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Clear 1,000 KYC files in ten days.

Managed KYC for funds, brokerages, administrators and banks. Our agents work each case. Qualified humans with compliance expertise review the files. You get a file your regulator can inspect.

Managed KYC for funds, brokerages, administrators and banks. Files your regulator can inspect.

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Firms we've worked with
  • Federated
  • Principal Asset Management
  • Oriental Patron
  • Oak Tree Solutions
  • Curia Regis
  • Cohesion GRC
  • Stepping Stone
  • Pureheart Capital
  • Lendela
  • First Degree Global Asset Management
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic

Firms we've worked with

  • Federated
  • Principal Asset Management
  • Oriental Patron
  • Oak Tree Solutions
  • Curia Regis
  • Cohesion GRC
  • Stepping Stone
  • Pureheart Capital
  • Lendela
  • First Degree Global Asset Management

Technology providers

  • OpenRouter
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • AWS
  • Microsoft
  • Google
  • DigitalOcean

Managed KYC

Send us the cases. Get back files your regulator can inspect.

We run each case under your AML policy and return a complete file: risk assessment, screening rationale, ownership traced to natural persons, indexed documents and an audit trail. Your MLRO keeps the approval. We do the work that leads to it.

What you send

  1. 01Investor register, 1,000 rows
  2. 02Documents as they are: PDFs, scans, emails
  3. 03Your AML policy and risk methodology
  4. 04The date it has to be done by

What you get back

KYC case file · KYC-2041KYC-2041Approved

Nordlys Capital SPV II Ltd

Risk rating
Medium, on your scale
Sanctions, PEP, adverse mediaScreening
Clear, 1 hit reviewed
Ownership
Traced to 3 natural persons3 natural persons
Documents
9 of 9 indexed

Worked by AgentKYZ agents · Reviewed by M. Chan · Approved by your MLRO

Audit trail, 41 events, exported with the file

  • 40 min

    per case on an Asia investment manager's remediation backlog. Their team took two days.

  • 4 days

    to clear 200 overdue periodic reviews for an Asia fund administrator. Every file reviewed, none sampled, onboarding never paused.

  • Per case

    one fixed price. No day rates, no seat licences, no change orders when ownership runs four layers deep.

  • In writing

    we put the delivery date in the engagement letter and report progress case by case.

KYC outsourcing · KYC as a service

Managed KYC services for the work on your desk.

Engage us for a backlog or recurring reviews. We agree the case population, policy, deliverables and escalation route before the first file.

01 · KYC remediation

Work through the backlog before the inspection.

Missing ownership evidence, outdated screening or inconsistent risk ratings. We work the agreed population under your AML policy, record what has been resolved and keep document requests and exceptions visible.

One-off remediation projects · Progress reported per case

02 · Periodic reviews

Bring overdue reviews up to date.

We refresh documents and screening, check for changes in ownership and reassess risk. After the backlog, we can run the recurring cycle and trigger-event reviews to the schedule your team approves.

Risk-based review cycles · Enhanced due diligence where required

03 · Customer and investor onboarding

Get new files ready for your decision.

New fund subscriptions, customers and counterparties arrive with different structures and evidence. We identify the relevant parties, trace ownership and control, and document the checks and outstanding questions for your approver.

Funds · Administrators · Asset managers · Brokerages · Banks

04 · Shadow KYC

Check the files your administrator holds.

If another provider already performs KYC, scope a separate review of its files against your policy. We agree independence and reporting arrangements, then return file-level findings to support your oversight.

Separately scoped file testing · Not a programme-wide AML audit

Explore Shadow KYC

Tell us how many files, where they sit and when you need them.

Scope your KYC work

How the work gets done

Agents work the case. A qualified human reviews it.

Every case runs the same five steps. Agents read, chart and screen in minutes. A qualified reviewer tests their conclusions. Complex cases go to senior compliance.

  1. 01Your standard, configuredYour AML policy, checklists and risk appetite, set up per jurisdiction before the first case.
  2. 02First pass by the agentsAgents read every document, build the ownership chart, screen sanctions, PEP and adverse media, and write the case with the reasoning set out.
  3. 03Human reviewA qualified reviewer checks the agents' work and tests each conclusion. Overriding the agents requires a written reason.
  4. 04Senior escalationSenior compliance takes high-risk and complex cases and records a recommendation.
  5. 05Audit-ready file, deliveredRisk assessment, screening rationale, indexed documents and an audit trail, in the format an inspector asks for.

Models we run on

Frontier models from more than one provider, routed per task. Client documents never train a model.

  • OpenRouter
  • Anthropic

Scope and pricing

A fixed price per case.
A delivery date in writing.

Bring the case count, jurisdictions and deadline. We agree the review scope, price and delivery schedule before you transfer customer documents.

The 1,000-file, ten-day headline is an indicative target. Evidence gaps, complex structures and response times affect delivery. We record unresolved cases and agree how they will be handled.

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Prefer to keep file review in-house? Use the review platform with your own team, or discuss a hybrid arrangement with our compliance team taking escalations.

Managed KYC by jurisdiction

Your policy, wherever the files sit.

