Send your client one secure link. FirmGuard verifies their identity with a biometric match, screens them against that day's sanctions and PEP lists, and files a dated, inspection-ready audit pack — for £99 a month flat, not £5–£40 a check. Every fee earner, one price.
Per-check pricing exists because most CDD tools resell licensed data. We built the engine instead: the sanctions and PEP lists are published by HM Treasury (OFSI), the FCDO, OFAC and the UN — we ingest them daily into our own screening infrastructure, and the biometric face-match runs on our own servers. It already verifies real clients every day in the property sector. So a check costs us pennies, and we charge you a flat rate.
Add the client's name and email — they get a secure verification link that works on any phone. No app to install.
The client photographs their ID and takes a short selfie. iPhone passport tap (NFC chip read) is rolling out.
Biometric match between document and selfie, plus sanctions & PEP screening against that day's lists. Anything doubtful is flagged for your review — never silently cleared.
A dated audit pack per client: the document, the match result, the screening outcome and the list versions used. Download it or leave it on file.
Matters move fast, so the client flow is built to finish in one sitting — and if a client stalls, you can see exactly where they stopped.
Document capture with a server-side face match against a live selfie. Stronger evidence than a database ping — you hold the document and the match, not just a reference number.
Every client screened against the OFSI consolidated list, FCDO, OFAC and UN lists as they stood that day — with the list versions recorded in the evidence, and doubtful matches escalated for review.
Set re-screening per client — monthly, quarterly or annually. Every run is logged whether or not anything changed, so your Regulation 28(11) ongoing-monitoring evidence writes itself. Status changes alert you the same morning.
A running file per client, and a dated audit pack you can hand to an inspector: what was checked, against which lists, with what result — stored under a 5-year retention lock.
For corporate clients: company screening with beneficial-ownership (UBO) capture, so the humans behind the entity get screened too.
Every fee earner and support-staff member on one account, one price. No per-user charges — who runs the check should never be a licensing decision.
Across the profession, electronic CDD runs £5–£40 per check — plus platform fees, plus per-user seats, often plus a separate training subscription. A small conveyancing team doing 30–50 matters a month spends £200–£600 on checks alone.
FirmGuard Verify is £99 a month with 50 checks included — under £2 a check with biometrics included, at typical volumes. Past 50, checks are £1.50 each; we never block a check mid-matter, the counter simply keeps honest score.
Your first month is free — all 50 checks, no card. There's a live counter in the corner of the screen, so you always know exactly where you stand. If it isn't obviously better value than your per-check bill, close the account in one click.
FirmGuard supports your judgement; it never replaces it. Client due diligence decisions — including enhanced due diligence and anything a screening result flags for review — remain the responsibility of your firm's COLP/MLRO. We give you the evidence and the audit trail; the call is yours.
Our verification is document + biometric + screening. We verify the client's identity document, biometrically match it to a live selfie, and screen against the sanctions and PEP lists. We do not currently run credit-bureau electronic-footprint checks or a source-of-funds workflow — if you need those today, we'll say so rather than sell around it. Source-of-funds support is on the roadmap.
We are independent. FirmGuard is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the SRA or the Law Society. The screening lists we use are the official published UK, US and UN lists, refreshed daily, and every check records which list versions it ran against.
Set-up takes a few minutes — your firm's details are usually already in our register data. Send your first verification link today and see the audit pack it produces.
Start free — 50 checks on us