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Know Your Customer (KYC) Operate

End-to-end managed services for KYC and background screening across the GCC

KYC Operate is a Deloitte managed service for corporates, Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) and other organizations across the GCC. It builds, screens, maintains and refreshes KYC and counterparty due diligence files, so ownership and screening evidence is current and ready whenever a bank, investor or counterparty asks for it.

Run Know Your Customer (KYC) and screening as a managed operation

Scrutiny and enforcement are increasing across the UAE, KSA, and Qatar, transparency expectations continue to tighten, and ownership information is increasingly expected to remain current rather than captured once. Bank access has moved with it: opening, holding, or renewing a relationship now often turns on producing current ownership and screening evidence on demand. At the same time, lengthening ownership chains, regional headquarters, private capital, family structures, and cross-border counterparties, add layers to trace and maintain.

Through KYC Operate, Deloitte builds, remediates, refreshes, and maintains the Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) files that evidence who stands behind the entities a client owns, funds, onboards, or transacts with, and runs background screening, standalone or within a file, returned as findings. It is delivered for corporates, family offices, family-owned groups, and Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs).


 

What you get: Deliverables are tailored to scope and may include:

Factual KYC report

A per-entity summary of ownership, screening outcomes, diligence performed, and any gaps, with the documented rationale.

Ownership structure mapping

Ownership traced through the layers toward the Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs), as far as records allow, flagging any layer that cannot be completed.

Identity and entity verification records

The underlying identity, registration, and ownership documents, organized and indexed.

Screening records and summaries

Names and entities screened against agreed sources, with the rationale for each disposition.

Evidence index and trackers

Every observation linked to its source, with what is missing, inconsistent, or expired, and the remediation status.

Population tracker and refresh records

Status across the file population, with refresh history and change logs.

Let's strengthen your KYC readiness

Book a consultation or request a KYC Health Check to identify documentation gaps, remediation priorities and next steps.