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Ownership is hard to trace
A company can be verified while the people who actually control it stay invisible behind the structure.
Solutions / Know Your Business
Know Your Business
Validate B2B customers faster, without missing group risk.
KYB fails when ownership is unclear and screening noise hides the signal. ClearSignal verifies the entity, traces the UBO chain, maps connected companies, and applies your KYB policy as rules. Good business moves; group risk surfaces.
UBO tracing · Policy-led consistency · Full audit trail
KYB liveCASE · KYB-3310
UBO chain · 3 layersReview12 linked
Company
UBO / Person
Risk flagged
Connected entities: 12UBO · 25% threshold
Reading the whole business, not just the name
Registration & filingsDirectors & PSCsUBO & ownership chainsConnected entitiesSanctions · PEP · adverse mediaCredit & payment behaviour
Why KYB breaks down
You verified the company. But who controls it?
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Policy is applied from memory
Reviewers interpret the guidelines differently, so the same business gets different answers on different desks.
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Screening noise hides the signal
Watchlist noise floods the case and buries the genuine risk under false positives.
Single entity vs. group view
A verified company isn’t a cleared one.
Same business, same checks. Switch between a single-entity verification and ClearSignal’s group view to see the control and connected exposure a flat check would miss.
⏸ Entity verified · flat view
A company that checks out.
The registration is valid and the directors are listed. You approve, without ever seeing who really controls the business or what they’re connected to.
Step 1Business identity verifiedRegistration evidence
Step 2UBO chain resolved3 layers mapped
Step 3Connected entities surfaced12 linked companies
Step 4Concentration pattern flaggedRepeat directors
DoneSigned off with evidenceDefensible case record
What changes with ClearSignal
Faster validation. Clearer ownership. Consistent calls.
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Clear low-risk businesses faster
Straightforward cases move through without rebuilding the narrative each time. Backlogs shrink.
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See the connected exposure
Connected entities and people are visible, surfacing concentration and repeat patterns early.
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Defensible by default
Outcome, evidence and sign-off are captured automatically, so every case is audit-ready.
How it works
From registration data to a signed-off case.
Read the business and its owners in one workflow.
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Turn KYB policy into rules
Upload your policy; ClearSignal converts it into structured checks, thresholds, exceptions and approval routes.
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Build the business profile
Consolidate registration, filing and identifier data into a single, reviewable view.
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Map ownership
Trace directors, PSCs/UBOs and connected entities, with the control chain laid out clearly.
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Screen and triage
Screening and adverse media run inside the workflow, with summarised findings and the noise filtered out.
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Sign off and preserve
Approve or decline; the outcome, evidence, actions and timestamps are captured automatically.
Capabilities
Built to read the whole business.
Business identity verification
Confirm entity details with registration evidence attached to the case.
Ownership & UBO tracing
Follow the control chain from company to ultimate beneficial owner, layer by layer.
People ↔ company graph
Navigate the connections between people and companies without manual cross-referencing.
Screening & adverse media
View directors, UBOs and links screened inside the workflow, triaged for signal.
Policy-to-Rules engine
Turn your uploaded KYB policy into enforceable checks and thresholds, consistent across teams.
Audit trail & decision record
Outcomes, evidence, actions and timestamps captured automatically.
Defensible by default
A case record that shows your work.
KYB has to stand up to an auditor. ClearSignal records what was checked, the ownership it resolved, the findings, and the approval rationale. Every business decision can be reconstructed.
See a sample KYB record →Case KYB-3310 · decision record
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Entity verified
Registration evidence attached
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UBO chain resolved
3 layers · control mapped
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Concentration pattern
Repeat directors · 4 prior entities
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Signed off · record captured
Outcome + evidence + rationale
Group view
A verified company isn’t a cleared one.
ClearSignal maps the directors, PSCs, UBOs and connected companies behind the entity. Concentration and repeat-director patterns surface before you approve.
Clear
Watch
Risk
Brightline Holdings
Holdco A
Holdco B
UBO · 62%
Repeat director
Linked co · 4 prior
PSC confirmed
Frequently asked
The questions KYB teams ask first.
Yes. ClearSignal is built around policy-led consistency. Upload your policy and it becomes enforceable rules, then refine only where you want to.
No. ClearSignal provides researched recommendations with citations; your team signs off, and the platform stores the rationale and evidence.
Yes. ClearSignal is designed to make group structure and relationships readable, so reviewers can see control and connected exposure.
The workflow focuses on triage and evidence: apply your thresholds consistently and keep the reasoning attached to the case.
Yes. Evidence, results, reviewer actions and timestamps are captured automatically.
Most customers are live the same day.
Book a 15-minute demo
Validate businesses without missing the group risk.
See a KYB case walkthrough: policy-to-rules, ownership tracing, screening triage and a defensible decision record.
UBO tracingPolicy-to-RulesScreening triageAudit trail