Introduction to Know Your Customer

Quick answer: Introduction to Know Your Customer is a CPD-accredited online KYC course for beginners and aspiring KYC analysts. In 21 video lessons (about 105 minutes), you’ll learn how firms identify and verify customers, assess beneficial ownership, rate customer risk, screen for sanctions and PEPs, and spot red flags. It’s self-paced, needs no prior experience, and ends with a quiz and a digital certificate worth 2 CPD credits. Price: £145.

At a glance

• Level: Beginner, no experience needed
• Length: About 105 minutes of video across 21 lessons, plus a 15-minute quiz
• Accreditation: CPD-accredited by The CPD Register (2 CPD credits)
• Format: Self-paced, online, on desktop, tablet or phone
• Certificate: Digital certificate of completion
• Price: £145

What you’ll learn

• What Know Your Customer (KYC) and customer due diligence (CDD) involve
• How to identify and verify customers
• How to identify beneficial owners, including in company structures
• Source of wealth and source of funds
• How customer risk rating works, and when enhanced due diligence (EDD) is needed
• Sanctions and PEP screening
• Red flags, and how to raise suspicious behaviour

Who is this course for?

• Aspiring KYC analysts and career changers
• New joiners in client onboarding, KYC or compliance teams
• Anyone who needs to understand KYC in a regulated business
• Teams that need consistent, accredited KYC training with completion records

Why learners choose KYC Lookup

KYC Lookup is rated 4.8 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 190+ reviews. The course was designed by compliance professionals and focuses on the real tasks KYC analysts carry out every day.

What’s next after this course?

Build on what you’ve learned with our short specialist courses: Introduction to Customer Risk Rating, Introduction to Beneficial Ownership, Source of Wealth and Source of Funds and Introduction to AML/CFT Screening. Planning your career? Read what a KYC analyst does and our guide to the best KYC certifications.