The traditional approach to Know Your Customer (KYC) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) isn’t working anymore. Manual data gathering, periodic reviews, and disconnected systems—they all lead to unnecessary increases in risk exposure for your financial institution.
The legacy approach can result in missed information, an inaccurate understanding of customer risk, and ultimately, misaligned customer risk scoring. This can have serious ramifications across the customer life cycle, from unknowingly onboarding high-risk customers, or even criminals, to inaccurate monitoring of customer activity and not identifying suspicious activity.
FIs need to adapt, break down silos between departments, use available information and modernize their technology to better manage their KYC/ CDD processes. This will increase risk scoring accuracy and deliver a better customer experience while reducing friction. The foundational requirement of an effective CDD program is understanding your customers.
Download this paper to reveal Seven Key Focus Areas to Drive Effective KYC/CDD.