Moody’s Talks: KYC Decoded

KYC origin stories, chapter 4 – Orbis: The powerhouse of global business intelligence

Episode Summary

With information on more than 472+ million entities worldwide, Orbis has become the most powerful comparable data resource on private companies. But the question isn't what happened, it's HOW? In this episode of our KYC origin series, host Alex Pillow is joined by Bureau van Dijk and and Orbis veterans, Jon Hanmer and Ted Datta who discuss the evolution of this industry-defining database and how it became an indispensable tool for understanding the global corporate landscape. Highlights from this episode include: the journey and growth of Bureau van Dijk the business; answering the "so what?" through the integration of data and insight; drivers stimulating the huge growth in Orbis for KYC and compliance use cases; the importance of UBO to Orbis customers; infusing Orbis into the Moody’s Analytics family; and the future of Orbis for KYC within Moody and it's impact on tools such as Shell Company Indicator and Entity Verification API.

Episode Notes

With information on more than 472+ million entities worldwide, Orbis has become the most powerful comparable data resource on private companies. But the question isn't what happened, it's HOW?

In this episode of our KYC origin series, host Alex Pillow is joined by Bureau van Dijk and and Orbis veterans, Jon Hanmer and Ted Datta who discuss the evolution of this industry-defining database and how it became an indispensable tool for understanding the global corporate landscape.

Highlights from this episode include:

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