and shows you the structure.
Coverage you can check
500+ registries, 153 jurisdictions
We hold direct connections to 500+ local registries across 153 jurisdictions live through the API today — and the list keeps expanding on its own as new registers come online.
“They demonstrated an unmatched quality and coverage of official registry data and documents through their platform. […] We’re already seeing good results and the reduction of onboarding times by 25%.”
Ivan Zhiznevsky, Chief Executive Officer, 3S Money
Try it without a call
Test the data before you sign anything
Search a company in the browser with no account and no sales call. Build against a free sandbox of 980+ sample companies, then run one of your own hard cases through it.
Live search covers Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK and Australia; the full platform covers 153 jurisdictions.
No programme required
One REST API into the platform you already own, and a free sandbox to test against before anything reaches production.
Modular, not all-or-nothing
Take the registry data on its own, or add the compliance workspace, screening and perpetual review as you need them.
Built for cross-border files
Named Best Corporate KYC & Onboarding Solution at the 2025 Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence, and part of RegTech100 2026.
Already running Fenergo? You do not need to move off it. Fenergo’s platform is built to retrieve company data from external providers, and that is the slot we fill — live registry records and resolved ownership, into the workflow you already own. Talk to us about your existing stack →
Know Your Customer Limited vs Fenergo
| Capability | Know Your Customer Limited | Fenergo |
|---|---|---|
| Governed client lifecycle workflow as the system of record for onboarding | Not our layer | ✓ |
| Case management, regulatory rulebooks and audit trail | Not our layer | ✓ |
| Company data read from the official register at the moment of verification, rather than served from a stored copy refreshed on a provider’s own cycle | ✓ | Via a connected third-party provider |
| Direct connections to local company registers | 500+ registries, 153 jurisdictions | Depends on the data provider licensed |
| Original registry documents on demand — the filing itself, not a summary of it | ✓ | Via a connected third-party provider |
| Recursive UBO unravelling — following ownership through nominee and holding entities across jurisdictions, rather than returning a flat list of registered shareholders | ✓ | Ownership data supplied by the connected provider |
| AML and sanctions screening | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transaction monitoring | Not offered | ✓ |
| ESG compliance module | Not offered | ✓ |
| AI agents in the product | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free trial of the real product without a sales call | ✓ | Enterprise sales engagement |
| Product line for mid-sized and boutique institutions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent analyst recognition in client lifecycle management | Not our category | ✓ |
Operating across 11 sectors and 18 jurisdictions since 2015
“[…] By engaging Know Your Customer, we leverage advanced technology to streamline CDD workflows, delivering faster service to our customers. This collaboration also represents a major advancement in automating SME onboarding processes that have historically been complicated and manual […]”
Lareina Wang, Head of SME Banking, DBS Bank Hong Kong
Talk to us
Bring a structure that crosses three jurisdictions and we will run it live. If we are not the right fit, we will say so.
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