Global Digital Payments Leader Sees 25% Increase in Automated KYB Match Rates With Sayari
Critical Risk Domains Third Party | Financial
This global energy leader transformed a fragmented, manual due diligence framework using Sayari’s unified corporate data platform. By replacing more than 75 disparate sources with a single source of truth, the organization achieved straight-through processing (STP) for non-risk entities while ensuring authoritative data provenance for high-stakes financial assessments and counterparty onboarding.
Success at a Glance:
75+ Data Sources Consolidated:
Eliminated manual cross-referencing by unifying global registries into one platform.
Straight-Through Processing Enabled:
Automated onboarding for non-risk entities to accelerate trading velocity.
Legacy System Decommissioning:
Replaced costly, opaque “black box” solutions with a transparent, auditable research trail, grounded in primary‑source records.
The Challenge: Fragmented Data and Operational Friction
Managing counterparty risk in the energy sector requires more than basic solvency checks; it demands deep visibility into corporate resilience and networked stability. Analysts at this company were forced to manually consult over 75 disparate data sources, leading to poor operational efficiency and “black box” results that lacked necessary data provenance. This manual, email-based research system created a bottleneck that delayed high-stakes financial decisions and increased compliance risk.
The Solution: A Deterministic Truth for Automated Onboarding
Sayari replaced the customer’s costly internal systems with a unified, automated TPRM solution that delivers deep ownership and trade intelligence directly into enterprise workflows. From day one, the team gained explainable decisions, n‑tier visibility, and insights they could trust.
Key Transformation Pillars:
- Verifiable Data Aggregation: Consolidated 75+ manual data feeds into a single platform, providing a deterministic and audit-ready source of truth for global due diligence.
- Automated STP Workflow: Leveraged the Sayari Guide platform to combine accurate risk indicators with automated logic, achieving the client’s primary goal of straight-through processing for non-risk entities.
- Collaborative Partnership: The Sayari team acted as a strategic partner, praised for being “highly responsive and thorough” in overcoming process friction to align the solution with complex regulatory needs.
The Sayari team was praised for being “highly responsive and thorough” in overcoming process friction to align the solution with complex regulatory needs.
Impact: Strategic Efficiency and Risk Defensibility
- Increased Trading Velocity: Significantly reduced counterparty onboarding time by enabling straight-through processing for non-risk entities, allowing traders to capitalize on market opportunities faster.
- Enhanced Operational Efficiency: Freed analysts from the burden of manual data management of 75+ data sources by consolidating these into a single unified solution.
- Strategic Cost Savings: Drove immediate ROI by decommissioning expensive internal tools and retiring redundant technology spend.
- Defensible, Auditable Process: Moved from a fragmented, email-based research system to a single solution that provides a clear, auditable trail for every financial risk decision in a highly regulated global market.