Enhanced Due Diligence

KYC Enhanced Due Diligence Reports

LSEG KYC Enhanced Due Diligence Reports provide human-led research and structured findings when screening or standard customer due diligence does not provide sufficient visibility into potential risk. Use the reports to support documented customer review and decision-making.

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Trusted intelligence for enhanced customer due diligence

Higher-risk customer relationships can require more than screening and standard customer due diligence. Compliance teams may need deeper investigation, clearer context and documented findings to support onboarding, escalation, periodic review and customer acceptance decisions.

LSEG KYC Enhanced Due Diligence Reports combine trusted data, expert human investigation and the responsible use of AI. Analysts lead, interpret and validate the research, while AI supports efficiency, clarity and consistency. The reports provide context on potential risk factors relating to company and individual subjects, supporting the customer’s own review under internal or regulatory scrutiny.

The service forms part of the wider LSEG Due Diligence Reports offering, with report scope configured to reflect different risk profiles and review needs.

At a glance

  • Support a risk-based approach when standard due diligence does not provide sufficient assurance.
  • Obtain structured research on company or individual subjects for customer review.
  • Use human-led analysis, with AI supporting research efficiency, clarity and consistency.
  • Configure report scope to reflect the potential risk, subject and review need.

Features and benefits

Configurable report scope

Focus research on the subject, potential risk indicators and level of detail required for review.

Human-led investigation

Experienced analysts lead, interpret and validate research, providing clear context for customer review and decisions.

Broad source research

Draw on LSEG data, external databases, news sources and official records where these are available.

Customer and ownership insight

Explore identity, ownership, business activity, reputation and other potential risk factors relevant to the subject.

Structured findings

Receive organised findings and source context designed to support efficient assessment, escalation and documented review.

Flexible delivery

Access reports through available formats, including portal or API-supported workflows where the selected service permits.

Who uses KYC Enhanced Due Diligence Reports?

Organisations with established onboarding or due diligence workflows may need deeper research when a customer relationship presents limited visibility or heightened potential risk. Compliance and legal teams can use the reports to review researched findings and support escalation or customer decisions. Procurement and supply chain, security, channel management and other business teams may also use EDD within relevant due diligence responsibilities. The service can support large corporates with sophisticated third-party risk management programmes, partners and resellers integrating LSEG data, and clients requiring secure, restricted access to due diligence data.

Why choose LSEG KYC Enhanced Due Diligence Reports?

Research shaped around the review

Research shaped around the review

Customer risk questions vary by relationship, ownership structure and the information already available. LSEG KYC EDD Reports can be configured around the subject, potential risk indicators and depth of research required. This helps teams obtain relevant context for the review without applying the same scope to every case, while keeping assessment and final decisions with the customer.

Human judgement supported by AI

Human judgement supported by ai

Complex cases can require interpretation of sources, names, relationships and local context. LSEG analysts lead, interpret and validate each investigation, while AI supports efficiency, clarity and consistency across the research process. This gives review teams structured findings led by accountable human judgement, rather than presenting technology as the decision-maker in practice.

Structured findings for scrutiny

Structured findings for scrutiny

Reviewers may need to understand, escalate and retain the basis for a customer decision. LSEG KYC EDD Reports organise relevant findings and source context in a structured format that supports consistent internal assessment. The report informs the workflow, while the organisation remains responsible for applying internal policy, assessing potential risk and deciding the appropriate customer action.

Connection to wider due diligence

Connection to wider due diligence

KYC EDD sits within the wider LSEG Due Diligence Reports offering. Organisations can use deeper customer research alongside established screening and due diligence processes, selecting a scope that reflects the case and review need. This provides a clearer route from an initial information gap or potential concern to focused research and documented customer review.

How it works

Bring together the subject information and review requirements needed to investigate a customer relationship. The selected report scope provides structured findings and source context that your team can assess, document and use to determine the next action under your own policies.

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    Provide the subject information, reason for enhanced review and required research scope to focus the report on the customer task.

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    LSEG analysts examine relevant information within the agreed scope, using AI to support efficiency, clarity and consistency.

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    Receive the report through the available delivery route and assess findings and source context against your own policies.

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    Record the review, escalate where appropriate and make the customer decision within your organisation’s governance framework.

Choose the report scope

KYC Enhanced Due Diligence Reports are available for companies and individuals and can be tailored to different risk profiles through configurable report scopes and optional areas of research.

Report Type Description
Basic 
  • General background information
  • World-Check screening
  • Adverse media research in English and a relevant local language.
Core
  • Employment history and business interests for individual subjects, or corporate registry information for company subjects
  • World-Check screening
  • Media, litigation, bankruptcy, regulatory and law enforcement research
  • Analysis of client-provided documentation
  • Relatives and close associates listing.
Premium Core report content plus local source inquiries on overall business reputation.
Entity Verification Report
  • Corporate Registry Information 
  • Basic Business Overview
  • Ultimate beneficial ownership identification
  • Senior management listing
  • World-Check screening on the subject company, owners, shareholders and senior management.
Optional scope areas Ownership research, source of wealth analysis, financial credit searches and additional jurisdictional investigations where required.

For supported delivery and integration detail, see the EDD integration capabilities brochure.

Use cases

FAQs

  • KYC EDD may be appropriate when screening or standard due diligence does not provide sufficient visibility into potential customer risk. Examples include information gaps, complex ownership or potential concerns requiring deeper research and documented review.

  • The selected scope may cover identity, ownership, business activity, reputation and other relevant potential risk indicators. Source of wealth research and financial credit searches are also available for cases requiring deeper review.

  • No. The report provides researched findings and context to support the customer’s review. The organisation remains responsible for applying internal policy, assessing potential risk and making any onboarding, escalation or relationship decision.

  • Available formats include PDF reports, interactive web reports and structured data outputs. Portal or API-supported delivery may be available depending on the selected service and configuration.

  • Screening can surface records or potential concerns for initial review. KYC EDD provides deeper, human-led research when available information is insufficient for the customer’s assessment or when the case requires more context.

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