▁" ac cur ate ▁company ▁" information ▁regarding ▁register ▁number , ▁company ▁name , ▁address , ▁status , ▁and ▁key ▁management ▁personnel "; ▁analyz ing ▁" own ership ▁structure ▁and ▁percent ages ", ▁" det erm ining ▁the ▁" ent ities ▁or ▁natural - pers ons ▁who ▁have ▁an ▁ownership ▁st ake , ▁either ▁through ▁direct ▁ownership ▁or ▁through ▁another ▁party "; ▁ident ifying ▁benef icial ▁own ers : ▁and ▁calculating ▁the ▁" total ▁ownership ▁st ake , ▁or ▁management ▁control , ▁of ▁any ▁natural - person ▁and ▁determine ▁if ▁it ▁cross es ▁the ▁threshold ▁for ▁U BO ▁reporting " ▁and ▁" perform ▁A ML ▁( anti ▁money ▁la und ering )/ K Y C ▁( know ▁your ▁customer ) ▁checks ▁for ▁all ▁individuals ▁determined ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁U BO ". ▁ ▁International ▁standards ▁Det erm ining ▁benef icial ▁ownership ▁information ▁is ▁a ▁requirement ▁of ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁A ML ▁Direct ive ▁in ▁Europe ▁and ▁different ▁juris dict ions ▁are ▁passing ▁en abling ▁laws ▁to ▁en force ▁reporting ▁requirements . ▁In ▁the ▁US , ▁similar ▁benef icial ▁ownership ▁dis clos ures ▁are ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Fin C EN ▁Customer ▁Due ▁D il ig ence ▁Final ▁Rule ▁effective ▁from ▁May ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁ ▁Fin an cial ▁Action ▁Task ▁Force ▁on ▁M oney ▁Lau nd ering ▁( F AT F ) ▁ ▁The ▁Fin an cial ▁Action ▁Task ▁Force ▁on ▁M oney ▁Lau nd ering ▁( F AT F ), ▁an ▁independent ▁inter - g