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Client onboarding, explained
Why onboarding never really ends: ongoing monitoring, re-screening and refreshing CDD send every client back around the loop.
What client onboarding involves
An overview of customer due diligence: when the rules require it, who it applies to, and the six steps from first contact to an approved, monitored client.
Who is your client?
What to collect and check to identify an individual or a company client, and when verification must be done.
Who really owns the client?
How to find the beneficial owner, the real person behind a company or trust, using the 25% test and its fallbacks.
Screening the names
Checking clients, owners and agents against sanctions lists and for political exposure, and what to do when a name matches.