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Resolve the entity, then everyone behind it.

Registry verification, corporate structure resolution, UBO discovery through layers of ownership, and screening of every director, shareholder, and beneficial owner you surface.

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Inside the entity file

From trade licence to every human behind it

Registry truth first, then the ownership structure, then the same person-level checks on everyone it exposes.

01

Registry verification

Legal name, license status, activity, and incorporation details checked against the source registry. Registry coverage: UAE registries today, mainland, DIFC, ADGM, and the free zones.

02

Ownership graph

Corporate layers resolved into a visual graph, with each hop showing the shareholding percentage and the document it came from.

03

UBO discovery

Beneficial owners calculated to your control threshold, with unresolved layers flagged explicitly instead of silently dropped.

04

Officer screening

Every director, authorized signatory, and UBO screened for sanctions, PEP status, and adverse media as part of the same case.

05

Document collection

Trade license, MOA, board resolutions, and ownership charts requested, versioned, and attached to the entity record.

06

Ongoing monitoring

License expiry, ownership change, and new screening hits raise an alert on the existing entity rather than requiring a fresh onboarding.

Resolving the structure

How an entity file gets built

Registry, documents, owners, and screening assembled into one reviewable file.

01

1

Identify the entity

Submit the legal name and jurisdiction, or a registration number, and VerifiX resolves it against the registry record.

02

2

Unwrap the structure

Corporate shareholders are expanded layer by layer until natural persons are reached or a layer is marked unresolvable.

03

3

Verify the people

Each natural person can be pushed straight into a KYC journey, same case, same audit trail.

04

4

Decide and monitor

The entity gets a risk score and a decision, then stays under monitoring for structure and screening changes.

Ownership graph · Meridian Holdings FZ-LLC

Sample data

Meridian Holdings FZ-LLC

Applicant entity

—

Meridian Capital Ltd (ADGM)

Corporate shareholder

62%

A. Al Marzouqi

UBO · verified

38.4%

R. Haddad

UBO · verified

23.6%

Northline Nominees

Nominee · review

38%

POST /v1/business-verifications

curl -X POST https://api.verifix.ae/v1/business-verifications \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERIFIX_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "journey": "uae_kyb_freezone",
    "legal_name": "Al Mira Digital Assets FZE",
    "jurisdiction": "AE-DXB",
    "registration_number": "..."
  }'

{
  "id": "biz_4Q9F...",
  "decision": "review",
  "registry_match": "confirmed",
  "ubos": [
    { "name": "...", "ownership": 0.42, "screening": "no_match" },
    { "name": "...", "ownership": 0.33, "screening": "pep_match" }
  ],
  "unresolved_layers": 0
}

Chain of custody

One entity, as the record shows it

Illustrative sample data from a KYB file, exportable as a single evidence bundle.

11:02:41

Entity submitted · Al Mira Digital Assets FZE

11:02:48

Registry record matched · licence status active

11:03:12

Ownership graph resolved · 3 layers, 4 beneficial owners

11:03:19

Controlling persons identified · 2 signatories

11:03:24

Entity and owner screening · 1 PEP association

11:41:08

Analyst cleared association · reason and evidence attached

Named modules

The business verification checks

Each one is separately configurable inside a KYB journey.

Business verification

5 modules

Registry truth, ownership structure, controlling persons, and the same screening applied to every human behind the entity.

Registry lookup

registry_lookup

Pulls the entity record from its registry: legal name, license number, status, incorporation date, registered address, activity.

Input

License or registration number and jurisdiction

Returns

Registry record, status, retrieval timestamp, source registry named

Ownership graph and UBO

ownership_graph

Walks the shareholding chain through intermediate holding entities, calculates effective ownership percentages, and identifies beneficial owners against your threshold.

Input

Verified entity

Returns

Ownership tree, effective percentages, UBO list, unresolved branches flagged rather than hidden

Directors and controlling persons

controlling_persons

Extracts directors, authorized signatories, and persons exercising control, then queues each of them for individual KYC and screening.

Input

Verified entity

Returns

Person list with roles, plus a linked KYC case per person

Entity screening

entity_screening

Screens the company itself, and every owner and controller found, against sanctions, PEP, and adverse media, including ownership-based sanctions exposure.

Input

Entity and its resolved person list

Returns

Entity hits, per-person hits, aggregate exposure through the ownership chain

Corporate document collection

kyb_documents

Requests, receives, and classifies trade license, memorandum, board resolution, register of members, and proof of registered address, with expiry tracking and renewal reminders.

Input

Document requests to the entity contact

Returns

Classified documents, extracted fields, expiry dates, outstanding-item list

See the full module catalog — every KYC, KYB, AML, KYT, and platform module with its inputs and outputs.

Inside the console

From company details to a reviewable entity file

Business verification combines the contact’s verification link with the documents and ownership evidence your team reviews.

StageWhat your team sees

Create

Enter company registration details and send the verification link to the business contact.

Collect

Track the documents and ownership evidence attached to the business session.

Prioritize

Review sessions by status and due date, including overdue items.

Decide

Keep the reviewer decision and supporting evidence on the entity record.

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Evidence retained

What the ownership file proves

Registry extract with retrieval timestamp and source

Ownership graph snapshot at decision time

Every uploaded corporate document, versioned

Screening results for each officer and UBO

One set of permissions, roles, and four-eyes thresholds

Explicit record of unresolved ownership layers and why

Entity decision

clear · review · blocked

UBO list

with ownership percentage and screening state

Structure depth

Layered structures resolved to the beneficial owner

Delivery

API response + webhook + console entity page

Questions

Frequently asked

What control threshold do you use for UBOs?

Configurable per journey; the UAE default is preset to the threshold in the applicable AML regulations, the UAE beneficial-ownership regulations.

What if a registry is not connected?

The journey falls back to document-based verification and marks the entity as document-verified rather than registry-confirmed, so the difference is visible in the audit trail.

Can we onboard free-zone and offshore entities?

UAE mainland, DIFC, ADGM, and free-zone entities are covered today; other jurisdictions are handled with uploaded registry evidence.

Learn more

Related guides

KYB in the UAE: verifying companies and UBOs

How to verify a UAE company: trade license checks, mainland and free zone registries, ultimate beneficial owners, directors and screening of the people behind the entity.

UBO: meaning and UAE rules

What an ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) is, how ownership and control are traced, and why UAE regulated firms must identify UBOs during KYB.

DNFBP compliance in the UAE

What a DNFBP is in the UAE, which businesses count, and the core AML duties: customer due diligence, screening, record keeping and reporting.

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The rest of the platform

Most regulated journeys combine several of these. Each page covers one in the same detail.

KYC

Person, document, liveness

AML screening

Sanctions, PEP, adverse media

KYT

Transactions and wallets

Travel Rule

Counterparty data exchange

Risk engine

Journeys, rules, versions

Case management

Queues, four eyes, audit

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