KYC and customer due diligence: a complete guide
KYC and customer due diligence under the EU AMLR and the Swedish AML Act: who must do it, when, what it involves and how to document it.
Know your customer.
Guides and a checklist on customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, PEPs, sanctions and risk assessment. Written against the legislation, with the sources listed.
The fundamentals.
What customer due diligence requires, how to assess risk and how to keep the file current.
Customer due diligence checklist and template
A CDD checklist for corporate and individual customers: each step, the evidence to collect and the legal basis in the Swedish AML Act and the EU AMLR.
Customer risk assessment: method and example
Customer risk assessment under AMLR and the Swedish AML Act: which risk factors to weigh, how to combine them and a worked example.
Periodic and event-driven review: how often and when?
Ongoing monitoring of customers: what the Swedish AML Act requires today, which events trigger a review and AMLR's one- and five-year limits from 2027.
The checks.
Beneficial ownership, PEPs and sanctions: what to check and how to document it.
Beneficial ownership: how to identify, verify and document it
Beneficial ownership in CDD: who counts under AMLR and Swedish law, what you must check beyond the register, and how to handle companies and foundations.
What is PEP screening and how does it work?
PEP screening step by step: who is a PEP, family member or close associate, what enhanced measures apply, how long PEP status lasts and what AMLR changes.
Sanctions screening: what is required and how does it work?
Sanctions screening explained: the EU and Swedish rules, who to screen, what to do with a hit and what the Swedish data protection authority says.
Rules and industries.
What changes with the EU AML Regulation, and what the requirements look like in your industry.
AMLR 2027: what changes in customer due diligence?
AMLR applies from 10 July 2027. What the EU AML Regulation changes in CDD: review intervals, beneficial ownership, PEPs, sanctions and records.
KYC for accounting firms: getting customer due diligence right
KYC for accounting firms in Sweden: why you are an obliged entity, what supervisors check, sector risk factors and a CDD checklist for new clients.
KYC for real estate agents
KYC for real estate agents: who the customer is, when to verify the buyer, source of funds, property risk factors, records and what supervision has found.
See how simple KYC can be.
Book a walkthrough and watch a customer file come together.
- 01You book a demo
- 02We prepare a relevant example
- 03We show the complete workflow
After the demo, you decide whether to continue with a pilot. Nothing is activated automatically.
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