Overview
Perform Know-Your-Business (KYB) checks with the FrankieOne API.
A Business is a type of Entity in FrankieOne. FrankieOne searches over 180 company registries to obtain complete profile information from a company ID.
There are currently two completely separate flows for onboarding Australian and International businesses into Frankie one.
International Business KYB
- You must create the entity profile before taking any subsequent steps.
- You can’t use entities from the Australian flow in the International Flow.
- FrankieOne provides documents in the background by default and you can’t change this behavior.
International Businesses KYB
For a detailed view of the International Businesses workflow, view the Get started with International KYB ->.
- The search can be based on the name or the registration number based on the region. View the Get started with International KYB ->
- Once the above search is completed a company profile can be requested and this is when an Entity is created on the Frankieone end. Retrieve a Business Profile ->
- Using the above-created entity a list of available documents from the provider can be requested. The list of documents will contain report codes. Getting a List of Documents from Catalogue ->
- Using the report code and the entity ID individual reports as necessary will then need to be requested. Order a document from Catalogue ->
Australian Business KYB
- This is an independent flow from the International KYB flow.
- The information depends on the available info in the public registries and providers.
Australian Businesses KYB
For a detailed view of the Australian Businesses workflow which searches ASIC and the ABR. View the Australian businesses guide ->.
- Search for a business to represent an entity Business Look Up - Australia ->
- Create an entity object to represent a business. Create a business entity ->
- Query details about the ownership of a business. Business ownership query ->
- This can be based on a previously created entity
- This can also create and run the business ownership query in one call.
- This call runs in the background and can take up to 5 minutes. The response can be checked via Retrieve previous UBO query results ->
- Perform checks for individuals associated with a business Perform Checks for Associated Individuals ->
- Run credit reports, including a credit score report Run Credit Reports ->
- Manage associated entities to a business. These entities can be individuals or businesses. These should be ideally used for entity types of trusts, partnerships and funds where the information around UBO can’t be fetched from the public data registers and need manual intervention Manage associated entities for a Business ->
- Add entities for continuous monitoring lets you monitor changes on entities and update the information as required Continuous KYB for an Entity ->