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KYB verification for business customer checks

KYB verification helps you check company records, understand ownership relationships and assess the people behind a business. Global Data provides company information and related checks through WatchEye, Caspar and API, with capabilities depending on the access option selected.

  • Company records from ASIC and UK Companies House
  • Directors, shareholders and connected entities to follow
  • Identity checks and screening for the people involved
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Illustrative WatchEye business profile with mock data, not a product screen. Each check result sits beside the person it relates to, so the profile shows what is available for review rather than an overall decision.
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Overview

Check the business and its connections

A business customer review covers three areas. Each check answers a different question, so keep the results separate and compare each one with what your customer has told you.

  • ASIC · Companies House

    Company records

    Retrieve registration details, officeholders and supporting information for the company, then compare them with the details in the application.

    OutputCompany information with its source and retrieval date

    Company information

  • WatchEye · relationships

    Directors and ownership

    Follow the links between the company, its shareholders and intermediate entities to see who sits behind the business and how.

    OutputRecorded relationships and ownership percentages

    Ownership

  • WatchEye · ID Pass

    Individual checks

    Verify the identity of relevant directors and owners, and screen them for potential PEP, sanctions and adverse media matches.

    OutputA separate identity and screening result for each person

    People checks

KYB check options

Choose how your team runs KYB checks

Run the review in WatchEye, research a company in Caspar, or call the checks from your own software. The path changes who enters the details and where the result is read, not what the result means.

Path A · In WatchEye

Manage business customer checks in WatchEye

Review the business and its connected individuals within your customer workflow. Explore recorded relationships, assess screening findings and configure ongoing checks for later review.

  • Review company and individual records in contextThe company, each director and owner, and their check results sit on one entity record.
  • Explore recorded relationships and ownership informationShareholdings, calculated indirect interests and directorships stay distinct.
  • Assess screening findings and scheduled monitoring eventsA potential match is raised for your team to review, not decided by the dashboard.
Result

The entity record, with its relationships, checks and events, ready for your reviewer.

The entity record brings the company, its people and their checks together. The company profile shows the registered details with their source and date.

Illustrative WatchEye screens with mock data. Not product screenshots.

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Path B · In Caspar

Research companies and officers in Caspar

Use Caspar to research a company or officer and review the information available for your enquiry. Commercial Search returns the business record, and ASIC Extracts lets you order an official company or person extract from the same place.

  • Commercial SearchSearch by company or business name, ACN or ABN, person name, suburb, postcode, state or registration status.
  • Record DetailOpen a result to see its legal entity, ABN record, GST registration, ASIC record and court records, with export, Search Person and Auto trace to continue the enquiry.
  • ASIC ExtractsSearch ASIC for a company by name, ABN or ACN, choose the extract type, and generate the extract. The fee is shown before you confirm.
Result

The returned record and, where ordered, the ASIC extract, for your investigator to assess and decide where the enquiry needs further evidence.

In Commercial Search, your investigator enters what they know about the business: a company or business name, an ACN or ABN, a person name, or a location.

Illustrative reconstruction of Caspar screens, following the product’s layout, with fictional sample records. Not product screenshots.

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Which path for which question

WatchEye suits the customer workflow: the business, its people and their checks on one record, with monitoring over time. Caspar suits a targeted enquiry when an investigator needs the company or officer record and an official extract. The API suits teams who want the same checks inside their own systems. Capabilities differ between products, so confirm the route for each check you need.

Path C · From your software

Integrate business checks into your systems

Connect business checks to your own onboarding or review process through Global Data APIs. Submit the details required by the selected endpoint and use the returned result within your application.

  • Select the endpoint for the company information or report you needCompany searches, extracts, risk reports and UK company information each have their own endpoint.
  • Submit the documented identifiers and required fieldsUsually the company name, ABN or ACN, as set out in the endpoint documentation.
  • Handle the response and any follow-up retrieval steps in your applicationStore the returned record against your customer. Order-and-retrieve steps are documented where they apply.
Result

The company’s registration status, type, ABR details and addresses as recorded by ASIC, returned to your system for your own review step.

