Know Your Customer (KYC)
The know your customer or know your client (KYC) guidelines in financial servicesGeneral services, including non-profits, forums and news sit... More require that professionals make an effort to verify the identity, suitability, and risks involved with maintaining a business relationship. Essentially, it means that financial service organizations need to know their customer to ensure the customer is not engaging in criminalA Criminal is an individual or group who has been convicted ... More activity. The term can also refer to the bank regulations and anti-money laundering regulations that govern these activities. KYC processes are also employed by companies of all sizes for the purpose of ensuring their proposed customers, agents, consultants, or distributors are anti-bribery compliant, and are actually who they claim to be.