The Challenge
KYC and due diligence obligations require compliance and legal teams to build comprehensive, verifiable records on every business they engage with. In practice, this means:
- Manually requesting company documents from the business itself
- Cross-referencing multiple sources to confirm director identities and roles
- Looking up GST registration and industry classifications separately
- Compiling findings into compliance records—often using copy-paste from various sources
- Repeating this process for every new client, supplier, or counterparty
The result is slow onboarding, inconsistent records, and compliance teams buried in administrative work instead of identifying genuine risk.
The Autohive Solution
Autohive’s NZBN integration automates the data-gathering phase of KYC, pulling everything compliance teams need directly from the authoritative source—the New Zealand Business Number Register.
Automated Director and Officer Retrieval
Retrieve all directors, shareholders, and officers associated with a business entity without requesting documentation. Cross-reference against internal watch lists and sanctions data as part of a single automated workflow.
GST and Industry Classification Lookup
Automatically retrieve GST numbers and ANZSIC industry codes for any entity. Confirm that a business’s stated sector and tax registration match the official register—a critical step in financial services KYC.
Company Constitution and Registration Details
Access company constitution details and annual return dates to understand a business’s legal structure and compliance history, building a more complete picture for due diligence records.
Comprehensive Compliance Record Creation
Combine NZBN data with your internal systems to automatically generate structured compliance records. Every data point is sourced from the official register and timestamped, creating defensible audit trails.
Benefits
- Accelerate business onboarding — Replace days of manual document collection with minutes of automated lookup
- Improve audit trail quality — Every data point sourced directly from the NZBN Register, with full traceability
- Reduce compliance team workload — Automate repetitive data gathering so teams focus on risk analysis
- Ensure consistency — Standardised automated lookups eliminate the variability of manual research processes
- Lower documentation burden on clients — Retrieve information directly from the register rather than requesting it from counterparties
How It Works
- Trigger KYC workflow — A new onboarding request, contract, or relationship initiation starts the process
- Automated NZBN lookup — Autohive retrieves company details, GST number, directors, industry classification, and addresses
- Cross-reference internal systems — Retrieved data is checked against watch lists, CRM records, and risk criteria
- Compile compliance record — All data is assembled into a structured compliance record with source attribution
- Escalate or approve — Clean records proceed automatically; flagged items are routed for manual review
Getting Started
- Sign up at app.autohive.com
- Connect the NZBN integration from the marketplace
- Configure your KYC workflow triggers and compliance record template
- Deploy your agent and transform how your team handles due diligence
