Compliance for the United Kingdom
Companies House data, GBG 2+2 identity verification and screening against OFSI and global lists.
At a glance
Region
Europe
Financial supervisor
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
AMLR
The UK is not covered by AMLR. UK firms follow the Money Laundering Regulations 2017.
Customers on Bits
Mimo and Cool Company
Company data
Registries and data providers connected to Bits for this market.
Companies House
The registry for UK companies.
Crown Dependencies
Company registries for Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.
Identity verification
How you verify individuals in this market.
GBG
2+2 identity verification for UK customers.
Veriff
ID document verification with passports, ID cards and passport cards.
Local capabilities
What Bits handles specifically for this market.
2+2 verification
GBG cross-checks two sources of personal data and two address data points, the method used for UK identity checks.
Full onboarding
KYB, ID document verification, PEP and sanctions screening, questionnaires, bank account verification and document upload are all available in the UK.
OFSI screening
Screen against the UK’s OFSI sanctions list next to OFAC, EU and more than 1,000 other lists.
Screening and risk
The same screening and risk engine runs in every market.
More in Europe
Germany
German company data end to end, detailed UBO modelling and signing authority under German rules, including Prokura.
Netherlands
Dutch company data from the Kamer van Koophandel, iDIN and DigiD identification and Dutch industry codes in risk scoring.
Belgium
Belgian company data from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises, itsme and beID identification and local legal forms and owner types.
Ireland
Irish company data from the Companies Registration Office, with Irish entities and personal identity numbers supported in onboarding.
Spain
Spanish company data from the Registro Mercantil Central, with Spanish entities supported in onboarding, screening and risk scoring.
Italy
Automated KYB for Italy since 2024, with chamber of commerce data, Italian legal forms and a dedicated risk tree.
Poland
Polish company data from the National Court Register, with Polish entities supported in onboarding.
Latvia
Latvian company data through Lursoft, a dedicated Latvian risk tree and full support for local legal forms.
