KYC and Due Diligence

KYC and Customer Due Diligence

Enabling our customers to keep ahead of the customer due diligence (CDD) regulatory curve with our advanced KYC services

KYC and Customer Due Diligence Services

The global anti-money laundering (AML) efforts to address financial crime have made transparency of financial activity a priority – it is critical for organisations to know who they are doing business with.

Our know your customer (KYC)-managed services enable organisations to stay ahead of the regulatory curve by bringing deep domain expertise and industry-led capabilities to provide integrated KYC lifecycle management. Based on a client’s directives and needs, we design KYC solutions that can aid in creating overflow capacity for new client onboarding processes or work through client KYC profiles that are due for scheduled renewals.

We offer the complete range of KYC and customer due diligence services, including the Customer Identification Program (CIP); development of customised risk rating methodologies; politically exposed person (PEP), specially designated national (SDN), negative news or adverse media, and enhanced due diligence (EDD) monitoring; review of anti-financial crime (AFC) policies and procedures; vendor due diligence; and country risk reports. On the AML front, we track suspicious transactions and compile and report associated suspicious transaction reports (STRs)..

How we are different

PROCESS OPTIMISATION
PROCESS OPTIMISATION
Optimised KYC solutions with a reduction in total cost of KYC compliance.
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
Leverage our deep KYC/ client due diligence transition and operations experience to reduce delivery risk and achieve targeted outcomes.
STRONGER SERVICE QUALITY LEVELS
STRONGER SERVICE QUALITY LEVELS
Our KYC services are structured with teams focusing on specific entity types and risk categories.

What we have done

Support for Consulting and Corporate Firms
Clearing Alert Backlogs – A Global Mining Firm
What we are proud of

USD100K

Saved in operating costs

100%

Timeline achieved

Support for Consulting and Corporate Firms
Process Adherence Support with OFAC Checks for US-Based Global Investment Manager
What we are proud of

>2,000+

cases of due diligence

100%

timelines achieved

In the News

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Meet our experts

Kumail Jillisger

Associate Director, Head of Financial Crimes Compliance

As Head of Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) vertical, Kumail oversees the engagement management and delivery framework for Due Diligence operations, Transaction Monitoring and AML Analytics. He is also responsible to strengthen the vertical by recommending optimal business solution to clients and technology oversight for FCC vertical. Kumail has 25+ years of prolific experience in KYC/AML operations, back office operations, process migration, business analysis and system implementation, process deliveries and team building. He puts strong focus on identifying risk in a process and believes in leveraging his IT know-how for automating operations.

Kumail Jillisger
Jehan Jeyaretnam

Director, Head of Compliance Services

Jehan is global head of Compliance Services, serving buy- and sell-side clients. He was previously the head of global projects and transitions — equity, and led all inbound scoping requests and delivery solutions for buy- and sell-side clients. Jehan managed the setup and transition of several large engagements, including lift-and-shift of processes for clients across multiple work streams. He has over 17 years of experience in investment research and analysis, compliance, project management, audit control and systems implementation. He has led large projects and teams across multiple work streams and global locations and is a Certified Investment Advisor (Colombo Stock Exchange)

Jehan Jeyaretnam
Manjunath Pola

Associate Director, Compliance and Ops

Manjunath has over 13 years of experience in financial services and compliance offshoring in the areas of know your customer (KYC), anti-money laundering, transaction monitoring, email surveillance and foreign exchange. He previously worked at Deutsche Bank, Amicorp India Pvt. Ltd. and Thomson Reuters. At Acuity Knowledge Partners, Manjunath has been part of multiple engagement and is responsible for delivering KYC projects for the firm’s compliance clientele globally. Manjunath is a MBA in finance and marketing from Bangalore University.

Manjunath Pola
Chetan Majithia

Head, North America, Business Development for Private Markets, Investment Banking and Consulting; Co-Head - Commercial Banking and Corporates

Chetan has over 20 years of experience across the financial services sector’s markets, geographies and asset classes. At Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity), he spearheads Business Development for multiple strategic business units (IB, Private Markets, Consulting, Corporates, and Banking). During his almost seven years journey at Acuity, Chetan has been responsible for partnering with clients in these segments to transform and build business efficiencies through tailor-made and proprietary solutions, enabling them to save millions of dollars.

Prior to Acuity, Chetan was on the Board of Directors at CRISIL US, an S&P company, and Director and Head of Financial Research, Business Development, Americas. In his 13+ years 'journey at CRISIL, Chetan managed multiple roles, including setting up and leading the Equities practice in Indian markets, wherein he successfully launched India’s first independent equity research service provider, and setting up and heading CRISIL’s first international offshore operations in Argentina. Prior to CRISIL, Chetan worked with ING Bank and Citibank in multiple roles. He has featured consistently in media including on CNBC-TV18 and Bloomberg, and his views on Indian stock markets are covered widely by all leading financial publications.

Chetan is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (the equivalent of a CPA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds an MBA in Finance from NMIMS, India. He is also a Company Secretary (with a degree in Corporate Law) with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He passed CFA Level 2 examinations.

Chetan Majithia
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