Kyckr is a business register to help with know your customer (KYC) processes for anti-money laundering regulations. It was established in Ireland, and was a publicly traded company on the Australian Securities Exchange with operations in Ireland and Australia. The company delisted on 07 November 2022 when it was acquired by RealWise KYK AV Pty Ltd.[3]

Kyckr
Company typePrivate Company
IndustryBusiness services
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007) in Ireland
Headquarters
Sydney
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Australia
Key people
ProductsCompany registers for know your customer (KYC)
Websitehttps://www.kyckr.com/

History

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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.[4]

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[5]

Operations

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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.[6][7][8]

Kyckr's customers are primarily financial companies.[9][10][11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Kyckr Company, Kathy Phelan CEO". www.kyckr.com. July 2023.
  2. ^ "Kyckr Board Changes". www.asx.com.au. 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Shareholder".
  4. ^ "Kyckr Ltd, KYK:ASX profile - FT.com". markets.ft.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Global AML and Financial Crime TechSprint". 15 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Deploying Regtech Against Financial Crime - The Institute of International Finance". www.iif.com. 27 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Matchi.biz - Canadian Institute Fintech Challenge - Winners Announcement". matchi.biz.
  8. ^ "Matchi.biz - BankTech Asia Fin5ive Challenge Winners Announcement". matchi.biz.
  9. ^ "ASX Announcement" (PDF). clients3.weblink.com.au.
  10. ^ "Waterford firm signs deal with Bloomberg". RTE.ie. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Kyckr Limited IPO's on the Australian Stock Exchange - Enterprise Ireland". www.enterprise-ireland.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Kyckr gets a lift after signing data services deal with IBM". 26 September 2017.