KYC and AML compliance in the United States

Identity verification, AML screening, company registry checks and database checks for customers and companies in the United States, with an overview of its anti-money laundering framework, international listings and financial regulators.

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Checks available in the United States

Identity verification

Available

Identity documents are verified by reading their data fields and machine-readable zone and checking them for tampering and expiry, with a selfie face match and a liveness check.

How identity verification works

AML screening

Available

Individuals and companies are screened for sanctions, politically exposed persons, adverse media, fitness and probity, regulatory enforcement and insolvency, and monitored at a frequency that follows their risk level.

How AML screening works

Company registry checks

Available

Company search, registry profiles and official registry documents from 17 state registries, and part of them from 21 more, as listed below.

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
California: official registry documents
Colorado: official registry documents
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia: official registry documents
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland: official registry documents
Massachusetts
Minnesota: company search and registry profiles
Mississippi: official registry documents
Missouri: official registry documents
Montana: official registry documents
New Hampshire
New Jersey: company search and registry profiles
New Mexico: company search and registry profiles
New York: company search and registry profiles
North Carolina: official registry documents
North Dakota: company search and registry profiles
Ohio: official registry documents
Oklahoma: official registry documents
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina: official registry documents
South Dakota
Utah: official registry documents
Virginia: official registry documents
Washington: official registry documents
West Virginia: company search and registry profiles
Wisconsin: company search and registry profiles
Wyoming

How company checks work

Database checks

Available

A person's details, such as their name, date of birth, address and ID number, are matched against these records, with no document needed:

Address records

How database checks work

International listings and sanctions

FATF lists: Not listed
EU list of high-risk third countries: Not listed
EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes: Not listed
UN Security Council sanctions: No regime in force
EU sanctions: No regime in force
US sanctions (OFAC): No regime in force
UK sanctions: No regime in force
US primary money laundering concern (FinCEN, section 311): Not designated
US state sponsor of terrorism: Not designated
US major money laundering jurisdiction: Named in the US State Department’s 2025 report

Anti-money laundering framework

FATF membership: Member
FATF-style regional bodies: Member of 2

Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)
Financial intelligence unit: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN)
Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units: Member since 01 Jun 1995
Tax transparency rating (OECD Global Forum): Largely compliant (2018)

Economic indicators

S&P Global Ratings: AA+, stable outlook
Fitch Ratings: AA+, stable outlook
Moody's: Aa1, stable outlook
OECD country risk classification: Not classified: a high-income country
World Bank income group: High income
Corporate income tax rate: 25.53% (2026)
Corruption Perceptions Index: 64 out of 100 (2025)

World Bank governance indicators

Rule of law: 71.7 out of 100
Regulatory quality: 72.8 out of 100
Control of corruption: 65.5 out of 100
Government effectiveness: 76.7 out of 100
Political stability and absence of violence: 60.3 out of 100
Voice and accountability: 69.5 out of 100

Financial regulators

Central bank Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Financial supervisor Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Securities regulator Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Securities regulator Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Securities regulator Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
Financial intelligence unit Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN)

Documents verified in the United States

Passport

Verification reads the passport's data page and machine-readable zone and checks that they agree, checks its format, security features and expiry date, looks for signs of tampering, and matches the holder's face with a selfie.

Driving licence

Verification reads the licence's data fields, checks its format, security features and expiry date, looks for signs of tampering, and matches the holder's face with a selfie.

Employment Authorization Document

Verification reads the card's data fields and, where it has one, its machine-readable zone, checks its format, security features and expiry date, looks for signs of tampering, and matches the holder's face with a selfie.