Identification of beneficial owners (UBO)
Identify beneficial owners quickly and with legal certainty. Regpit automates UBO determination with access to over 300 registers in 100 countries: For transparent, efficient compliance processes.
Why is the Identification of the beneficial owners so important?
The identification of the beneficial owners, often also UBO determination (Ultimate Beneficial Owner) is a central component of every AML and KYC compliance.
The Money Laundering Act (GwG) obliges companies to identify the persons who ultimately exercise ownership or control over a contractual partner.
In practice, this is crucial to prevent money laundering, tax evasion or terrorist financing.
Incorrect or incomplete information can lead to severe fines, liability risks and reputational damage.
Who is considered "Beneficial owner"?
As Beneficial owner is any natural person who directly or indirectly more than 25 % of the shares or voting rights of a company or exercises control in a comparable manner.
There are often complex chains of ownership, foreign registers or intermediate companies, which can quickly become a challenge without technical support.
The challenge in the determination of beneficial owners
The identification of beneficial owners is complex, internationally ramified and legally demanding. Different registers, languages and structures make manual checks inefficient and error-prone.
Typical challenges:
- Complex ownership structures: International participation chains with several levels
- Inconsistent register landscape: Each country uses its own formats, data sources and languages
- Lack of transparency: In some countries, registers are incomplete or difficult to access
- High manual effort: Searches take a long time and are almost impossible to document in an audit-proof manner
Instead of tedious list checking: intelligent automation that doesn't overlook anything.
The solution: Determination of beneficial owners with Regpit
Regpit digitalises and automates the entire Identification of beneficial owners (UBO), from data retrieval to audit-proof documentation.
Your advantages with Regpit:
- Automated register queries: access to over 300 commercial and transparency registers in more than 100 countries
- Structure dissolution: Multi-level shareholdings are automatically dissolved up to the natural person
- Legal compliance: results are checked, documented and securely archived in accordance with the GwG
- Intuitive dashboard: All ownership and control relationships presented clearly, visually and comprehensibly
- Global use: standardised presentation despite different languages, formats and legal systems
- Seamless integration: Direct integration into your existing KYC and KYB processes
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