KYC Portal (KYCP) has expanded its risk orchestration capabilities through a new integration with Mastercard MATCH Pro, strengthening merchant due diligence within its Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform.
The update, delivered through KYCP’s Data Service Integration (DSI) module, enables financial institutions and regulated entities to assess high-risk merchants directly inside the KYCP environment..
The integration builds on KYCP’s DSI module, which allows clients to connect with trusted external data providers and automatically feed responses into internal compliance processes.
As a configurable risk orchestration platform, KYCP centralises the entire due diligence lifecycle — from onboarding and enhanced due diligence (EDD) through to ongoing monitoring and perpetual KYC. By incorporating Mastercard MATCH Pro into this framework, merchant risk data can now be queried in real time, automatically mapped to KYCP data fields, stored within a centralised client record and used to trigger internal risk-based workflows. This removes the need for compliance teams to toggle between systems when conducting merchant checks.
For many financial institutions, consolidating counterparty information into a single, auditable record has long been a strategic priority. AML screening, KYC documentation, credit checks, transaction monitoring and scheme-level alerts often sit across multiple platforms.
With the new MATCH Pro integration, KYCP clients can streamline merchant onboarding, strengthen risk visibility and enhance documentation standards for audit purposes. The system also supports automation, enabling risk-based decisions to be triggered directly by MATCH search outcomes.
Mastercard Alert To Control High-risk Merchants (MATCH™) Pro enables authorised users to develop, assess and review enhanced merchant risk information before entering into a Merchant Agreement or Sponsored Merchant Agreement. During merchant onboarding, MATCH Pro supports independent risk determinations prior to transaction submissions across the Mastercard network. By embedding this capability directly within KYCP workflows, organisations can incorporate scheme-level intelligence into their onboarding assessments without disrupting established processes.
From a practical standpoint, KYCP users can initiate a MATCH Pro search using a “Data Source Integration Search” function within the platform. Once triggered, the system retrieves details relating to the merchant entity, principal owners and associated outlets. Results are displayed directly inside KYCP, eliminating the need to access separate environments. Users can view full merchant and principal records, with all returned data automatically mapped to relevant KYCP fields.
When a match is confirmed, KYCP automatically saves all associated data in its database, including the match status, ensuring that any future research retrieves historical determinations. Subject to additional configuration, firms can also store selected data fields such as search dates and termination dates within KYCP records, strengthening audit trails and compliance reporting.
Looking ahead, KYCP plans to expand similar integrations to American Express, enabling organisations to assess merchant activity across major card schemes from within a single platform.
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