The more you know about potential business clients or other third-parties, the better you can assess the potential risks of doing business with them. The quicker you can acquire that information, the quicker you can decide whether to accept or decline their business, and the smoother the onboarding process is.

One reliable source for verifying business information is the actual shareholder documents. Beneficial ownership information is a requirement for enhanced due diligence situations in Europe and coming soon in the US and other jurisdictions. However, determining the ownership structure and who is an ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) is traditionally a complex, time-consuming, and expensive process. Accurate and up-to-date shareholder information is crucial for making the most informed decisions about whether or not to do business with a client.

Fortunately for compliance teams, data-driven solutions are available to speed and simplify Know Your Business processes, including the beneficial ownership discovery process. Trulioo’s on-demand Business Verification Service analyzes, verifies and provides data intelligence for 250 million business entities in over 80 countries.

The solution enables real-time identification and verification of company records through official registers, completes an AML check of the business through watch list sources, uncovers the UBO structure, and performs eKYC checks for all individuals deemed to be a UBO.

In addition to verifying the business vitals of a company, Trulioo has added the capability to request and download the Shareholder documents directly from the Government Registry. This functionality enables Trulioo’s clients to request shareholder documents directly from the Government Registry responsible for issuing these documents, which will reduce fake or forged documents submitted by their customers.

Retrieving Business Documents from Government Registry

The Retrieval of Registry documents is currently available in 31 countries. The table below shows the countries as well as the type of documents that include information about shareholders.

	Country	Document Type
	Belgium	Register Check
	Denmark	Register Report
	Estonia	Articles of Association
	Finland	Articles of Association
	France	Register Check
	Germany	Shareholder List
	Gibraltar	Register Check
	Guernsey	Register Check
	Hong Kong	Articles of Association
	Hungary	Register Report
	Ireland	Articles of Association
	Italy	Articles of Association
	Jersey	Articles of Association
	Latvia	Articles of Association
	Lithuania	Register Report
	Luxembourg	Articles of Association
	Macedonia	Register Check
	Malta	Register Report
	Netherlands	Register Check
	New Zealand	Articles of Association
	Norway	Register Report
	Poland	Register Report
	Romania	Register Report
	Russia Federation	Register Check
	Serbia	Register Report
	Slovenia	Register Report
	Spain	Register Report
	Sweden	Articles of Association
	Switzerland	Register Report
	United Kingdom	Shareholder List

Adding Shareholder document retrieval to Trulioo’s Business Verification service enables compliance teams to better perform due diligence on business prospects. Download the Business Verification Brochure to learn more.