ASIC Search endpoint
Your applicationsends the company name or identifier Global Data APIruns the selected business check Result in your systemthe returned record, ready for review
What this gives your reviewer. The company record as held by the source, stored against your customer so your team can compare it with what the customer supplied. Extracts and reports are ordered, then retrieved, where the endpoint documents it.
Conceptual flow with sample data. Field names and request details are in the endpoint documentation. No live requests are made from this page.

API endpoints

Request schemas and example calls are in the Global Data API reference and the WatchEye API docs. Each endpoint below links to its own page. Availability through Caspar or WatchEye is separate.

ASIC searches and extracts10 endpoints

Search ASIC by name, ABN or ACN, order current, historical or relational extracts, and check officeholders. Business Check combines ABR and ASIC data in one lookup.

Company risk reports3 endpoints

Order a Company Risk Report by ABN or ACN, then retrieve it when it has compiled.

Business intelligence2 endpoints

Queue a deep-dive on an ABN and retrieve the full payload when complete.

UK Companies House9 endpoints

Search UK companies and officers, order company and officer reports, and retrieve filed documents.

Screening and ID Pass5 endpoints

Screen the connected individuals and companies, and run ID Pass for an individual from your own system.

How a business check runs

From company search to informed review

Three stages in one dashboard: find the entity, review its information and relationships, then assess the findings and decide what needs following up. Select a stage to update the screen.

Search ASIC by name or ACN and confirm the result matches the application before ordering a report. Similar names and deregistered entities appear in the results.

Illustrative mockups of the WatchEye dashboard with sample data, not product screenshots.

Company information

Review the company behind the application

Start with the company record. Review the available registration details, officeholders and supporting information against the details supplied by your customer.

Your team’s next step. Follow up each difference with the customer and record the outcome under your process.

ASIC searches and extracts, company risk reports, business intelligence and UK Companies House information are separate check and report types. Each returns different information, so choose the check that answers your question. See coverage.

Illustrative WatchEye company record with mock data. Choose a point on the left to highlight that part of the record.

Ownership

Understand ownership and connected entities

Make ownership relationships easier to follow. Review the links between a business, its shareholders and other connected entities, then identify where further information or individual checks are needed.

Illustrative ownership example
  • Shareholding
  • Calculated indirect interest
  • Directorship
Alex Morgan owns 60% of Northgate Holdings Pty Ltd. Northgate Holdings owns 50% of the customer, Harbourline Logistics Pty Ltd, so Alex Morgan’s indirect interest is 30%. Kestrel Nominees Pty Ltd holds the other 50%. Priya Shah is a director of Harbourline with no ownership recorded. Owns 60% Owns 50% Indirect 30% Owns 50% Director INDIVIDUAL A Alex Morgan Shareholder of holding company INDIVIDUAL B Priya Shah No ownership recorded HOLDING COMPANY Northgate Holdings Pty Ltd · intermediate entity CUSTOMER COMPANY Harbourline Logistics Pty Ltd · ACN 000 000 019 OTHER SHAREHOLDER Kestrel Nominees Pty Ltd · not expanded Arrows point from the owner or officeholder to the entity they hold an interest in or serve.
Customer companyHarbourline Logistics Pty LtdACN 000 000 019 · select a person or entity in the diagram
  • Shareholders: Northgate Holdings Pty Ltd (50%) and Kestrel Nominees Pty Ltd (50%)
  • Director: Priya Shah
To review

Compare the record with the application, then identify the people behind both shareholders.

Individual AAlex MorganOwns 60% of Northgate HoldingsIndirect 30% of Harbourline Logistics
Holding companyNorthgate Holdings Pty LtdOwns 50% of Harbourline Logistics
Customer companyHarbourline Logistics Pty LtdACN 000 000 019
Shareholder · not expandedKestrel Nominees Pty LtdOwns 50% of Harbourline Logistics
Individual BPriya ShahDirector of Harbourline LogisticsNo ownership recorded

What the example shows

Select a row to highlight it in the diagram, or select a person or entity for its details. The remaining 50% shareholder is shown but not expanded, which is often where further information is needed.

