Screen against sanctions, PEP and adverse media lists
A Standard AML check runs on a UK individual without requiring any client action. An Enhanced AML check adds biometric identity verification, which the client must complete, and applies where documented risk criteria are met.
Your risk decision, recorded at the point you make it
Reviewers can log a risk rating and the reasoning behind it against the check, so the judgement is on the record rather than in someone's head.
One dashboard, nothing to chase
Every AML and ID check your practice has run, whoever ran it, with the current status against each client. No spreadsheet, no asking colleagues where something got to.
ID verification your client completes on their phone
Biometric document authentication and facial match, with no documents to collect, copy or store.
Company checks that keep watching after you run them
Check credit score, CCJs, insolvency, directors and group structure from a soft search that leaves no mark. Ongoing monitoring is included.
BrightChecks replaces manual ID checks and paper-based AML processes with a digital workflow, so practices can onboard clients confidently and demonstrate compliance to regulators.
ID
BASIC: Biometric document authentication and facial match, with liveness. Passport, driving licence, national ID card or visa.
ENHANCED: Everything in ID Basic, plus address validation, date of birth confirmation and mortality screening. UK individuals.
AML
Standard: Data-only screening against address, mortality, PEP, sanctions and adverse media lists. Requires no client action. UK individuals.
Enhanced: Biometric identity verification combined with address, mortality, PEP and sanctions screening in a single check. UK and international individuals.
Company Check
A soft search on a UK or Irish company returning credit score and risk rating, CCJ and insolvency history, up to five years of financials, current and former directors, top shareholders and group structure.
Your checks, ready for what's next
Bright is building AI agents that handle the repetitive parts of taking on a client: asking for what's needed, chasing what's missing, and bringing you the things that need your judgement.
Verification is a big part of that. Today you decide which checks a client needs, send them out, and follow up until the results come back. When the agents arrive, that happens on its own, and BrightChecks is the verification running underneath.
You stop collecting and storing ID documents. The biometric report is the evidence, so there's no passport scan sitting in a folder.
You stop asking where things stand. The dashboard shows every check the practice has run and the status of each one.
Simple screening, no friction. Standard AML checks run on data alone, with nothing for your clients to do.
You find out when a company's position changes. Monitoring is on by default, and the alert names what changed.
The reasoning behind a risk decision stops living in someone's head. It's recorded against the check.
BrightChecks stands on its own. But if you already run BrightManager or Inform Direct, the check starts where the work does.
BrightManager: start an ID check from inside a client's file and see the status there, so compliance sits alongside the rest of your work on that client rather than in a separate tracker.
Inform Direct: company secretarial work is where ECCTA verification bites. Run the check from inside Inform Direct at the point an incorporation or appointment needs a director or PSC verified.
One pool of credits: checks run from either product use the same credits.
BrightManager
BrightChecks
Status in the client file
Every check runs from one place, with one wallet and one record of what your practice has done.
One dashboard for every check type. ID, AML and company checks all appear in the same place, whoever in the practice ran them, with the current status against each one.
One credit wallet. Every check type draws on the same credits. No separate accounts, no per-product billing.
Monitoring on every company check. Included by default. If a new CCJ, a director change or a shift in risk score is detected later, you get an email naming what changed.
Risk ratings recorded against the check. Log the rating and the reasoning at the point of review, so the judgement sits with the evidence.
Built for ECCTA identity verification. ID checks meet what ACSPs are required to do when verifying directors, PSCs and LLP members.
What is BrightChecks?
Who uses BrightChecks?
Does BrightChecks integrate with other Bright products?
Can I track multiple client verifications at once?
Is BrightChecks built for ECCTA and Companies House requirements?
What providers do we use?
Are you DVS-registered? CCAB's 2026 guidance expects practices to check their AML provider is DVS-registered.
BrightChecks is priced by verification credits, so you only pay for the checks you run.
ID Basic
Biometric document authentication and facial match. Supports passport, driving licence, national ID card and visa.
4 credits
ID Enhanced
Biometric document authentication, facial match, liveness detection, address validation and date of birth.
5 credits
AML Standard
Data-only screening covering address & mortality and PEPs & sanctions. Does not include biometric identity verification.
4 credits
AML Enhanced
Confirms identity using biometric verification, combined with address & mortality and PEPs & sanctions screening.
6 credits
Company Check
Soft search - no credit footprint. Credit score, CCJs, insolvency, directors, shareholders, group structure, financials and director screening.
12 credits
BrightChecks gives your practice a digital AML and ID verification workflow, with the audit trail you need to demonstrate compliance.
