Know your Customer / Customer Due Diligence

RiskShield for KYC & CDD – 
Real-time Insights. Risk-based Actions. Zero Guesswork.

Customer Due Diligence (CDD) is a crucial part of Know Your Customer (KYC) and a regulatory must for AML compliance. RiskShield empowers the process that financial institutions and insurance companies go through to screen the customers and assess the risk they pose before establishing a business relationship.

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From Compliance Obligation to Strategic Advantage

In today’s high-stakes regulatory environment, Customer Due Diligence is no longer just a compliance requirement, it’s a strategic imperative.

RiskShield enables financial institutions to monitor the entire customer lifecycle – combining risk evolution, transaction monitoring, and all screening activities in one powerful platform.

Smart Monitoring for Every Customer Touchpoint

Risk must be monitored continuously and consistently, regardless of where in your organization your customer is interacting.

Whether it’s initial onboarding, ongoing screening, product updates, or reacting to new AML controls, RiskShield ensures you're always one step ahead protecting your organization and your customers.

KYC & Due Diligence with RiskShield

KYC

Know Your Customer

KYC

Collects and maintains customer information to meet regulatory requirements.

CDD

Customer Due Diligence

CDD

Assesses customer risk and helps detect potential money laundering or illicit activities.

EDD

Enhanced Due Diligence

EDD

Enables deeper investigation of high-risk customers, including PEPs and complex ownership structures.

ODD

Ongoing Due Diligence

ODD

Continuously monitors customer profiles, transactions, and risk levels to ensure ongoing compliance.

Key Challenges in KYC/CDD and How RiskShield Solves Them

1. Stringent and Evolving Regulations
Global financial regulations are complex and constantly changing. RiskShield keeps you compliant across jurisdictions with a flexible rule engine and real-time updates that align with AML, KYC, and CDD mandates.

 

2. Resource-Intensive Processes
Traditional KYC practices are labor-heavy and error-prone. RiskShield automates core tasks (customer screening, risk scoring, transaction monitoring) freeing teams to focus on higher-value activities. 

 

3. Accurate Risk Assessment 
Ongoing risk evaluation is critical to identifying high-risk customers. With Hybrid AI and dynamic scorecards, RiskShield enables real-time, adaptive risk assessment throughout the customer lifecycle. 

4. Customer Experience vs. Compliance 
Lengthy, document-heavy onboarding can frustrate customers. RiskShield streamlines monitoring, helping you balance frictionless onboarding with regulatory integrity. 

 

5. Integration Across Systems
KYC doesn’t happen in isolation. RiskShield integrates easily with your onboarding tools, CRM, core banking systems, and external identity providers while ensuring consistent compliance and unified risk insights. 

 

6. Need for Flexible Modeling 
Global financial regulations are complex and constantly changing. RiskShield keeps you compliant across jurisdictions with a flexible rule engine and real-time updates that align with AML, KYC, and CDD mandates.

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Let’s Talk About Your KYC & CDD Strategy.

Whether you're looking to streamline onboarding, stay compliant with evolving AML regulations, or automate ongoing risk monitoring – we're here to support you.
Let’s explore how RiskShield can strengthen your KYC/CDD processes.

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Dr. Stephan  Lemkens

Dr. Stephan Lemkens

Solution Owner Compliance | Risk & Fraud

Stephan has been a consultant within the Professional Teams since 2018, gaining experiences with projects focusing on Transaction and Session Monitoring in the context of fraud prevention. Since 2020 he has been focusing on Compliance, working closely with our customers on projects around Suspicious Activity Monitoring and Customer Due Diligence.

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