People checks

Check the people behind the business

Assess the relevant individuals separately from the company record. Identity verification helps establish who a person is, while screening identifies potential matches for review.

Link each person to the company

The individual’s profile in WatchEye shows how they connect to the business, with their identity and screening results in separate panels.

Verify identity directly or by link

Run a Quick ID Check in WatchEye with details you hold, or send an ID Pass link so the person completes identity capture on their own device.

Review screening matches

Screening returns potential PEP, sanctions or adverse media matches. A potential match needs review before your team treats it as a finding.

Owner completes ID Pass

Your team reviews the result

Your team creates an ID Pass for the beneficial owner from Quick ID Checks in WatchEye and sends the link by SMS. The message arrives on Alex’s phone and opens the ID Pass welcome screen.

Illustrative WatchEye and ID Pass screens with mock data. Alex Morgan is a fictional person and the face is synthetic. Not product screenshots. Timing is explanatory, not a processing time.

  • WatchEye · individual profile

    Connect the person to the company

    Keep each director or owner as their own entity, linked to the business, with separate check results.

    ShowsRelationship, identity results and screening results, side by side

  • WatchEye · Quick ID Checks

    Run a direct identity check

    Your staff enter the details you hold and run the check from the WatchEye dashboard.

    Details entered byYour staff, in WatchEye

  • ID Pass

    Send a capture link

    The person completes document and liveness capture on their own device. The result returns to WatchEye.

    Details entered byThe individual, from a link

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Ongoing checks

Review changes after onboarding

Set a review schedule for ongoing checks and assess new findings as they arise. Use the results to determine whether customer information or further checks need attention.

  • 1 · Schedule

    Choose what is re-screened, and how often

    Add the business and its connected individuals to a WatchEye program with scheduled re-screening.
  • 2 · Check runs

    Monitors run on that schedule

    Each monitor rescreens every entity in the program, for example PEP and sanctions monthly.
  • 3 · Event

    A new finding raises an event

    The event records what was found and which check found it. It is a prompt to review, not a completed review.
  • 4 · Review

    Your team assesses it

    A reviewer compares the finding with the customer record and records the outcome under your process.

WatchEye supports scheduled re-screening of programs. Confirm the supported checks and schedules for your process.

WatchEyeMonitor configurationSample data
Program
Business customers · onboarding 2026
Entities
Harbourline Logistics Pty Ltd, Northgate Holdings Pty Ltd, Alex Morgan, Priya Shah
Schedule
PEP and Sanction Screening 1st of every monthAdverse Media Screening Every Monday
Notify
Onboarding review team · report email
Monitor runCompleted
Ran
Mon 2 Nov 2026, 06:00 AEDT
Check
Adverse Media Screening · 4 entities
Result
3 with no change · 1 new potential match
Event EV-4B-7C2-91DOpened
Raised
Mon 2 Nov 2026, 06:10 AEDT
Entity
Priya Shah · director of Harbourline Logistics
Check
Adverse Media Screening · C-19-0EB-6C2
Finding
1 potential adverse media match to review
Status
Opened for reviewSam Taylor · outcome not yet recorded
Your team’s next step. Compare the match with Priya Shah’s details and record the outcome under your process. Nothing is decided until a reviewer records it.

A configured schedule, a completed check, a new event, then the event opened for review. The sequence stops before any outcome is recorded.

Illustrative WatchEye monitor and event panels with mock data, not product screenshots.

Coverage

Australian and UK company information

Company checks draw on registers, reports and intelligence services. Each returns different information, so the table below lists them by type rather than as a single count of sources.

Australia

ASIC and supporting Australian sources

  • ASIC company searches and current or historical extracts
  • Registration details, officeholders and shareholders as recorded
  • Company risk reports for a wider view of the entity
  • Business intelligence where your review needs more context

United Kingdom

UK Companies House

  • Company information from UK Companies House
  • Company details to compare with the application
  • Officer and filing information where available
  • Screening of connected individuals in WatchEye

Sources and available checks

Check or reportTypeSourceWhat it helps you review
ASIC company search and extractRegisterASICRegistration status, identifiers, addresses, officeholders and recorded shareholders
UK company informationRegisterUK Companies HouseCompany details for UK entities
Company risk reportReportCombined sourcesA consolidated view of the company to support a risk assessment
Business intelligenceIntelligenceGlobal Data servicesFurther background on the business when the review needs it
Identity verificationIndividualDVS and data sourcesWhether the details of a director or owner match supported records
PEP, sanctions and adverse media screeningIndividualScreening data setsPotential matches for each connected individual, for review

Exact coverage depends on the selected check.

