Cross-Border KYB: Mastering Client Onboarding and UBOs

In today’s global financial environment, onboarding foreign clients presents a unique set of challenges that go far beyond traditional compliance checks. Firms must navigate a maze of regulatory requirements, diverse documentation practices, and the complexities of identifying Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) across multiple jurisdictions. These factors create substantial risk and demand more nuanced, agile KYB (Know Your Business) approaches.

This deep dive webinar offers a focused exploration of KYB in the context of cross-border onboarding, arming compliance teams and operational leaders with practical tools and expert guidance. Participants will gain actionable insights on how to efficiently verify ownership structures, manage jurisdictional hurdles, and meet evolving regulatory expectations while safeguarding their organisations against financial crime risks.

Key Themes:

KYB fundamentals and regulatory requirements: Understanding why KYB has become a critical obligation and how it addresses risks related to money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions
Conducting effective KYB checks: Exploring current industry practices, from manual processes to RegTech solutions, including verification of directors, UBOs, company status, adverse media, and ESG factors
Overcoming cross-border compliance complexities: Managing document verification, jurisdictional differences, and limited public data across global markets, with special focus on European challenges
Best practices and future trends: Implementing perpetual KYB for continuous risk monitoring, optimising UBO mapping workflows, and balancing accuracy, speed, and client experience
Insights from industry experts: Real-world case discussions from financial institutions and compliance leaders on structuring successful, risk-aware onboarding operations
This session will provide a detailed roadmap for compliance teams, operations managers, and risk professionals aiming to refine their foreign client onboarding procedures and align with rigorous global standards.

View the on-demand webinar below.