Know Your Customer (KYC) is a critical aspect of compliance for accountants, ensuring firms understand their clients’ identities, financial backgrounds, and risk profiles. Accountancy Today provides guidance, advice, and thought leadership on best practices in KYC, highlighting the practical steps accountants should take to meet regulatory obligations while protecting their firms from financial and reputational risk.

Coverage includes advice pieces on conducting thorough client due diligence, monitoring ongoing client relationships, and integrating KYC processes into wider risk management strategies. Articles may also explore challenges specific to SMEs, owner-managed businesses, and professional clients, as well as emerging trends in regulatory expectations and technology tools that facilitate KYC compliance.