Compliance screening · Risk intelligence

Replace fragmented risk processes with one intelligent system

HLBNGA gives regulated businesses a single platform for KYC, AML and third-party screening — proprietary global risk data, continuous monitoring and patented COMFORT™ risk scoring that turn manual reviews into clear, defensible decisions.

  • Continuous monitoring
  • One unified system
  • Standardised risk scoring
Structured and unstructured data sources are normalised, resolved and enriched by the AI Synthesis Engine into one intelligence output with a COMFORT Score 010203 LIVE SIGNAL FEED Corporate Data Sanctions & Watchlists Adverse Media Political Exposure ESG & Cyber Market Intelligence 15K+ SOURCES · LIVE AI SYNTHESIS ENGINE PATENTED COMFORT™ SCORING KNOW YOUR ENTITY 74 COMFORT SCORE™ Resolved entity profile Weighted risk scoring Enriched datapoints STRUCTURED & UNSTRUCTURED DATA SOURCES NORMALISE RESOLVE · ENRICH INTELLIGENCE OUTPUT

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The case for change

Why legacy FICA compliance no longer cuts it

Modern regulation demands decisions that are clear, consistent and defensible, not just good enough. Manual processes, fragmented data sources, inconsistent scoring and alert fatigue are leaving organisations exposed and falling behind.

The traditional struggle

The old world

  • Manual multi-source research

    Hours spent searching fragmented web sources, adverse media, sanctions, PEP and court records for every entity.

  • False positive fatigue

    Overwhelming noise hiding genuine risks in a sea of irrelevant hits.

  • Inconsistent risk assessment

    Materiality and identity matching rest on individual judgement, so results vary analyst to analyst across the firm.

  • Manual report assembly

    Copying and pasting findings into a word processor can take hours for a single entity.

The new standard

One intelligent system

  • One-click multi-source synthesis

    Searches adverse media, sanctions, PEP and court records across every source simultaneously.

  • AI match confidence scoring

    Scores match confidence on all available datapoints, so analysts focus only on high-probability risks.

  • Standardised risk intelligence

    Clear summaries, materiality ratings and the patented COMFORT Score™: one auditable framework, the same for every analyst.

  • Boardroom-ready reports in minutes

    Narrative-rich reports with tailored recommendations for every risk detected.

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The HLBNGA Difference

Due diligence, before and after HLBNGA

Most compliance teams don't have a data problem, they have a noise problem. Here is what changes when HLBNGA does the reading.

Traditional screeningWith HLBNGA
Weeks compiling a single enhanced due diligence report
Audit-ready EDD reports in 3 to 5 minutes with KYCopilot
Analysts wading through thousands of news articles
COMFORT™ scores and ranks every result, so you read only what matters
Point-in-time checks that are stale by the next morning
Continuous 24/7 monitoring with real-time risk alerts
Siloed vendors, spreadsheets and manual audit trails
One platform for screening, monitoring and audit-ready reporting
Our Data · Always Scanning, Always Analysing

The Data Engine That Never Sleeps

Our data engine turns even the most fragmented, unstructured global data into clear, credible intelligence you can defend in any audit.

AI Synthesis Engine

Our core engine never stops working. It continuously rates every source, determines real implication or wrongdoing, detects mitigating factors and probability of absolution, effectively eliminating false positives at the data level.

75%More critical risk identified
200+Countries covered
15KInformation sources
100%Regulatory compliance

Source Credibility Rating

Every piece of intelligence is automatically scored for source reliability and recency — eliminating fake news and low-quality reporting so only trustworthy signals reach you.

Precision Entity Resolution

Using advanced NLP and contextual analysis, the engine instantly identifies persons and companies, linking them to locations, associates and points of interest for richer, more accurate results.

Deep Data Enrichment

Scattered datapoints across registries, media and court records are automatically connected and enriched — turning fragmented noise into a coherent, complete picture of risk.

Immutable Audit Trail

Every search, decision and data point is logged with full timestamps, reasoning and source references — delivering complete auditability and data privacy by design.

Global Regulatory Coverage

Unrivaled coverage across every major framework

KYCopilot fuses FICA-aligned intelligence with live screening against all major sanctions regimes, tax transparency standards and deep local corporate registry access, with full support for Australia’s Tranche 2 AML/CTF reforms and Pan-African compliance data.

FICA (South Africa) FATF OFAC (US) UN Security Council EU Sanctions UK Sanctions (HMT / OFSI) AUSTRAC · Tranche 2 OECD (EOIR / CRS) Transparency International AML / CFT ESG & SDG Criteria King V Governance Pan-African Registries

Live screening and registry intelligence, mapped to the frameworks your regulator follows · 15K+ sources · 200+ countries

Patented Technology

One score that shows you where to look

COMFORT™ reads millions of unstructured news articles, scores every entity it finds and ranks the results, so the riskiest name on your book is never a surprise.

0255075100
12Nexa Retail GroupMonitor
54Corven LogisticsReview
86InnovaSys HoldingsEscalate

Max adverse score by entity · illustrative data · scored and ranked by COMFORT™

15K+ global sources200+ countries coveredFull audit trail on every score
Solutions

Discover our range of innovative solutions tailored for your success

Explore our diverse suite of products designed to enhance your business operations and security — built on the latest in screening technology and data intelligence.