Start with the jurisdiction and the entity that holds the obligation. Each page explains the service scope and links to the local AML requirements.

More than one jurisdiction, or one not listed here? We can scope the requirements with your team.

Discuss your jurisdictions

Using AI in a Singapore-regulated workflow? Read our MAS AI risk management guide alongside the AML/CFT requirements.

People

Founders and advisors.

  • Portrait of Jordan Chung

    Jordan Chung

    Co-founder · CEO

    KPMG Forensic Advisory, with major projects including a secondment to JP Morgan Asset Management on KYC and AML remediation. Then Federated Investors, London.

  • Portrait of Shan Valiyev

    Shan Valiyev

    Co-founder · CTO

    Ten years running production platforms on AWS and GCP, shipping AI since the first GPT models. PhD in computer science, specialising in AI, and a master's in cybersecurity. Ex-Google Developer Group.

  • Portrait of Ash Patel

    Ash Patel

    Managing Director · Regulatory Solutions

    Started at DE Shaw in operations and accounts in London. Moved to Barclays Capital for fourteen years across UK and Singapore, heading up Client Service. Then moved to BNP Paribas in Hong Kong creating prime brokerage in Asia Pacific. A fund director and SFC Responsible Officer within Asset Management. A qualified accountant in UK and Australia.

  • Portrait of Karson Chu

    Karson Chu

    Advisor · Investor

    Fund manager and director at Somerley, SFC Type 4 and 9. Licensed SFC Responsible Officer, after a decade buy-side and sell-side including Goldman Sachs.

  • Portrait of Clement Pang

    Clement Pang

    Advisor · Investor

    Co-founder and chief architect of Wavefront, acquired by VMware for US$400m. Built GLMX, regulated financial infrastructure handling US$1tn a day. Ex-Google, fraud and abuse.

Compliance partners

Expertise behind every case.

An international network of independent regulatory consultancies runs our escalations, second-reviews complex files and takes on the advisory work that sits around a KYC programme.

25

Years of regulatory practice across the firms in our network.

Regulators in every major financial centre

  1. 01

    Ongoing compliance

    Years spent as outsourced compliance officers and MLROs for regulated firms, writing the policies and manuals and handling the filings.

  2. 02

    AML/CFT and KYC

    Remediation programmes, independent screening and control testing at banks and asset managers. The people who second-review our hardest files.

  3. 03

    Governance and risk

    Independent director seats, risk frameworks, internal audits and regulatory business plans for financial and professional services firms.

Managed KYC · FAQ

Before you send the files.

Scope, pricing and the decisions your team keeps.

Discuss your KYC work
What is managed KYC?

Managed KYC is an outsourced service for the operational work behind know your customer checks. You provide your AML policy, risk methodology and agreed case population. AgentKYZ works the cases and returns human-reviewed files with evidence, reasoning and unresolved exceptions for your authorised team to decide.

Is KYC as a service the same as KYC software?

Providers use KYC as a service to describe different offerings. Our managed service includes the file work and qualified human review. Standalone KYC software leaves those responsibilities with your team. Our review platform is also available self-serve or in a hybrid arrangement with our compliance team taking escalations.

Can you handle KYC across multiple jurisdictions?

Yes. We agree the legal entities, activities, applicable requirements and approved policy for each population before starting. A cross-border structure may involve more than one set of obligations. We do not apply one jurisdiction’s checklist to every file. Other jurisdictions can be scoped on request.

How does managed KYC support our AML/CFT obligations?

We carry out agreed due diligence under your approved policy and return human-reviewed files with evidence, reasoning and escalations. That gives your team the records it needs to assess customers and oversee the work. Your firm retains compliance responsibility, customer acceptance, high-risk approvals and suspicious activity reporting decisions. The engagement does not itself create statutory reliance or appoint us as your MLRO.

What is included in each KYC file?

The agreed scope typically includes a risk assessment, ownership and control analysis, sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening rationale, indexed documents, reviewer notes and an audit trail. Source of funds, source of wealth and enhanced due diligence checks follow your policy and the case. Missing evidence and unresolved concerns stay visible at handover.

Can you clear 1,000 files in ten days?

That is an indicative delivery target, not a guarantee for every population. The timetable depends on the scope, structure complexity, available evidence and response to document requests. We review those factors and confirm the delivery date and handling of unresolved cases in the engagement letter before starting.

How much do managed KYC services cost?

We quote a fixed price per case for the agreed scope. Bring the case count, jurisdictions, review type and target date to the first call. We confirm the price, delivery schedule and responsibilities in writing. You do not need to send identity documents to request a quote.

How are client documents handled?

Client documents are held in an encrypted, access-controlled environment and are not used to train models. Hosting region, access, retention and transfer arrangements are confirmed in the engagement letter before file transfer. Your firm should complete its outsourcing and data-protection assessment before the work starts.

Discuss your KYC work

Start with the scope

Put a date on your KYC backlog.

Bring the case count, jurisdictions and deadline. We’ll scope the work and send a quote within one business day. No identity documents needed for the first call.

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Or send your scope to [email protected]

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