How does Entity Verification API compare to Bank Account Validation?

Moody's Entity Verification API provides real-time access to comprehensive entity data from over 200 countries, sourced from national registries and company databases. This solution streamlines the Know Your Business (KYB) process by delivering up-to-date information on more than 500 million global companies, aiding in compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-corruption regulations. By integrating this API, organizations can enhance their compliance workflows, reduce manual efforts, and ensure accurate business verification.

Sardine's Bank Account Validation solution provides real-time verification of bank account details to mitigate risks associated with payment fraud and invalid transactions. By analyzing account data and transaction history, the platform ensures that payments are processed securely and accurately.

This solution integrates seamlessly with payment systems and onboarding workflows, offering instant validation without disrupting operations. Sardine's Bank Account Validation helps businesses enhance payment security, reduce operational inefficiencies, and improve trust with customers and partners.

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Moody’s is a globally recognized integrated risk assessment firm best known for its credit ratings, research, and analytical tools in the financial sector. Founded in 1909 by John Moody, the company has grown over the past century to become one of the “Big Three” credit rating agencies, alongside Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings. Moody’s provides ratings, insights, and risk analysis that inform and guide investors, financial market participants, and policymakers around the world.

At the core of Moody’s offerings are its credit ratings—an evaluation of creditworthiness that measures the likelihood that a borrower (such as a corporation, government, or structured finance entity) will be able to meet its debt obligations. These ratings, expressed through a standardized alphanumeric scale (ranging from Aaa for the highest-quality obligations to C for those in default), help inform lending decisions, influence interest rates, and shape investor perceptions. They are often required by regulatory bodies and are considered an essential component in global capital markets.

Moody’s also provides a wide array of research, data, and analytic tools to support risk management, portfolio analysis, and strategic decision-making. Through its subsidiary Moody’s Analytics, the firm delivers software solutions, economic data sets, quantitative models, and advisory services. These offerings support customers in areas ranging from credit risk measurement, stress testing, and regulatory compliance to supply chain management and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessments.

Another critical function of Moody’s is its role as a thought leader. Its analysts regularly publish sector research, market outlooks, and special commentary on emerging economic and financial trends. These insights help shape market discourse and policy debates on issues ranging from global debt sustainability to climate risk and systemic financial vulnerabilities.

Sardine offers a platform to automate risk decisioning, catch more fraud, detect money laundering, and protect customers from scams.

Sardine's platform integrates several key functionalities aimed at combating fraud and ensuring compliance:

- Fraud Detection: Utilizing behavioral analysis and machine learning, Sardine detects scams before they occur by monitoring subtle changes in user behavior across the customer lifecycle—from onboarding to transaction monitoring.
- Risk Scoring: The platform employs advanced risk-scoring models to evaluate potential threats in real-time.
- Compliance Solutions: Sardine provides services such as Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), transaction monitoring, and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance.
- Device Intelligence & Behavioral Biometrics: By incorporating device intelligence and behavioral biometrics, Sardine enhances its fraud detection capabilities beyond traditional methods.

The inception of Sardine was driven by the founders' experiences in the fintech space, particularly their recognition of the fragmented nature of fraud prevention services available to cryptocurrency and neobanking sectors. Ranjan's background in cybersecurity and machine learning, alongside the team's collective expertise, led to the development of a unified API platform designed to tackle various fraud risks comprehensively. The name "Sardine" is a nod to Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), which are critical in reporting financial crimes.