Access options

Three products, one business review

The options differ in who enters the details and where the result goes. Most teams run the business review in WatchEye, with Caspar for deeper research and the APIs for checks inside their own systems.

  • WatchEye

    Run the business review in one place: the company record, its relationships, Quick ID Checks and ID Pass for the individuals, screening, and the events raised by monitoring.

    Details entered by
    Your staff, or the individual through an ID Pass link
    Result appears in
    The entity record, with its relationships, checks and events
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  • Caspar

    Research tool for investigators who need targeted company, officer and background enquiries beyond the standard business check, with ASIC extracts ordered from the same place.

    Details entered by
    Your investigators
    Result appears in
    Caspar search results, record detail and ordered extracts
    About Caspar

  • Global Data API

    Connect supported company and individual checks to your own onboarding or case-management system, with an endpoint for each check.

    Details entered by
    Your system
    Result appears in
    The API response
    API documentation

Available checks, results and access arrangements vary by product. Tell us what your team needs to establish so we can discuss the relevant options. Business access, vetting and setup requirements apply.

Getting started

Plan access around your requirements

Tell us how business customers join you and which checks you need. We can then talk through the right product, setup and commercial terms.

Before your first KYB check

  • Decide which checks your process calls for: company search, extract or report, individual verification, screening and ongoing monitoring.
  • Agree how your team will run them: WatchEye users, Caspar for investigators, or an API integration into your own systems.
  • Allow for business access, vetting and setup. Your Global Data account manager arranges these with you.
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Bring to the demo

  • A typical business customer and how they join you
  • The company and individual checks you run today
  • Expected monthly volumes
  • Whether your team works in WatchEye, Caspar or your own systems
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Questions

Questions about KYB verification

For individual customers, see KYC due diligence.

What is included in a KYB check?

A KYB check usually covers three areas: the company record, the company’s directors and ownership, and checks on the relevant individuals. Which checks you run depends on your obligations, the customer’s risk and your process. Each check returns its own result for your team to review.

How does KYB differ from an ABN lookup?

An ABN lookup confirms details from the Australian Business Register. A KYB review goes further: it looks at the company’s registration with ASIC, its officeholders and shareholders, and the people behind it, then compares that information with what the customer has supplied.

How are ownership relationships established?

Relationships come from the company information returned by the selected check, such as recorded shareholders and officeholders. WatchEye records these relationships with ownership percentages and shows them in a relationship diagram. Where a shareholder is itself a company, you can follow the chain to the next entity.

Can the checks identify every beneficial owner?

Not on their own. Registers show recorded ownership, which may stop at a nominee, trust or overseas entity. People can also control a business without holding shares. Use the results to see where further information is needed, and ask the customer for it where your process requires.

Can we verify and screen the relevant individuals?

Yes. Directors, owners and other relevant people can be verified with Quick ID Checks in WatchEye, or through an ID Pass link they complete on their own device. They can also be screened for potential PEP, sanctions and adverse media matches. Identity and screening results are kept separate.

What company information is available outside Australia?

UK company information is available from Companies House. For other jurisdictions, talk to us about your requirements so we can confirm what is available for the checks you need.

How do ongoing checks work?

Add the business and its connected individuals to a WatchEye program. Monitors re-screen the entities on a schedule you configure. When a monitor finds something new, it raises an event for your team to review and record the outcome.

Can we integrate checks into our own systems?

Yes, for supported checks. The Global Data APIs connect company and individual checks to your own onboarding or case-management system. See the API catalogue for the available endpoints.

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Tell us how your team assesses business customers. Discuss the company information, ownership checks and individual verification options relevant to your process.

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