Due Diligence research

Conducting a thorough digital Due Diligence research can be essential in the case of a collaboration with, or investment in, another organization. The information can serve as a basis for negotiation talks and there are no surprises after a closed deal. The research ensures that insight is gained into the real health of an organization. In the research the following issues are investigated:

• Creditworthiness
• Company structure
• Screening of members of the Board
• Company history
• Image
• Profiling on the internet
• Properties

Customer Due Diligence (CDD)

CDD (Customer Due Diligence) is essential for really knowing your customer
(KYC: Know Your Customer) has become an indispensable part of sound operational management.

For sound policy making, companies and organizations will have to investigate with whom they are doing business, to prevent them from entering into business relationships with fraudulent and/or criminal parties.

Step-by-step plan:

• Creditworthiness
• Company structure
• Screening of members of the Board
• Company history
• Image
• Profiling on the internet
• Properties

Financial institutions have a long list of compliance regulations for the prevention of money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud and will have to comply with the enhanced customer due diligence. (EDD: Enhanced Due Diligence).

The step-by-step plan for investigating a person of company contains among other things, the following aspects:

• Location of the company;
• Profession or nature of business;
• Is there a PEP (Political Exposed Person);
• Goal of the business transactions;
• Origin of payments and method of payment;
• Details of other personal and business relationships the customer maintains;
• Research open sources internet;
• Research semi-closed sources (Chamber of Commerce, land registry etc.);
• Credit check;
• Annual turnover;
• Market reputation (media sources).

Our team of analysts and digital investigators can assist you with these investigations or take them over completely.

(Customer) Due Diligence research is done efficiently, quickly, safely anonymously and GDPR proof via the iRC tool.