Kyckr
Kyckr is a global business register to help with know your customer (KYC) processes for anti-money laundering regulations. It was established in Ireland but is now a publicly traded company on the Australian Securities Exchange with operations in Ireland and Australia.[2]
Public Company | |
Traded as | ASX: KYK |
Industry | Business services |
Founded | 2007Ireland | in
Headquarters | Sydney , Australia |
Key people | Benny Higgins (Chairman)[1] |
Products | Company registers for know your customer (KYC) |
Website | www |
History
The company was established in Waterford, Ireland in 2007 by Ben Cronin and Rob Leslie.
The Financial Times reported that Kyckr had a net fall in income of AUS$3.45 million in 2017.[3]
In 2018 Kyckr was a participant in the International AML & CTF Techsprint run by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, in conjunction with 12 International supervisory and law enforcement agencies[4]
Operations
The company provides data access technology for Know Your Customer (KYC) in financial services and supply chain. It assists banks and other businesses to meet anti-terrorism finance, anti money laundering and other laws and regulations that require the identification of potential criminal money movement.[5][6][7]
Kyckr's customers are primarily financial companies.[8][9][10][11]
References
- "Former Tesco Bank CEO takes new role in ASX listed Kyckr". Sky News Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- "Share Price & Information - ASX". www.asx.com.au.
- "Kyckr Ltd, KYK:ASX profile - FT.com". markets.ft.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- https://www.fca.org.uk/events/techsprints/aml-financial-crime-international-techsprint?linkedin
- "Deploying Regtech Against Financial Crime - The Institute of International Finance". www.iif.com.
- "Matchi.biz - Canadian Institute Fintech Challenge - Winners Announcement". matchi.biz.
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- "ASX Announcement" (PDF). clients3.weblink.com.au.
- "Waterford firm signs deal with Bloomberg". RTE.ie. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- "Kyckr Limited IPO's on the Australian Stock Exchange - Enterprise Ireland". www.enterprise-ireland.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- "Kyckr gets a lift after signing data services deal with IBM".