Continuous Risk Monitoring, One Platform

RiskSecure 360: The all-in-One Due Diligence & Risk Detection platform

RiskSecure delivers a single, powerful solution to screen, monitor, and alert you to any changes in your customer's risk profile in real-time during onboarding and continuously thereafter.

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I2G · Adverse Media Intelligenceapp.i2g.io/search
8662InnovaSys 1 in 11 · 1 in 320
Adverse ScoreCategoryAssociationsLocations
1W1M6M1Y3YMax adverse score by category
5062
5044
6871
4538
4052
5649
⚑ InnovaSys defendants’ bribery trial set for 2027 69
globalinvestigationsreview · 5 days ago

InnovaSys defendants’ bribery trial set for 2027. Six former employees will be arraigned in 12 months…

Financial Crime · Implication · Litigation
Masters of Unstructured Data Intelligence

Unlock the power of AI and external data to streamline AML-KYC workflows.

The I2G SaaS web app with patented COMFORT™ technology provides instant, scored and risk-ranked access to global Adverse Media, Sanctions lists, PEP/PIP, Data Breaches, and Company Registry information — at the click of a Search button.

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AI-Powered Enhanced Due Diligence

KYCopilot: audit-ready EDD reports in minutes, not weeks.

KYCopilot transforms your Enhanced Due Diligence with AI-driven reports that uncover risk in under 5 minutes — built to meet global standards while tackling local compliance pressures like the FATF Grey List.

  • 3–5 min per report
  • 15K+ global sources
  • 200+ countries
Explore KYCopilot →
Enhanced Due Diligence reportapp.kycopilot.com/report
Enhanced Due Diligence ReportExecutive
Meridian Holdings LtdReg. 2014/447821/07 · Incorporated in Singapore
78COMFORT
SCORE™
Generated15,000+ sources scanned3m 41s
Adverse media4 hits
Officer screening1 PEP
Sanctions & watchlistsClear
Entity associations3 linked
Cybersecurity incidentsNone found
Country & ESG riskElevated
EssentialEnhancedExecutive
Comfort Score™ risk rating · full audit trail · FATF & FCA aligned
Executive-Grade Due Diligence

KYCopilot doesn’t just search. It investigates for you.

Most tools stop at surface-level checks. KYCopilot delivers true executive-grade Enhanced Due Diligence: every report reaches far beyond the direct subject, deeply analysing officers, directors and supply chains across the full expanded corporate network to uncover the hidden 4th and 5th party risks that traditional screening routinely misses.

Risk dimensionsscored in every report
Adverse mediaHIGH
Watchlist & PEPLOW
Court casesHIGH
Officer red flagsLOW
Company registrationLOW
Country riskMED
Related co. red flagsHIGH
Industry riskMED
ESG riskMED
Corporate network riskHIGH
10 dimensions · every finding cites its sources · full audit trail · illustrative data
GET /v2/screening/entity/RG-2841200 OK
{
  "entity": "Avento Global Solutions",
  "jurisdiction": "ZA",
  "risk_score": 4347,
  "risk_grade": "HIGH",
  "sanctions": { "matches": 0 },
  "pep": { "status": "clear" },
  "adverse_media": {
    "articles": 1600,
    "implication_ratio": "1 in 11"
  },
  "comfort_score": 74
}
182 ms · 42 sources queried · audit trail attached
AI-Powered Data Acquisition at Scale

360° global risk insight to reduce your association risk and help you grow

Outsmart global money laundering, terrorism, and criminal networks with AI-driven risk detection across all data sources. Supercharge your due diligence and screening workflows by integrating our intelligent APIs.

Free self-assessment

Do FICA’s obligations apply to you?

Schedule 1 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act designates certain businesses as accountable institutions. This self-assessment tells you whether yours is one of them, then scores your controls against ten of the Act’s duties and ranks the gaps it finds.

  • Eleven questions, no sign-up
  • A readiness score with every gap ranked by exposure
  • Each gap linked to the control that closes it
  • Nothing is stored; it scores in your browser
FICA readinessExample result
60%Readiness
Ongoing monitoringNot in place
Adverse media checksNot in place
Beneficial ownershipPartly
Evidence and audit trailPartly
About HLBNGA

A quarter-century of risk and data science

HLBNGA is Ngidi Germishuys & Associates — a team of risk and data specialists united by one belief: trust in business should be earned through transparency. For 25 years we have helped banks, insurers and regulated businesses turn fragmented information into clear, consistent and defensible decisions.

Who it's for

Built for every
FICA-accountable team

Banking
Banking

Banks & Financial Institutions

High-volume onboarding, sanctions and PEP screening and continuous monitoring, built for FICA-accountable banking teams.

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In the Spotlight

Insights from the HLBNGA team

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Ready when you are

Fast Forward your Due Diligence.

Make the move from reactive to proactive — and screen with confidence.

  • Global risk data coverage
  • AI-powered screening
  • Audit-ready reporting