CDD software that turns client checks into a clear practice workflow
Certivus helps UK accountants and law firms collect identity evidence, run CDD and KYC checks, identify beneficial owners, record review decisions, and keep client evidence ready for internal or regulator-facing review.
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Answer-first summary
What is customer due diligence software?
Customer due diligence software helps regulated firms verify who a client is, understand ownership and control, collect supporting evidence, screen for relevant risks, document review decisions, and keep records in a repeatable workflow. Certivus supports CDD for UK accountants and law firms that want less email chasing and clearer audit evidence.
- Collect client identity and address evidence through a guided workflow
- Connect CDD checks with KYB, beneficial ownership, risk scoring, screening, and review notes
- Record when standard, simplified, or enhanced due diligence applies and why
- Keep exportable records for practice, HMRC, SRA, FCA, or internal review preparation
TL;DR — Quick Summary
- •Certivus supports CDD, KYC, KYB, screening, risk scoring, and evidence records in one workflow
- •Built for UK accountancy and law-firm teams replacing spreadsheets and email chases
- •Useful for onboarding, periodic review, KYC remediation, and trigger-based ongoing monitoring
- •Use alongside your policies, professional judgement, and regulator guidance
How different roles use Customer Due Diligence Software for UK Practices
A strong AML workflow needs to make sense to the partner signing it off, the MLRO supervising it, and the team member completing it.
Partner / director
Check how this service reduces firm-level supervision risk, clarifies ownership, and supports consistent sign-off.
ContinueMLRO / MLCO
Use the workflow to track evidence, escalation, review status, and inspection readiness across client files.
ContinueClient-facing team
Follow a repeatable process for client requests, evidence collection, risk notes, and completion handover.
ContinueWhat good customer due diligence software for uk practices should evidence
- A clear owner for each step, so incomplete checks cannot sit invisibly in a shared inbox.
- A timestamped record of what was requested, received, reviewed, approved, or escalated.
- A reasoned decision, not only a document upload or a ticked box.
- An exportable evidence pack that can be understood by a reviewer who was not involved in the original client work.
CDD workflows Certivus supports
Client evidence collection
Send clients a secure link to collect identity, address, business, beneficial ownership, and onboarding evidence without long email threads.
CDD, EDD, and screening review
Connect CDD evidence with PEP, sanctions, adverse media, source-of-funds, client risk scoring, and review notes.
Audit-ready record keeping
Keep timestamped evidence, decision notes, and review triggers so your team can respond faster during internal or regulator-facing reviews.
Why practices choose a structured CDD workflow
Less manual chasing
Move client document collection out of inboxes and into a repeatable onboarding flow.
Clearer decisions
Keep the evidence, risk context, due-diligence level, and review decision together so staff can understand what happened.
Better handover
Make AML checks easier to review when a partner, MLRO, or compliance lead needs the file.
Common questions
Does CDD software replace professional judgement?
No. CDD software supports evidence collection, screening, workflow consistency, and record keeping. The practice remains responsible for policies, risk decisions, escalation, and reporting.
Who is Certivus CDD software built for?
Certivus is built for UK accountants, bookkeepers, law firms, MLROs, compliance leads, and practice teams that need structured CDD and AML evidence workflows.
What should I compare when choosing CDD software?
Compare identity verification, KYB and beneficial ownership checks, screening, risk scoring, EDD workflow, evidence exports, audit trails, data security, pricing, team access, and how easy the workflow is for clients and staff.
Can CDD software help with ongoing monitoring?
Yes, if it records review triggers and file-refresh tasks. Certivus helps teams keep CDD evidence, screening results, risk decisions, and review notes together so ownership changes, new matters, sanctions updates, or stale evidence can be reviewed without rebuilding the file from scratch.
Related reading
CDD requirements UK
What firms should evidence for identity, ownership, purpose, risk, and monitoring.
CDD checklist
A practical file-review checklist for UK accountants and law firms.
EDD checklist
When higher-risk clients need stronger evidence, approval, and review.
What is KYC?
Identity verification — what documents to collect and how to verify them.
Client risk assessment
Assign Low, Medium, and High risk ratings with a structured evidence trail.