Germany Beneficial Ownership Register (Transparenzregister): UBO Data, Access Restrictions, and the 2027 Reset
Germany has over 5 million registered companies and one of the EU’s largest corporate registers. But its UBO data is
UK Beneficial Ownership & UBO Data: The 2025–2026 Compliance Guide
25% UBO threshold (shares or voting rights) Free Basic PSC data via Companies House API ~20% Entities with no individual
Global Ownership Data Index: What Corporate Ownership Data Is Available in 173+ Countries [2026]
Corporate ownership data is the foundation of KYB (Know Your Business) compliance, anti-money laundering investigations, entity verification, and commercial due
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act: What Changed for UBO Compliance
The ECCTA 2023 transformed Companies House from a passive filing cabinet into an active gatekeeper. Here’s what changed, what’s still
Multi-Layered Corporate Structures: A Risk-Scoring Framework for Escalation Decisions
A holding company in the UK owns a subsidiary in Luxembourg. That subsidiary owns a shell company in the BVI.
Circular Ownership Structures: How Companies Use Loops to Hide Beneficial Owners
A compliance team’s guide to detecting, calculating, and resolving circular ownership — the technique that turns a 2% shareholder into
Case Study: How Booking.com Fights Fake Properties and Payment Fraud by Verifying Partner Ownership
Cybercriminals are hijacking accommodation partner accounts and creating fake listings. Booking.com is verifying who actually owns the properties on its
Case Study: How OakNorth Matches Its AI-Powered Credit Intelligence With AI-Powered UBO Resolution
A bank famous for zero credit losses on £12.5 billion in lending needed UBO verification that could keep pace with
Case Study: How TBC Bank Traces Ownership Across the Caucasus, Turkey, and the Gulf States
When your clients’ ownership chains run through Tbilisi, Istanbul, Dubai, and Nicosia, you need a tool that speaks every registry’s
Case Study: How Kroll’s Investigators Use AI-Powered Ownership Mapping to Build Cases Faster
Kroll’s clients don’t need a compliance check. They need a corporate X-ray. The Challenge Kroll’s work is adversarial. The targets