KYC
topic on 6 shows · 10 statements across 9 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast
Latent Space
Lenny's Podcast
the Neon Show
Top Founders
the a16z Podcast
10 statements about KYC, every show
Strange: Emerging market startups must build full-stack due to missing modular infrastructure
“Unlike in the U.S., where you can get everything as a service, At every layer of the stack. In many other markets, including Latin America, you just can't do that. There's no sort of, ah, fraud as a stack, KYC as a stack. So you end up having to build everythi…”
Franceschi: Zero-Cost AI KYC Pushes Risk Qualification to the Lead Stage
“When you have KYC for free, you can KYC a lead versus the customer. So you start to have risk orientation up in your funnel and that changes who you even target.”
Mellata: Automating KYC and KYB Requires Only Three Core Building Blocks
“There's really only three building blocks that you need. So you have the compliance documents, the standard operating procedure, so what the company deems As necessary to verify at the onboarding level or at any other parts of the life cycle of that entity. On…”
White: AI accelerates dual-use logistics like equipment sourcing and KYC
“All those, like, sort of simple logistical things, I think, are accelerated by AI, just as, like, a consequence of AI being an accelerating technology.”
Binance signup conversion crashed from 100% to 2% after mandatory KYC
“And then it suddenly became regulated where you had to almost have a full KYC flow like a bank. And that just meant that the conversion rate dropped from let's say a hundred percent to like two percent.”
Binance scaled its compliance team from 20 to 500 in three months
“We said, I want, we had like a team of 20 people working on KYC. And we said for the next three months, we want 500.”
Shenoy: Strict Fintech KYC Standards Would Shut Down Public Sector Banks
“In many public sector banks, the KYC situation is so bad. That if they went down the same route, they would have to shut down the public sector bank tomorrow.”
Delivet: SaaS onboarding should delay friction steps until go-live
“When you are opening an account on Stripe, you need to go through what we call a QIC, know your customer. So basically, you need to upload all your paperwork about the company. But at this point, you didn't start to do the integration. So what you can do in th…”
Srinivasa: Digital gold purchases under ₹50,000 require no KYC in India
“Up to 50,000 rupees digital gold doesn't require KYC.”
Rampell: Violating AML and KYC laws leads to prison, unlike ride-sharing infractions
“The challenge is, if you go into the realm of money, and you say, you know what, KYC. Know your customer laws. AML. Anti-money laundering laws. Those are stupid and antiquated. We're not going to follow those. You go to jail. So the consequences are much, much…”