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Outsourced KYC verification that onboards good customers fast and stops the rest

Our KYC analysts review identity documents, liveness results, addresses and risk signals inside your onboarding tools, making consistent decisions to SLAs that protect both conversion and compliance.

At a glance

Identity document review

Liveness and selfie checks

Proof of address

Customer risk scoring

Supporting fintechs in the UK, EU, US and Canada

Overview

Speed and control at the front door of your business

Every customer who waits days for verification is a customer you may lose. Every customer approved without proper checks is a risk you will eventually have to explain. KYC is where growth and compliance meet, and it needs people who understand both.

Hilix provides trained KYC analysts who work your manual review queue, handle document exceptions, request additional information and escalate high-risk profiles. We follow your procedures, or help you write better ones, and we track turnaround, approval rates and quality so you always know how onboarding is performing.

What’s included

Everything included in KYC Verification Services

Identity document review

Passport, ID card and licence checks, MRZ and security feature review and fraud indicators.

Liveness and selfie checks

Manual review of biometric matches, failed liveness results and suspicious images.

Proof of address

Utility bills, bank statements and electronic verification reviewed against your acceptance rules.

Customer risk scoring

Risk rating based on geography, product, occupation, expected activity and screening results.

Information requests

Clear, compliant outreach to customers for missing or unclear documents to keep cases moving.

Escalation and EDD triggers

High-risk, PEP and unusual profiles routed to enhanced due diligence with full notes.

Who this is for

  • Consumer remittance and wallet apps with high sign-up volumes
  • EMIs and neobanks scaling across new countries
  • Fintechs with growing manual review backlogs
  • Teams that need weekend or extended-hours KYC cover

What you receive

  • Cleared KYC queues to agreed turnaround times
  • Consistent, documented onboarding decisions
  • Daily and weekly onboarding MI and backlog reports
  • Quality assurance sampling with feedback loops
  • Updated KYC procedures and decision guides

How we work

How we take over or build your compliance function

Diagnose

We review your policies, risk assessment, case files, queues and systems to see what works, what is missing and what is exposed.

Design

We agree scope, service levels, escalation rules and the decisions that stay with your MLRO, then document them.

Operate

Our analysts work inside your tools, clear queues to agreed SLAs and record every decision with evidence.

Report and improve

Weekly and monthly MI, quality checks and trend analysis feed continuous improvement and board reporting.

FAQ

KYC Verification Services: common questions

What turnaround times can you support?

Turnaround depends on volume and complexity, but we agree clear SLAs up front, for example same-day decisions for standard cases, and staff the queue to meet them.

Which KYC platforms do you work with?

We work inside the platforms you already use, such as Onfido, Sumsub, Jumio, Veriff, ComplyAdvantage-linked flows and in-house back offices.

Can you clear a backlog quickly?

Yes. Backlog clearance is a common starting point. We add analysts temporarily, prioritise by risk and age, and hand back a clean queue with a plan to keep it that way.

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