Financial sector

KYC Agent

The check runs across four systems. Every switch breaks the thread and costs the customer a day.

Automates identity and document checks during onboarding.

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Public administration

Four processes that take up the most time today

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU or on-premises

Delivered together with

STACKIT Sovereign hosting in Germany, single-tenant from the first user.
Rödl Legal, tax and compliance expertise for legally sound deployment.
4P Consulting Advisory and implementation for the public sector, starting with the AI readiness assessment.

Opening an account for a GmbH brings four systems and a folder of documents to one desk.

The application comes from the onboarding journey, the extract from the commercial register, and the ID arrives as a scan from the identity verification process. The analyst checks each document against the requirements list, types the names of the parties into the screening tool and enters the result back into the customer record. At the end, he records everything he checked all over again for the audit trail.

1account openingA GmbH is opening a business account; the signed application is on file.
9documentsIDs, commercial register extract, shareholder list and powers of attorney come from three sources.
4partiesTwo beneficial owners from the shareholder list, plus the managing director and the authorised officer as signatories.
13audit trail entriesNine document checks and four list screenings, each reference logged separately.

The 60% is won before the first assessment: documents, list screenings and the audit trail run in a single pass instead of one after another in four systems.

The 60% speed-up in KYC checks is this agent's headline figure. Nine documents and four parties to screen describe a GmbH with two shareholders in onboarding; they are illustrative, not a counted average.

Three steps through the process.

The agent checks the documents and screens the parties against the lists; the compliance specialist decides the customer's risk rating.

Match documents to the requirements list

The agent opens every submitted document and assigns it to the required type of evidence. It checks that IDs are valid and that names match the spelling in the application.

Document list for KYC-2026-3187, 9 documents assigned to a type of evidence

Screen parties against sanctions lists

The agent takes the two beneficial owners from the shareholder list, plus the managing director and the authorised officer from the register extract. It screens each of the four and records every hit with the list, date and spelling.

Screening log with 4 checks, 1 name match with a different spelling

Hand over the KYC file for approval

The agent places the KYC file, with all references and the audit trail, in the customer record. Open points are listed at the top, each with reason and date.

kyc_pruefakte_KYC-2026-3187.pdf, 13 time-stamped audit trail entries

What the agent does not do.

It does not approve the business relationship.

It presents the KYC file, list matches and open points. The compliance specialist signs off the customer.

It does not decide whether a name match refers to the person in question.

For a sanctions list match, it compares date of birth, country and spelling. The KYC analyst makes the call and records it in the customer record.

A power of attorney held as a paper original at the branch never reaches it.

Until it is scanned into the customer record, that line in the audit trail has no supporting document. The KYC file then shows the power of attorney as missing, and approval waits.

Connected systems

  • Core banking system
  • onboarding journey
  • sanctions list screening

Operations

  • Deployment modelEU cloud, private cloud or on-premises
  • Data processingGDPR-compliant, no model training on your data
  • Responsible teamsCompliance, onboarding, AML

The questions that come up before the first meeting.

How quickly is the KYC Agent ready to use?

A pilot typically runs on your own data within 6 to 8 weeks. The agent connects to your existing systems rather than running as a separate, parallel environment.

Where is the data processed?

EU cloud, private cloud or on-premises. Processing is GDPR-compliant and models are never trained on your data. Details in the Trust Center.

Where does the figure “60% faster KYC checks” come from?

It is based on experience from comparable projects and process benchmarks, not a commitment. We work out the realistic effect for your organisation during the assessment before the pilot.

Related agents.

Intake review, case 2026/04711

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